Energy Use

Average electricity usage per household

 

The average electricity usage data relates specifically to those users supplied by Horizon Power, WA.  It should be noted that some businesses in the region also generate their own electricity and are not included in the usage information below.

 

Average Electricity Usage, Roebourne(S)

 

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Business combined

30,575

45,721

73,916

74,499

75,404

129,464

Charities

20,716

12,644

12,669

12,506

13,307

15,088

Federal Government Combined

157,210

1,991,948

58,047

94,890

181,841

259,354

Mixed Business / Residential

35,809

41,474

45,878

53,264

58,454

65,206

Total Residential

17,928

17,263

15,262

14,664

14,179

14,860

Note: Figures are in thousand kilowatt hours

Source: Horizon Power

 

Between 2003 and 2008 average electricity usage in Roebourne(S) increased for business combined and mixed business/residential, while total residential decreased. Federal government combined was extremely volatile, peaking in 2004 before dropping 97% in 2005. Large increases in the number of residential (2006 & 2007) and business (2007) customers may have affected the averages. 

 

 

 

Across Roebourne(S) business combined average electricity usage rose between 2003 and 2005 and again between 2007 and 2008, with the number of business users also increasing in the six years to 2008.

 

 

 

The average residential electricity usage in Roebourne(S) has shown consistent falls in the five years between 2003 and 2007, before increasing slightly in 2008. The large jump in numbers of residential customers in 2006 and 2007 may have contributed to the lower averages for this year, as they seem to have done in Port Hedland(T).

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