The pie charts illustrate the quantity of electricity used by various sectors in Eastern Australia in 2007 and 2010.
Overall,residential and commercial sectors used the most electricity in both years.Most sectors stayed the same,but there were some changes in manufacturing,aluminium and other metals.
Residential sector was the largest user of electricity in both years,accounting for 28%.Commercial sector was the second biggest user at 23% in 2007 and 2010.Mining also remained unchanged and used 9% of electricity in both years.Agriculture and transport were the smallest sectors,with only 1% each in both years.
There were changes in the industrial sectors.Manufacturing used 13% of electricity in 2007,but this figure fell to 9% in 2010.Aluminium also decreased slightly from 13% to 11%.In contrast,other metals increased from 12% in 2007 to 18% in 2010.As a result,other metals became the third largest user of electricity in 2010.
