Tables for Section 30

Table 30.1: Summary survey data, Rotorua

Location	Households – 2004	Sample size	Sample error
Rotorua	17,196	151	7.9%

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Table 30.2: Domestic home heating methods and fuels, Rotorua

	Households		Winter fuel use (July)
	%	Number	Tonnes/day	%
Electricity	35%	6036	-	-
Total gas	44%	7630	5	3%
Flued gas	24%	4184	-	-
Unflued gas	20%	3446	-	-
Oil	1%	228	-	-
Open fire	5%	797	-	-
Open fire: wood	5%	797	4	3%
Open fire: coal	1%	114	-	-
Total wood burner	34%	5808	95	60%
Pre-1994 wood burner	15%	2640	47	30%
1994–99 wood burner	12%	1980	34	21%
Post-1999 wood burner	7%	1188	14	9%
Multi-fuel burners	7%	1253	-	-
Multi-fuel burners: wood	7%	1253	54	34%
Multi-fuel burners: coal	1%	114	0	0%
Pellet burners	1%	228	1	0%
Total wood	46%	7858	154	97%
Total coal	1%	228	0	0%
Total		17,196	159

* 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 30.3: Monthly variations in heating behaviour and fuel use, Rotorua

	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%	2%	3%	33%	67%	86%	94%	87%	60%	21%	5%	2%
Open fire	0%	0%	0%	0%	50%	67%	100%	100%	33%	17%	0%	0%
Wood burner	0%	0%	2%	20%	57%	80%	84%	78%	61%	27%	8%	4%
Multi-fuel	0%	0%	11%	22%	44%	89%	78%	67%	33%	11%	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	-	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	3
Open fire	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	2	1	-	-
Wood burner	-	-	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	7
Multi-fuel	-	-	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-
	Daily fuel use (tonnes)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gas	-	0.0	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.1	4.7	4.2	2.4	0.8	0.4	0.0
Open fire: wood	-	-	-	-	4.0	4.0	4.4	4.4	3.9	1.3	-	-
Wood burner	-	-	0.0	7.7	46.0	83.5	94.7	76.0	67.9	47.1	15.5	8.4
Multi-fuel: wood	-	-	0.0	0.0	41.7	54.4	54.4	54.4	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	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0
Open fire: wood	-	-	-	-	5.1	5.1	5.5	5.5	4.9	1.6	-	-
Wood burner	-	-	0.0	1.3	7.9	14.4	16.3	13.1	11.7	8.1	2.7	1.4
Multi-fuel: wood	-	-	0.0	0.0	33.3	43.4	43.4	43.4	0.0	-	-	-

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Table 30.4: Estimated daily fuel use, by season, Rotorua

	Winter fuel use kg/day	Non-winter fuel use kg/day
Gas	1	2
Open fire: wood	23	11
Wood burner	30	23
Multi-fuel: wood	57	-

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Table 30.5: Average monthly heating costs (winter), Rotorua

	Winter month cost
Electric	$90
Gas	$75
Wood burner	$96

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Table 30.6: Type of electric heating, Rotorua

	Night store	Radiant	Portable oil column	Panel	Fan	Heat pump	Don't know/ refused	Other
Households	569	797	1822	228	1480	797	-	456
Percent	10%	14%	31%	4%	25%	14%	-	8%

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Table 30.7: Home heating method, by house ownership, Rotorua

	Households living in rental	Percent living in rental	Households living in own house	Percent living in own house
Total	3872	23%	12,755	74%
Electric	1367	23%	4669	77%
Gas	1367	18%	6263	82%
Open fire	114	14%	683	86%
Wood burner	1025	18%	4783	82%
Pellet burner	0	0%	228	100%
Multi-fuel	683	55%	569	45%
Oil	0	0%	228	100%

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Table 30.8: House insulation summary statistics, Rotorua

	Insulation type		Degree of insulation
	Households	%	Degree of insulation
Ceiling	12,527	73%	No insulation	11%
Under floor	3303	19%	1 type*	29%
Wall	8085	47%	2 types	30%
Cylinder wrap	3303	19%	3 types	14%
Double glazing	1936	11%	4 types	7%
None	1822	11%	5 types	2%
Don't know	1253	7%	Don't know	7%
Other	228	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 30.9: Degree of house insulation, by heating method, Rotorua

Degree of insulation	Electric	Gas	Wood burner	Multi-fuel	Open fire
1 type	34%	27%	29%	27%	43%
2 types	30%	30%	31%	36%	29%
3 types	15%	13%	14%	9%	0%
4 types	4%	6%	10%	9%	14%
5 types	2%	3%	0%	0%	0%
None or don't know	15%	21%	16%	18%	14%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

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

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Table 30.10: Home heating method, by household income, Rotorua

	Electric	Gas	Wood burner	Multi-fuel	Open fire
Non-response	21%	22%	18%	18%	57%
Less than $20,000	21%	18%	10%	9%	14%
$20,000 to $30,000	8%	9%	12%	9%	0%
$30,000 to $40,000	9%	7%	16%	27%	0%
$40,000 to $50,000	9%	6%	16%	0%	0%
$50,000 to $70,000	13%	9%	10%	9%	0%
$70,000 to $100,000	11%	19%	16%	27%	0%
More than $100,000	8%	9%	4%	0%	29%

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Table 30.11: Home heating method, by age of dwelling, Rotorua

Age of dwelling	Electric	Gas	Wood burner	Multi-fuel	Open fire
10 years or less	8%	12%	4%	0%	0%
11–20 years	21%	27%	16%	18%	14%
21–40 years	42%	27%	33%	27%	43%
41+ years	26%	27%	43%	9%	43%

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Table 30.12: Home heating method, by number of bedrooms, Rotorua

Number of bedrooms	Electric	Gas	Wood burner	Multi-fuel	Open fire
1	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%
2	13%	10%	8%	9%	14%
3	58%	54%	65%	36%	57%
4	17%	25%	25%	36%	14%
5	8%	7%	2%	9%	14%
6	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

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Number of bedrooms	Electric	Gas	Wood burner	Multi-fuel	Open fire
1	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%
2	13%	10%	8%	9%	14%
3	58%	54%	65%	36%	57%
4	17%	25%	25%	36%	14%
5	8%	7%	2%	9%	14%
6	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Number of bedrooms	Electric	Gas	Wood burner	Multi-fuel	Open fire
1	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%
2	13%	10%	8%	9%	14%
3	58%	54%	65%	36%	57%
4	17%	25%	25%	36%	14%
5	8%	7%	2%	9%	14%
6	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Number of bedrooms	Electric	Gas	Wood burner	Multi-fuel	Open fire
1	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%
2	13%	10%	8%	9%	14%
3	58%	54%	65%	36%	57%
4	17%	25%	25%	36%	14%
5	8%	7%	2%	9%	14%
6	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%