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Tables for Section 7

Table 7.1: Summary survey data, Westport

Location Households – 2004 Sample size Sample error

Westport

1592

153

7.5%

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Table 7.2: Domestic home heating methods and fuels, Westport

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

Electricity

35%

551

-

-

Total gas

27%

427

0

1%

Flued gas

5%

88

-

-

Unflued gas

21%

339

-

-

Oil

1%

21

0.01

0.04%

Open fire

9%

146

-

-

Open fire: wood

9%

146

3

9%

Open fire: coal

6%

94

2

6%

Total wood burner

22%

354

7

21%

Pre-1994 wood burner

11%

171

3

9%

1994–99 wood burner

8%

122

2

7%

Post-1999 wood burner

4%

61

2

5%

Multi-fuel burners

48%

760

-

-

Multi-fuel burners: wood

48%

760

11

33%

Multi-fuel burners: coal

46%

739

10

30%

Pellet burners

0%

0

0

0%

Total wood

79%

1259

21

63%

Total coal

52%

832

12

36%

Total

 

1592

33

 

* 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 7.3: Monthly variations in heating behaviour and fuel use, Westport

  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%

5%

15%

41%

72%

77%

74%

54%

36%

8%

3%

Open fire

0%

0%

0%

8%

62%

85%

100%

85%

62%

23%

0%

0%

Wood burner

9%

9%

15%

32%

59%

91%

91%

88%

65%

29%

12%

9%

Multi-fuel

8%

9%

15%

32%

68%

94%

98%

102%

80%

57%

14%

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

7

7

7

5

4

5

5

5

5

5

5

7

Open fire

-

-

-

7

6

6

5

6

5

4

-

-

Wood burner

4

4

5

5

6

7

7

7

6

5

6

5

Multi-fuel

7

7

7

7

6

7

7

7

7

6

6

7

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

Gas

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

Open fire: wood

-

-

-

0.1

2.7

2.8

2.9

2.8

1.3

0.1

-

-

Open fire: coal

-

-

-

1.3

1.8

1.7

1.9

1.9

2.5

1.3

-

-

Wood burner

0.5

0.5

1.1

1.7

5.0

8.3

6.9

6.5

5.0

2.8

0.8

0.6

Multi-fuel: wood

0.4

1.2

1.9

3.1

7.3

10.3

11.0

11.1

5.4

3.9

1.2

1.1

Multi-fuel: coal

0.6

0.7

1.0

2.2

6.7

8.9

9.9

10.1

11.2

9.3

0.9

0.7

  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

0.0

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.4

0.0

0.0

Open fire: wood

-

-

-

1.0

18.8

19.2

19.7

19.5

8.6

1.0

-

-

Open fire: coal

-

-

-

13.5

19.1

18.6

20.4

20.4

26.7

13.5

-

-

Wood burner

1.5

1.5

3.0

4.8

14.0

23.5

19.5

18.3

14.1

7.9

2.2

1.7

Multi-fuel: wood

0.6

1.6

2.6

4.0

9.6

13.5

14.5

14.6

7.1

5.2

1.6

1.5

Multi-fuel: coal

0.8

1.0

1.4

2.9

9.1

12.0

13.4

13.7

15.1

12.6

1.2

1.0

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Table 7.4: Estimated daily fuel use, by season, Westport

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

Gas

1

1

Open fire: wood

26

12

Open fire: coal

31

29

Wood burner

27

19

Multi-fuel: wood

17

8

Multi-fuel: coal

16

17

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Table 7.5: Average monthly heating costs (winter), Westport

  Winter month cost

Electric

$88

Gas

$52

Open fire

$68

Wood burner

$48

Multi-fuel

$78

Oil

$220

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Table 7.6: Type of electric heating, Westport

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

Households

52

114

187

-

125

52

-

52

Percent

9%

21%

34%

0%

23%

9%

-

9%

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Table 7.7: Home heating method, by house ownership, Westport

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

Total

232

15%

1360

85%

Electric

94

17%

458

83%

Gas

52

12%

375

88%

Open fire

21

14%

125

86%

Wood burner

94

26%

260

74%

Pellet burner

-

-

-

-

Multi-fuel

83

11%

676

89%

Oil

0

0%

21

100%

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Table 7.8: House insulation summary statistics, Westport

  Insulation type Degree of insulation
Households %

Ceiling

1269

80%

No insulation

12%

Under floor

239

15%

1 type

29%

Wall

853

54%

2 types

33%

Cylinder wrap

364

23%

3 types

16%

Double glazing

94

6%

4 types

7%

None

198

12%

5 types

1%

Don't know

21

1%

Don't know

1%

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 7.9: Degree of house insulation, by heating method, Westport

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

1 type

26%

37%

29%

27%

50%

2 types

34%

27%

35%

41%

21%

3 types

15%

17%

18%

11%

14%

4 types

11%

2%

3%

8%

7%

5 types

0%

2%

0%

1%

0%

None or don't know

13%

15%

15%

11%

7%

Total

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

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Table 7.10: Home heating method, by household income, Westport

  Electric Gas Wood burner Multi-fuel Open fire

Non-response

15%

17%

18%

15%

29%

Less than $20,000

30%

22%

18%

25%

21%

$20,000 to $30,000

11%

24%

21%

10%

7%

$30,000 to $40,000

8%

7%

12%

16%

7%

$40,000 to $50,000

8%

12%

12%

7%

0%

$50,000 to $70,000

13%

10%

3%

16%

7%

$70,000 to $100,000

8%

7%

12%

8%

21%

More than $100,000

8%

0%

6%

3%

7%

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

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Table 7.11: Home heating method, by age of dwelling, Westport

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

10 years or less

15%

17%

6%

12%

7%

11–20 years

19%

5%

15%

15%

7%

21–40 years

34%

22%

32%

26%

50%

41+ years

30%

51%

41%

41%

36%

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Table 7.12: Home heating method, by number of bedrooms, Westport

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

1

2%

2%

3%

3%

0%

2

23%

7%

12%

12%

14%

3

55%

73%

59%

64%

64%

4

17%

10%

18%

15%

21%

5

2%

7%

6%

4%

0%

6

2%

0%

3%

0%

0%

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