| Location | Households – 2004 | Sample size | Sample error |
|---|---|---|---|
Ashburton |
5985 |
150 |
7.9% |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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| 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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| Winter month cost | |
|---|---|
Electric |
$103 |
Gas |
$89 |
Open fire |
$74 |
Wood burner |
$85 |
Pellet burner |
- |
Multi-fuel |
$67 |
Oil |
$111 |
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| 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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| 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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| 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% |
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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% |
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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| 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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| 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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| 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% |