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Appendix table 2. Energy consumption in households by energy source in 2020, GWh

	Wood	Peat	Coal	Heavy fuel oil	Light fuel oil	Natural gas 1)	Ambient energy 2)	District heat	Electricity 3)	Total
Housing, total	13 154	39	0	6	2 575	376	5 811	16 982	22 041	60 984
Heating of spaces	10 905	25	0	4	2 019	218	4 870	11 358	9 820	39 220
Residential buildings proper, total	9 734	25	0	4	1 982	217	4 623	11 344	9 007	36 938
- Detached houses	9 565	22	0	..	1 736	72	4 031	1 533	6 940	23 899
- Terraced houses	134	1	..	..	80	37	459	1 773	1 111	3 595
- Blocks of flats	36	2	..	4	166	108	133	8 038	956	9 444
Free-time residential buildings	1 170	0	0	..	37	1	247	13	813	2 282
Household appliances	..	..	..	..	..	100	..	..	8518	8 619
- Lighting	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1512	1 512
- Cooking	..	..	..	..	..	100	..	..	798	898
- Other electrical equipment	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6209	6 209
Heating of saunas	1 833	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1 230	3 063
Heating of domestic water	416	13	0	2	556	57	941	5 625	2 472	10 082

1) Includes liquid gas.
2) Ambient energy refers to energy extracted with heat pumps from the environment (ground, air or water) for space heating. Electricity spent by heat pumps in heating and cooling use is included in electricity consumption.
3) Electrical heating of residential buildings includes direct electrical heating, electric storage heating, additional heating and floor heating by electricity, electricity used by heat pumps, heating of domestic water by electricity, electric sauna stoves and electricity consumed by heating systems and heat distribution equipment.

Source: Energy consumption in households 2020, Statistics Finland

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Updated 16.12.2021