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Tables for Section 20

Table 20.1: Summary survey data, Ashburton

Location Households – 2004 Sample size Sample error

Ashburton

5985

150

7.9%

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Table 20.2: Domestic home heating methods and fuels, Ashburton

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

Electricity

61%

3631

-

-

Total gas

21%

1237

1

2%

Flued gas

9%

536

-

-

Unflued gas

12%

701

-

-

Oil

4%

239

0.1

0.2%

Open fire

7%

399

-

-

Open fire: wood

7%

399

8

11%

Open fire: coal

3%

199

4

6%

Total wood burner

47%

2793

45

62%

Pre-1994 wood burner

22%

1325

24

34%

1994–99 wood burner

12%

710

16

22%

Post-1999 wood burner

13%

757

5

7%

Multi-fuel burners

10%

598

-

-

Multi-fuel burners: wood

10%

598

12

17%

Multi-fuel burners: coal

5%

279

2

3%

Pellet burners

1%

40

-

-

Total wood

63%

3790

64

89%

Total coal

8%

479

6

9%

Total

 

5985

72

 

* 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 20.3: Monthly variations in heating behaviour and fuel use, Ashburton

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

Gas

3%

3%

7%

30%

67%

87%

93%

83%

47%

13%

10%

10%

Open fire

0%

0%

0%

10%

60%

90%

100%

90%

40%

20%

10%

10%

Wood burner

1%

1%

4%

26%

63%

84%

89%

81%

51%

27%

7%

1%

Multi-fuel

0%

0%

7%

29%

50%

79%

100%

64%

36%

14%

7%

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

-

3

6

6

6

6

6

5

5

2

1

Open fire

-

-

-

4

6

6

6

6

7

5

7

7

Wood burner

7

7

4

6

6

7

7

7

6

5

4

7

Multi-fuel

-

-

7

6

6

7

7

7

6

5

7

-

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

Gas

0.0

-

0.0

0.1

0.9

1.1

1.1

0.9

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Open fire: wood

-

-

-

0.0

5.3

7.1

7.6

7.2

4.5

1.1

0.0

0.0

Open fire: coal

-

-

-

0.0

3.2

3.6

4.3

3.6

1.8

0.8

0.0

0.0

Wood burner

1.3

1.3

2.2

12.3

29.4

44.1

44.7

42.7

37.6

11.8

2.4

1.3

Multi-fuel: wood

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.6

9.0

9.7

12.0

8.6

4.2

0.3

0.0

0.0

Multi-fuel: coal

-

-

0.0

0.0

0.7

1.9

2.0

1.4

1.8

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

0.1

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.7

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Open fire: wood

-

-

-

0.0

13.3

17.9

19.0

18.1

11.4

2.7

0.0

0.0

Open fire: coal

-

-

-

0.0

16.2

18.0

21.6

18.0

9.0

3.9

0.0

0.0

Wood burner

0.5

0.5

0.8

4.4

10.5

15.8

16.0

15.3

13.5

4.2

0.9

0.5

Multi-fuel: wood

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.6

15.0

16.3

20.1

14.4

6.9

0.5

0.0

0.0

Multi-fuel: coal

-

-

0.0

0.0

2.6

6.7

7.2

4.9

6.4

0.0

0.0

-

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Table 20.4: Estimated daily fuel use, by season, Ashburton

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

Gas

1

<1

Open fire: wood

21

13

Open fire: coal

31

9

Wood burner

21

18

Multi-fuel: wood

22

9

Multi-fuel: coal

9

9

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Table 20.5: Average monthly heating costs (winter), Ashburton

  Winter month cost

Electric

$103

Gas

$89

Open fire

$74

Wood burner

$85

Pellet burner

-

Multi-fuel

$67

Oil

$111

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Table 20.6: Type of electric heating, Ashburton

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

Households

638

279

678

160

638

1516

-

439

Percent

18%

8%

19%

4%

18%

42%

-

12%

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Table 20.7: Home heating method, by house ownership, Ashburton

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

Total

838

14%

5147

86%

Electric

598

16%

3032

84%

Gas

80

6%

1157

94%

Open fire

160

40%

239

60%

Wood burner

199

7%

2593

93%

Pellet burner

0

0%

40

100%

Multi-fuel

40

7%

559

93%

Oil

0

0%

239

100%

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Table 20.8: House insulation summary statistics, Ashburton

  Insulation type Degree of insulation
Households %

Ceiling

4948

83%

No insulation

8%

Under floor

758

13%

1 type*

32%

Wall

2992

50%

2 types

35%

Cylinder wrap

1157

19%

3 types

12%

Double glazing

479

8%

4 types

7%

None

479

8%

5 types

2%

Don't know

319

5%

Don't know

5%

Other

80

1%

   

* 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 20.9: Degree of house insulation, by heating method, Ashburton

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

1 type

27%

29%

33%

7%

40%

2 types

37%

26%

37%

53%

30%

3 types

14%

23%

11%

7%

10%

4 types

7%

10%

6%

20%

0%

5 types

3%

0%

1%

0%

0%

None or don't know

11%

13%

11%

13%

20%

Total

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

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

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Table 20.10: Home heating method, by household income, Ashburton

  Electric Gas Wood burner Multi-fuel Open fire

Non-response

32%

35%

33%

33%

0%

Less than $20,000

12%

3%

9%

7%

10%

$20,000 to $30,000

13%

10%

14%

20%

10%

$30,000 to $40,000

7%

6%

10%

0%

20%

$40,000 to $50,000

12%

10%

9%

0%

20%

$50,000 to $70,000

16%

19%

16%

27%

20%

$70,000 to $100,000

7%

6%

7%

13%

0%

More than $100,000

1%

10%

3%

0%

20%

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Table 20.11: Home heating method, by age of dwelling, Ashburton

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

10 years or less

18%

13%

10%

20%

0%

11–20 years

19%

16%

9%

13%

10%

21–40 years

33%

26%

20%

7%

20%

41+ years

26%

42%

51%

60%

70%

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Table 20.12: Home heating, method by number of bedrooms, Ashburton

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

1

3%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2

21%

10%

13%

7%

10%

3

54%

52%

56%

47%

60%

4

19%

35%

29%

40%

20%

5

3%

3%

3%

7%

10%

6

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

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