The pie chart illustrates electricity consumption by 8 categories namely residential, commercial, agriculture, mining, aluminum, manufacturing, other metals and transport in Eastern Australia between 2007 and 2010.
Overall, the distribution of electricity remained unchanged except for Aluminium, Other metals, and Manufacturing over the period. In addition, residential and commercial consumption consumed the highest percentage in both years.
In 2007, agriculture and transport both accounted for 1% each in 2007, whereas mining consumed 9% of the total electricity produced. While the residential areas consumed 28% of total electricity, 23% of electricity was consumed for commercial purposes. There were unchanged figures for these sectors in 3 years.
Turning to other remaining categories, the manufacturing and aluminum sectors both consumed 13% in 2007, after which fell down 9% and 11%, respectively. The percentage of other metals dominated at 12% in 2007, compared to that in 2010, with 18%.