The pie graph displays how water was used for various residential and non-residential purposes in Australia in 2004, and the bar chart gives information about household water consumption.
Overall, it is noticeable that houses and apartments used up the most water. Additionally, the majority of household water supply was consumed in gardens and bathrooms.
Residential properties received 70% of the Australian water supply in 2004, with 57% of this amount going to houses, and 13% to apartments. Industrial purposes came second by a significant margin, consuming only 11% of the water supply. The figures of water consumption for the business and the government sectors were 10% and 6%, respectively, whereas 3% of water was used to serve other purposes.
With regards to water supplied to households, approximately 28% of it was used in bathrooms, whereas for toilets, the percentage was smaller by 13%. Gardening required a quarter of the water received by houses and apartments, while a fifth was allocated for laundry. At 10%, kitchen amenities consumed the least amount of water at residential properties.