Table 6.7
LPG Electric
Wood Charcoal
Kerosene Biogas
Solar
Energy
Other
No Cooking
Done*
Not
Reported
Jamaica
881,078 705,234 15,803 78,700 53,876
739
94
25
287 13,178 13,142
Kingston
29,518 25,100
468
136
1,945
40
1
2
13
1,038
775
St Andrew
192,109 166,505 10,751
2,720
6,140
126
21
11
105
2,451
3,279
St Thomas
32,118 23,711
155
1,827
5,272
17
2
2
5
583
544
Portland
27,606 21,576
125
3,041
2,136
24
0
0
5
451
248
St Mary
36,530 28,498
204
3,575
3,044
49
9
0
4
624
523
St Ann
53,654 40,609
316
9,661
1,589
40
4
4
7
575
849
Trelawny
25,207 18,862
125
4,498
940
17
1
0
5
465
294
St James
60,335 53,541
932
3,050
1,338
52
5
0
8
594
815
Hanover
23,753 19,956
118
2,330
404
40
1
0
11
631
262
Westmoreland
50,363 40,833
211
6,342
1,073
66
5
0
20
1,374
439
St Elizabeth
49,388 32,992
198 13,796
702
26
2
0
6
1,043
623
Manchester
60,402 45,860
501
9,817
2,713
37
4
0
6
654
810
Clarendon
76,880 49,126
325 10,748 14,214
50
29
0
32
1,107
1,249
St Catherine
163,215 138,065
1,374
7,159 12,366
155
10
6
60
1,588
2,432
* No cooking or very little cooking done in household.
Parish
Total
TYPE OF FUEL USED FOR COOKING
2011 Census of Population & Housing – Jamaica
Number of Households by Type of Fuel Used for Cooking, by Parish
111