Location |
Households – 2004 |
Sample size |
Sample error |
|---|---|---|---|
Alexandra |
1810 |
150 |
7.7% |
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| Households | Winter fuel use (July) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Number | Tonnes/day | % | |
Electricity |
59% |
1074 |
- |
- |
Total gas |
13% |
229 |
0.2 |
0% |
Flued gas |
4% |
67 |
- |
- |
Unflued gas |
9% |
162 |
- |
- |
Oil |
5% |
84 |
0.0 |
0.1% |
Open fire |
2% |
36 |
- |
- |
Open fire: wood |
2% |
36 |
3 |
9% |
Open fire: coal |
1% |
12 |
0 |
0% |
Total wood burner |
47% |
845 |
20 |
60% |
Pre-1994 wood burner |
23% |
416 |
12 |
36% |
1994–99 wood burner |
13% |
241 |
5 |
16% |
Post-1999 wood burner |
10% |
188 |
2 |
7% |
Multi-fuel burners |
18% |
326 |
- |
|
Multi-fuel burners: wood |
18% |
326 |
8 |
24% |
Multi-fuel burners: coal |
9% |
157 |
2 |
6% |
Pellet burners |
1% |
12 |
0 |
1% |
Total wood |
67% |
1207 |
31 |
93% |
Total coal |
9% |
169 |
2 |
6% |
Total |
1810 |
33 |
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* Note: rounding errors may occur in the proportion of burners in different age categories and in types of gas heating.
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| Percentage of houses using this method that use it each month | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Gas |
6% |
6% |
17% |
50% |
56% |
89% |
83% |
78% |
61% |
22% |
11% |
6% |
Open fire |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
50% |
50% |
100% |
100% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Wood burner |
0% |
0% |
6% |
43% |
79% |
89% |
94% |
86% |
60% |
27% |
6% |
0% |
Multi-fuel |
0% |
0% |
8% |
31% |
69% |
96% |
96% |
92% |
77% |
23% |
4% |
0% |
| Average number of days per week house is heated (only for those heating during that month) | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Gas |
- |
- |
5 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
- |
Open fire |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Wood burner |
- |
- |
5 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
- |
Multi-fuel |
- |
- |
3 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
- |
| Daily fuel use (tonnes) | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Gas |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Open fire: wood |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Open fire: coal |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Wood burner |
- |
- |
1.2 |
6.7 |
15.2 |
18.4 |
19.9 |
17.3 |
6.8 |
2.9 |
0.1 |
- |
Multi-fuel: wood |
- |
- |
0.0 |
2.8 |
5.4 |
7.6 |
7.8 |
7.3 |
4.0 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
- |
Multi-fuel: coal |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.3 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
- |
| Daily fuel use (kg) per household (for households using that method) | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Gas |
- |
- |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Open fire: wood |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Open fire: coal |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6.4 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Wood burner |
- |
- |
1.4 |
8.0 |
18.0 |
21.7 |
23.6 |
20.4 |
8.0 |
3.4 |
0.2 |
- |
Multi-fuel: wood |
- |
- |
0.1 |
8.6 |
16.7 |
23.4 |
24.1 |
22.3 |
12.4 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
- |
Multi-fuel: coal |
- |
- |
0.1 |
1.7 |
11.6 |
13.2 |
12.4 |
11.6 |
7.7 |
4.4 |
1.0 |
- |
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| Winter fuel use kg/day | Non-winter fuel use kg/day | |
|---|---|---|
Gas |
1 |
0.4 |
Wood burner |
29 |
17 |
Multi-fuel: wood |
26 |
15 |
Multi-fuel: coal |
14 |
9 |
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| Winter month cost | |
|---|---|
Electric |
$153 |
Gas |
$118 |
Open fire |
$33 |
Wood burner |
$84 |
Pellet burner |
$177 |
Multi-fuel |
$72 |
Oil |
$145 |
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| Night store | Radiant | Portable oil column | Panel | Fan | Heat pump | Don't know/ refused | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Households |
145 |
157 |
169 |
109 |
253 |
434 |
- |
133 |
Percent |
13% |
15% |
16% |
10% |
24% |
40% |
- |
12% |
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| Households living in rental | Percent living in rental | Households living in own house | Percent living in own house | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total |
241 |
13% |
1569 |
87% |
Electric |
109 |
10% |
965 |
90% |
Gas |
60 |
26% |
169 |
74% |
Open fire |
12 |
33% |
24 |
67% |
Wood burner |
109 |
13% |
736 |
87% |
Pellet burner |
0 |
0% |
12 |
100% |
Multi-fuel |
72 |
22% |
253 |
78% |
Oil |
12 |
14% |
72 |
86% |
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| Insulation type | Degree of insulation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households | % | |||
Ceiling |
1545 |
85% |
No insulation |
5% |
Under floor |
483 |
27% |
1 type |
21% |
Wall |
1183 |
65% |
2 types |
32% |
Cylinder wrap |
495 |
27% |
3 types |
27% |
Double glazing |
253 |
14% |
4 types |
8% |
None |
97 |
5% |
5 types |
5% |
Don't know |
48 |
3% |
Don't know |
3% |
Other |
24 |
1% |
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One type means the household has just one of: ceiling, under floor or wall insulation, a cylinder wrap or double glazing; two types are any two of these, etc.
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| Degree of insulation | Electric | Gas | Wood burner | Multi-fuel | Open fire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 type |
20% |
16% |
19% |
33% |
33% |
2 types |
34% |
21% |
37% |
19% |
0% |
3 types |
27% |
37% |
26% |
22% |
0% |
4 types |
10% |
21% |
6% |
15% |
0% |
5 types |
4% |
0% |
4% |
4% |
33% |
None or don't know |
4% |
5% |
9% |
7% |
33% |
Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
* Note: columns may not sum exactly to 100 due to rounding error.
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| Electric | Gas | Wood burner | Multi-fuel | Open fire | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-response |
15% |
16% |
16% |
15% |
67% |
Less than $20,000 |
26% |
11% |
10% |
11% |
0% |
$20,000 to $30,000 |
22% |
26% |
19% |
15% |
0% |
$30,000 to $40,000 |
7% |
21% |
14% |
11% |
0% |
$40,000 to $50,000 |
12% |
5% |
13% |
22% |
33% |
$50,000 to $70,000 |
8% |
5% |
16% |
19% |
0% |
$70,000 to $100,000 |
6% |
0% |
9% |
4% |
0% |
More than $100,000 |
4% |
16% |
4% |
4% |
0% |
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| Age of dwelling | Electric | Gas | Wood burner | Multi-fuel | Open fire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 years or less |
17% |
16% |
11% |
0% |
33% |
11–20 years |
21% |
26% |
14% |
26% |
0% |
21–40 years |
44% |
37% |
37% |
48% |
0% |
41+ years |
18% |
21% |
34% |
26% |
67% |
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| Number of bedrooms | Electric | Gas | Wood burner | Multi-fuel | Open fire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
2% |
5% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
2 |
29% |
11% |
4% |
7% |
0% |
3 |
48% |
47% |
61% |
59% |
67% |
4 |
16% |
37% |
29% |
30% |
0% |
5 |
4% |
0% |
6% |
4% |
33% |
6 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |