Heating in occupied dwellings without central heating

There are 2 031 924 occupied dwellings without central heating in the Republic of Serbia. The results of the 2022 Census indicate that 1 304 593 dwellings (64.2%) use  wood as their primary heating source  , 352 185 dwellings heat primarily with electricity (17.3%), аnd 255 082 with gaseous fuels (12.6%). The other energy sources (coal, fuel oil, wind, solar and geothermal energy) are far less used and altogether account for 3.8% of the totally observed dwellings.

Dwellings having installations for district heating use mostly wood as the heating energy source (59.2%), then gaseous fuels (19.2%), electricity (15.5%) and coal (4.8%), while the share of fuel oil and other energy sources (solar, geothermal and wind energy amounts to 1%.

Dwellings without heating installations, i.e. dwellings using other devices for heating (furnaces, fireplaces, etc.) also use predominantly wood (69.7%), then electricity (19.3%), аnd gaseous fuels  are used in 6.9% dwellings. Coal is used in 1.9% dwellings, while the share of fuel oil and other energy sources amounts to 0.3%.

Table - Heating in occupied dwellings without central heating