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Tables for Section 25

Table 25.1: Summary survey data, Masterton

Location Households – 2004 Sample size Sample error

Masterton

6928

149

7.9%

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Table 25.2: Domestic home heating methods and fuels, Masterton

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

Electricity

20%

1395

-

-

Total gas

32%

2185

2

2%

Flued gas

6%

397

-

-

Unflued gas

26%

1788

-

-

Oil

0%

0

-

-

Open fire

7%

511

-

-

Open fire: wood

7%

511

11

10%

Open fire: coal

1%

93

1

1%

Total wood burner

67%

4650

84

72%

Pre-1994 wood burner

13%

918

19

16%

1994–99 wood burner

22%

1550

36

31%

Post-1999 wood burner

31%

2181

29

25%

Multi-fuel burners

11%

790

-

-

Multi-fuel burners: wood

11%

790

16

14%

Multi-fuel burners: coal

3%

232

2

2%

Pellet burners

1%

46

-

-

Total wood

86%

5952

112

96%

Total coal

5%

325

3

2%

Total

 

6928

116

 

* 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 25.3: Monthly variations in heating behaviour and fuel use, Masterton

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

Gas

0%

0%

7%

27%

63%

78%

88%

80%

51%

22%

5%

5%

Open fire

0%

0%

0%

11%

44%

89%

100%

89%

44%

11%

0%

0%

Wood burner

1%

1%

4%

20%

57%

81%

84%

82%

59%

28%

10%

3%

Multi-fuel

0%

0%

0%

23%

62%

85%

92%

85%

69%

15%

8%

8%

  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

-

-

3

4

5

5

5

6

4

5

3

3

Open fire

-

-

-

5

5

5

5

5

7

7

-

-

Wood burner

1

1

4

5

6

6

7

7

6

5

4

3

Multi-fuel

-

-

-

5

6

6

7

7

6

5

4

4

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

Gas

-

-

0.2

0.4

1.4

1.6

1.8

1.6

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.0

Open fire: wood

-

-

-

0.0

5.3

10.4

11.2

10.5

19.8

1.9

-

-

Open fire: coal

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.6

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.0

0.0

-

-

Wood burner

0.6

0.6

4.4

7.9

45.5

72.7

84.1

76.0

71.4

24.1

8.1

4.1

Multi-fuel: wood

-

-

-

1.9

14.9

16.4

16.4

15.8

10.1

1.1

0.1

0.1

Multi-fuel: coal

-

-

-

0.0

1.0

1.3

1.8

1.0

0.4

0.0

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

-

-

0.1

0.2

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

Open fire: wood

-

-

-

0.0

10.3

20.2

22.0

20.6

38.6

3.8

-

-

Open fire: coal

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

6.4

9.0

9.0

9.0

0.0

0.0

-

-

Wood burner

0.1

0.1

0.9

1.7

9.8

15.6

18.1

16.3

15.4

5.2

1.7

0.9

Multi-fuel: wood

-

-

-

2.4

18.8

20.8

20.8

20.0

12.8

1.4

0.2

0.2

Multi-fuel: coal

-

-

-

0.0

4.5

5.5

7.7

4.5

1.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

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Table 25.4: Estimated daily fuel use, by season, Masterton

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

Gas

1

1

Open fire: wood

29

39

Open fire: coal

9

-

Wood burner

26

22

Multi-fuel: wood

22

15

Multi-fuel: coal

9

5

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Table 25.5: Average monthly heating costs (winter), Masterton

  Winter month cost

Electric

$104

Gas

$81

Open fire

$34

Wood burner

$69

Multi-fuel

$82

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Table 25.6: Type of electric heating, Masterton

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

Households

186

139

418

93

325

46

-

232

Percent

14%

10%

31%

7%

24%

3%

-

17%

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Table 25.7: Home heating method, by house ownership, Masterton

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

Total

1767

26%

5161

74%

Electric

418

30%

976

70%

Gas

651

30%

1534

70%

Open fire

186

36%

325

64%

Wood burner

1069

23%

3580

77%

Pellet burner

0

0%

46

100%

Multi-fuel

232

29%

558

71%

Oil

-

-

-

-

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Table 25.8: House insulation summary statistics, Masterton

  Insulation type Degree of insulation
Households %

Ceiling

5068

73%

No insulation

16%

Under floor

1348

19%

1 type*

18%

Wall

3673

53%

2 types

34%

Cylinder wrap

1255

18%

3 types

18%

Double glazing

279

4%

4 types

7%

None

1116

16%

5 types

0%

Don't know

604

9%

Don't know

9%

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 25.9: Degree of house insulation, by heating method, Masterton

Degree of insulation

Electric

Gas

Wood burner

Multi-fuel

Open fire

1 type

13%

21%

21%

24%

9%

2 types

33%

34%

34%

47%

9%

3 types

13%

13%

18%

0%

36%

4 types

10%

4%

6%

6%

9%

5 types

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

None or don't know

30%

28%

21%

24%

36%

Total

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

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

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Table 25.10: Home heating, method by household income, Masterton

  Electric Gas Wood burner Multi-fuel Open fire

Non-response

30%

23%

30%

24%

45%

Less than $20,000

33%

15%

9%

0%

9%

$20,000 to $30,000

20%

23%

13%

35%

9%

$30,000 to $40,000

13%

11%

8%

12%

18%

$40,000 to $50,000

0%

4%

12%

6%

9%

$50,000 to $70,000

3%

9%

16%

18%

9%

$70,000 to $100,000

0%

6%

8%

6%

0%

More than $100,000

0%

9%

4%

0%

0%

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Table 25.11: Home heating method, by age of dwelling, Masterton

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

10 years or less

23%

15%

21%

24%

9%

11–20 years

17%

13%

6%

18%

0%

21–40 years

20%

17%

22%

6%

9%

41+ years

33%

43%

43%

41%

73%

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Table 25.12: Home heating method, by number of bedrooms, Masterton

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

1

3%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2

43%

21%

13%

6%

9%

3

37%

49%

57%

65%

27%

4

13%

23%

27%

24%

64%

5

3%

4%

2%

6%

0%

6

0%

2%

1%

0%

0%

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