The report provides descriptive results from the first phase of EUDM's pilot survey of household energy use, conducted in early to mid-2017. Detailed information about the survey's design, sampling approach, methodology, measures, and key findings is included.

Phase 1 of the study involved posting surveys to a large sample of randomly-selected households across two distinct regions of Australia: the areas serviced by CitiPower and Powercor in Victoria, and the areas serviced by Horizon Power in Western Australia. Results are presented for the final sample of survey respondents (n=2,532), which included 1,881 Victorian households and 651 Western Australian households. Descriptive results are presented for each state separately, and cover several broad areas such as:

• household demographics;
• building/dwelling characteristics;
• energy sources and uses;
• cooling and heating;
• appliance uptake and usage;
• electricity retailers and tariff types; and
• consent for sharing household energy data.

Key findings are presented in both text and visual form, with a number of figures and tables.

Note that results and statistics are unweighted and refer only to respondents of the survey. Demographic skew should be noted.

For data related to the report and for background information on the design process and motivation, please see the Related Resources listing on this page.