| Location | Households – 2004 | Sample size | Sample error |
|---|---|---|---|
Balclutha |
1638 |
150 |
7.6% |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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| 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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| Winter month cost | |
|---|---|
Electric |
$114 |
Gas |
$57 |
Open fire |
$39 |
Wood burner |
$53 |
Multi-fuel |
$77 |
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| 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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| 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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| 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% |
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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 |
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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| 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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| 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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| 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% |