| Location | Households – 2004 | Sample size | Sample error |
|---|---|---|---|
Rangiora |
4389 |
150 |
7.9% |
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| Households | Winter fuel use (July) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Number | Tonnes/day | % | |
Electricity |
51% |
2253 |
- |
- |
Total gas |
20% |
878 |
1 |
2% |
Flued gas |
8% |
351 |
- |
- |
Unflued gas |
12% |
527 |
- |
- |
Oil |
1% |
29 |
- |
- |
Open fire |
9% |
380 |
- |
- |
Open fire: wood |
9% |
380 |
5 |
12% |
Open fire: coal |
2% |
88 |
0 |
1% |
Total wood burner |
53% |
2341 |
37 |
80% |
Pre-1994 wood burner |
27% |
1170 |
19 |
42% |
1994–99 wood burner |
10% |
455 |
9 |
21% |
Post-1999 wood burner |
16% |
715 |
8 |
18% |
Multi-fuel burners |
3% |
117 |
- |
- |
Multi-fuel burners: wood |
3% |
117 |
1 |
3% |
Multi-fuel burners: coal |
1% |
59 |
1 |
1% |
Pellet burners |
3% |
146 |
1 |
1% |
Total wood |
65% |
2838 |
44 |
95% |
Total coal |
3% |
146 |
1 |
2% |
Total |
4389 |
46 |
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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 |
7% |
7% |
11% |
41% |
56% |
85% |
81% |
70% |
52% |
37% |
22% |
11% |
Open fire |
8% |
0% |
0% |
31% |
62% |
92% |
100% |
85% |
46% |
31% |
15% |
15% |
Wood burner |
1% |
1% |
8% |
34% |
71% |
91% |
95% |
91% |
63% |
39% |
16% |
10% |
Multi-fuel |
0% |
0% |
0% |
50% |
75% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
75% |
25% |
0% |
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 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Open fire |
2 |
- |
- |
3 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
Wood burner |
3 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
Multi-fuel |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
- |
- |
| Daily fuel use (tonnes) | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Gas |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
Open fire: wood |
0.4 |
- |
- |
1.5 |
2.1 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
4.7 |
2.7 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Open fire: coal |
0.0 |
- |
- |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Wood burner |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
10.2 |
27.2 |
34.5 |
36.7 |
35.7 |
25.8 |
17.5 |
5.0 |
1.6 |
Multi-fuel: wood |
- |
- |
- |
0.9 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
0.8 |
- |
- |
Multi-fuel: coal |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
| 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 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
Open fire: wood |
1.1 |
- |
- |
3.9 |
5.5 |
13.8 |
14.3 |
12.5 |
7.2 |
2.8 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Open fire: coal |
0.0 |
- |
- |
1.3 |
3.9 |
3.9 |
3.9 |
3.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Wood burner |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
4.3 |
11.6 |
14.7 |
15.7 |
15.3 |
11.0 |
7.5 |
2.2 |
0.7 |
Multi-fuel: wood |
- |
- |
- |
7.6 |
12.6 |
12.6 |
12.6 |
12.6 |
14.1 |
6.5 |
- |
- |
Multi-fuel: coal |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0.0 |
9.0 |
9.0 |
9.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
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| Winter fuel use kg/day | Non-winter fuel use kg/day | |
|---|---|---|
Gas |
1 |
1 |
Open fire: wood |
19 |
13 |
Open fire: coal |
9 |
14 |
Wood burner |
20 |
15 |
Multi-fuel: wood |
4 |
9 |
Multi-fuel: coal |
13 |
15 |
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| Winter month cost | |
|---|---|
Electric |
$100 |
Gas |
$85 |
Open fire |
$50 |
Wood burner |
$86 |
Multi-fuel |
$68 |
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| Night store | Radiant | Portable oil column | Panel | Fan | Heat pump | Don't know/ refused | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Households |
380 |
234 |
614 |
205 |
585 |
614 |
- |
176 |
Percent |
17% |
10% |
27% |
9% |
26% |
27% |
- |
8% |
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| Households living in rental | Percent living in rental | Households living in own house | Percent living in own house | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total |
468 |
11% |
3862 |
88% |
Electric |
176 |
8% |
2077 |
92% |
Gas |
59 |
7% |
819 |
93% |
Open fire |
59 |
15% |
322 |
85% |
Wood burner |
322 |
14% |
2019 |
86% |
Pellet burner |
0 |
0% |
146 |
100% |
Multi-fuel |
0 |
0% |
117 |
100% |
Oil |
0 |
0% |
29 |
100% |
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| Insulation type | Degree of insulation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households | % | |||
Ceiling |
3716 |
85% |
No insulation |
7% |
Under floor |
761 |
17% |
1 type* |
22% |
Wall |
2721 |
62% |
2 types |
33% |
Cylinder wrap |
1141 |
26% |
3 types |
25% |
Double glazing |
644 |
15% |
4 types |
8% |
None |
293 |
7% |
5 types |
2% |
Don't know |
176 |
4% |
Don't know |
4% |
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 |
27% |
20% |
19% |
0% |
23% |
2 types |
36% |
40% |
34% |
25% |
15% |
3 types |
21% |
23% |
25% |
50% |
31% |
4 types |
6% |
10% |
9% |
25% |
8% |
5 types |
4% |
3% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
None or don't know |
5% |
3% |
14% |
0% |
23% |
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 |
22% |
23% |
26% |
25% |
31% |
Less than $20,000 |
14% |
17% |
11% |
0% |
8% |
$20,000 to $30,000 |
9% |
3% |
10% |
0% |
0% |
$30,000 to $40,000 |
12% |
7% |
10% |
0% |
0% |
$40,000 to $50,000 |
4% |
13% |
10% |
0% |
8% |
$50,000 to $70,000 |
29% |
13% |
18% |
50% |
38% |
$70,000 to $100,000 |
3% |
17% |
11% |
25% |
15% |
More than $100,000 |
8% |
7% |
4% |
0% |
0% |
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| Age of dwelling | Electric | Gas | Wood burner | Multi-fuel | Open fire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 years or less |
34% |
23% |
23% |
25% |
0% |
11–20 years |
27% |
23% |
30% |
25% |
8% |
21–40 years |
23% |
27% |
21% |
0% |
38% |
41+ years |
16% |
23% |
23% |
50% |
54% |
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| Number of bedrooms | Electric | Gas | Wood burner | Multi-fuel | Open fire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
1% |
0% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
2 |
21% |
10% |
8% |
0% |
23% |
3 |
49% |
47% |
51% |
25% |
46% |
4 |
21% |
23% |
30% |
50% |
23% |
5 |
6% |
10% |
6% |
0% |
0% |
6 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |