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Tables for Section 5

Table 5.1: Summary survey data, Invercargill

Location Households – 2004 Sample size Sample error

Invercargill

16,438

158

7.8%

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Table 5.2: Domestic home heating methods and fuels, Invercargill

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

Electricity

63%

10,300

-

-

Total gas

18%

2913

3

1%

Flued gas

5%

755

-

-

Unflued gas

13%

2158

-

-

Oil

3%

416

0.1

0.0%

Open fire

8%

1248

-

-

Open fire: wood

7%

1144

33

7%

Open fire: coal

6%

1040

12

3%

Total wood burner

17%

2809

58

13%

Pre-1994 wood burner

4%

733

25

5%

1994–99 wood burner

5%

855

18

4%

Post-1999 wood burner

7%

1221

16

3%

Multi-fuel burners

34%

5514

-

-

Multi-fuel burners: wood

34%

5514

184

40%

Multi-fuel burners: coal

33%

5410

160

35%

Pellet burners

2%

312

4

1%

Total wood

58%

9467

276

61%

Total coal

39%

6450

172

38%

Total

63%

10,300

   

* 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 5.3: Monthly variations in heating behaviour and fuel use, Invercargill

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

Gas

4%

7%

19%

48%

81%

81%

81%

78%

70%

48%

4%

4%

Open fire

9%

18%

18%

18%

82%

100%

91%

91%

73%

27%

18%

9%

Wood burner

4%

4%

26%

44%

78%

93%

93%

96%

85%

52%

11%

7%

Multi-fuel

4%

2%

18%

43%

86%

98%

98%

96%

67%

51%

6%

6%

  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

4

6

5

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

4

4

Open fire

2

3

3

4

5

5

5

5

5

5

3

1

Wood burner

7

7

6

6

6

6

7

6

6

5

7

7

Multi-fuel

3

5

6

6

6

7

6

6

6

5

5

5

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

Gas

0.0

0.3

0.5

1.7

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.1

2.2

1.5

0.0

0.0

Open fire: wood

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.6

32.0

36.2

33.3

33.3

45.8

44.1

0.5

0.1

Open fire: coal

0.5

2.4

2.4

4.0

10.5

15.4

12.2

11.9

8.6

3.7

2.9

0.3

Wood burner

2.0

2.0

4.7

10.6

49.9

58.3

58.4

56.9

24.1

16.5

3.1

3.1

Multi-fuel: wood

1.5

1.5

17.1

40.1

169.6

184.8

184.0

180.4

37.6

24.7

4.4

3.9

Multi-fuel: coal

3.2

3.0

15.9

28.6

152.3

160.0

159.7

157.6

61.0

28.8

7.0

6.6

  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

0.1

0.2

0.6

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

0.8

0.5

0.0

0.0

Open fire: wood

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.5

28.0

31.6

29.1

29.1

40.0

38.5

0.4

0.1

Open fire: coal

0.5

2.3

2.3

3.9

10.1

14.8

11.7

11.4

8.2

3.6

2.8

0.3

Wood burner

0.7

0.7

1.7

3.8

17.8

20.8

20.8

20.2

8.6

5.9

1.1

1.1

Multi-fuel: wood

0.3

0.3

3.1

7.3

30.8

33.5

33.4

32.7

6.8

4.5

0.8

0.7

Multi-fuel: coal

0.6

0.6

2.9

5.3

28.2

29.6

29.5

29.1

11.3

5.3

1.3

1.2

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Table 5.4: Estimated daily fuel use, by season, Invercargill

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

Gas

2

1

Open fire: wood

36

40

Open fire: coal

21

11

Wood burner

32

17

Multi-fuel: wood

37

11

Multi-fuel: coal

33

14

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Table 5.5: Average monthly heating costs (winter), Invercargill

  Winter month cost

Electric

$119

Gas

$115

Open fire

$55

Wood burner

$60

Pellet burner

$76

Multi-fuel

$155

Oil

$123

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Table 5.6: Type of electric heating, Invercargill

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

Households

2185

1352

1769

624

2913

3121

-

624

Percent

21%

13%

17%

6%

28%

30%

-

6%

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Table 5.7: Home heating method, by house ownership, Invercargill

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

Total

3745

23%

12,693

77%

Electric

2601

25%

7699

75%

Gas

1248

43%

1665

57%

Open fire

312

25%

936

75%

Wood burner

312

11%

2497

89%

Pellet burner

0

0%

312

100%

Multi-fuel

832

15%

4682

85%

Oil

104

25%

312

75%

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Table 5.8: House insulation summary statistics, Invercargill

  Insulation type Degree of insulation
Households %

Ceiling

12,276

75%

No insulation

11%

Under floor

1977

12%

1 type*

31%

Wall

6762

41%

2 types

34%

Cylinder wrap

2809

17%

3 types

9%

Double glazing

1561

9%

4 types

7%

None

1769

11%

5 types

0%

Don't know

1144

7%

Don't know

7%

Other

416

3%

   

* 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 5.9: Degree of house insulation, by heating method, Invercargill

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

1 type

34%

36%

30%

36%

17%

2 types

31%

21%

41%

36%

25%

3 types

8%

0%

15%

6%

17%

4 types

8%

7%

4%

9%

0%

5 types

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

None or don't know

18%

36%

11%

13%

42%

Total

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

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

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Table 5.10: Home heating method, by household income, Invercargill

  Electric Gas Wood burner Multi-fuel Open fire

Non-response

27%

21%

15%

28%

42%

Less than $20,000

18%

18%

11%

9%

17%

$20,000 to $30,000

15%

25%

22%

13%

0%

$30,000 to $40,000

6%

11%

7%

11%

17%

$40,000 to $50,000

10%

0%

11%

8%

0%

$50,000 to $70,000

9%

11%

15%

19%

8%

$70,000 to $100,000

7%

11%

11%

6%

17%

More than $100,000

6%

4%

7%

6%

0%

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Table 5.11: Home heating method, by age of dwelling, Invercargill

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

10 years or less

8%

4%

4%

2%

0%

11–20 years

7%

11%

4%

9%

0%

21–40 years

38%

21%

33%

34%

50%

41+ years

34%

39%

56%

43%

42%

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Table 5.12: Home heating method, by number of bedrooms, Invercargill

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

1

2%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2

28%

18%

11%

6%

0%

3

56%

61%

74%

74%

75%

4

9%

14%

11%

17%

17%

5

2%

4%

4%

2%

8%

6

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

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