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Table 7.2: Gas consumption, by state, 2013–14<br />

Consumption<br />

(PJ)<br />

Gas share of energy<br />

mix<br />

(per cent)<br />

Eastern market 822 18<br />

—New South Wales, ACT 155 10<br />

—Victoria 287 20<br />

—Queensland 252 19<br />

—South <strong>Australia</strong> 116 35<br />

—Tasmania 12 11<br />

Northern market 47 48<br />

Western market 533 51<br />

<strong>Australia</strong>n total 1,402 24<br />

Source:Department of Industry and Science (2015) <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>Energy</strong> Statistics, Table C<br />

The eastern market is the largest domestic market, account<strong>in</strong>g for 59 per<br />

cent of <strong>Australia</strong>’s gas consumption <strong>in</strong> 2013–14. The largest consumers<br />

of gas <strong>in</strong> the eastern market are Victoria at 287 PJ (20 per cent of total<br />

<strong>Australia</strong>n consumption) and Queensland at 252 PJ (18 per cent of total<br />

<strong>Australia</strong>n consumption). Western <strong>Australia</strong> is the largest consumer of gas<br />

<strong>in</strong> the country and accounted for 38 per cent of total gas consumption <strong>in</strong><br />

2013–14 at 532 petajoules.<br />

84 ENERGY IN AUSTRALIA 2015

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