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Tables for Section 15

Table 15.1: Summary survey data, Balclutha

Location Households – 2004 Sample size Sample error

Balclutha

1638

150

7.6%

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Table 15.2: Domestic home heating methods and fuels, Balclutha

  Households Winter fuel use (July)
% Number Tonnes/day %

Electricity

53%

874

-

-

Total gas

15%

240

0

1%

Flued gas

3%

55

-

-

Unflued gas

11%

186

-

-

Oil

1%

22

0.0

0.0%

Open fire

7%

120

-

-

Open fire: wood

7%

109

2

5%

Open fire: coal

7%

120

2

5%

Total wood burner

25%

415

7

17%

Pre-1994 wood burner

12%

196

5

12%

1994–99 wood burner

6%

92

1

3%

Post-1999 wood burner

8%

127

1

3%

Multi-fuel burners

42%

688

-

-

Multi-fuel burners: wood

42%

688

8

19%

Multi-fuel burners: coal

40%

655

22

53%

Pellet burners

1%

11

0

0%

Total wood

74%

1212

17

42%

Total coal

47%

775

24

58%

Total

 

1638

42

 

* Note: rounding errors may occur in the proportion of burners in different age categories and in types of gas heating.

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Table 15.3: Monthly variations in heating behaviour and fuel use, Balclutha

  Percentage of houses using this method that use it each month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Gas

15%

15%

15%

40%

55%

55%

70%

65%

55%

45%

25%

25%

Open fire

0%

0%

10%

40%

50%

90%

100%

90%

70%

40%

10%

10%

Wood burner

11%

11%

26%

53%

76%

92%

92%

89%

71%

61%

26%

21%

Multi-fuel

22%

24%

33%

54%

81%

92%

95%

95%

70%

51%

32%

33%

  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

2

2

2

4

6

6

6

6

5

4

2

3

Open fire

-

-

7

7

7

7

6

6

7

7

1

1

Wood burner

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

5

5

5

Multi-fuel

5

5

6

6

6

7

7

7

6

6

6

5

  Daily fuel use (tonnes)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Gas

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Open fire: wood

-

-

0.4

0.8

0.5

2.2

2.2

2.2

1.1

0.8

0.1

0.1

Open fire: coal

-

-

0.4

1.3

1.2

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.3

0.9

0.0

0.0

Wood burner

1.3

0.9

1.6

4.0

4.7

7.2

7.2

7.0

5.2

3.2

1.9

1.9

Multi-fuel: wood

1.0

0.8

1.3

3.2

6.3

6.8

8.0

7.8

4.1

2.2

1.2

1.5

Multi-fuel: coal

2.2

1.9

2.7

4.7

10.7

21.7

22.1

22.4

9.1

6.4

2.9

2.9

  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

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

Open fire: wood

-

-

4

7

5

20

20

20

10

8

1

1

Open fire: coal

-

-

4

11

10

17

17

17

19

7

0

0

Wood burner

3

2

4

10

11

17

17

17

13

8

5

5

Multi-fuel: wood

2

1

2

5

9

10

12

11

6

3

2

2

Multi-fuel: coal

3

3

4

7

16

33

34

34

14

10

4

4

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Table 15.4: Estimated daily fuel use, by season, Balclutha

  Winter fuel use kg/day Non-winter fuel use kg/day

Gas

2

0

Open fire: wood

21

11

Open fire: coal

19

20

Wood burner

25

16

Multi-fuel: wood

14

9

Multi-fuel: coal

37

18

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Table 15.5: Average monthly heating costs (winter), Balclutha

  Winter month cost

Electric

$114

Gas

$57

Open fire

$39

Wood burner

$53

Multi-fuel

$77

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Table 15.6: Type of electric heating, Balclutha

  Night store Radiant Portable oil column Panel Fan Heat pump Don't know/ refused Other

Households

98

131

142

98

229

218

-

66

Percent

11%

15%

16%

11%

26%

25%

-

8%

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Table 15.7: Home heating method, by house ownership, Balclutha

  Households living in rental Percent living in rental Households living in own house Percent living in own house

Total

273

17%

1354

83%

Electric

197

23%

677

78%

Gas

55

23%

186

77%

Open fire

11

9%

109

91%

Wood burner

66

16%

349

84%

Pellet burner

0

0%

11

100%

Multi-fuel

66

10%

622

90%

Oil

0

0%

22

100%

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Table 15.8: House insulation summary statistics, Balclutha

  Insulation type Degree of insulation
Households %

Ceiling

1278

78%

No insulation

8%

Under floor

317

19%

1 type*

31%

Wall

775

47%

2 types

31%

Cylinder wrap

459

28%

3 types

19%

Double glazing

120

7%

4 types

5%

None

131

8%

5 types

2%

Don't know

76

5%

Don't know

5%

Other

0

0%

   

* 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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Table 15.9: Degree of house insulation, by heating method, Balclutha

Degree of insulation Electric Gas Wood burner Multi-fuel Open fire

1 type

30%

41%

21%

32%

18%

2 types

26%

32%

39%

37%

36%

3 types

23%

18%

24%

17%

9%

4 types

5%

0%

5%

5%

9%

5 types

3%

0%

3%

0%

0%

None or don't know

14%

9%

8%

10%

27%

Total

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

* Note: columns may not sum exactly to 100 due to rounding error.

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Table 15.10: Home heating method, by household income, Balclutha

  Electric Gas Wood burner Multi-fuel Open fire

Non-response

25%

36%

13%

17%

0%

Less than $20,000

18%

9%

5%

8%

45%

$20,000 to $30,000

9%

0%

16%

19%

9%

$30,000 to $40,000

19%

18%

11%

10%

27%

$40,000 to $50,000

8%

18%

13%

16%

0%

$50,000 to $70,000

8%

9%

21%

10%

9%

$70,000 to $100,000

13%

5%

16%

16%

0%

More than $100,000

3%

5%

5%

5%

9%

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Table 15.11: Home heating method, by age of dwelling, Balclutha

Age of dwelling Electric Gas Wood burner Multi-fuel Open fire

10 years or less

3%

0%

0%

5%

0%

11–20 years

14%

5%

16%

14%

0%

21–40 years

35%

32%

21%

29%

36%

41+ years

39%

41%

58%

44%

64%

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Table 15.12: Home heating method, by number of bedrooms, Balclutha

Number of bedrooms Electric Gas Wood burner Multi-fuel Open fire

1

4%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2

20%

18%

5%

10%

36%

3

51%

55%

58%

57%

27%

4

15%

27%

26%

24%

36%

5

6%

0%

11%

10%

0%

6

3%

0%

0%

0%

0%

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