| Location | Households – 2004 | Sample size | Sample error |
|---|---|---|---|
Westport |
1592 |
153 |
7.5% |
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| 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 |
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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% |
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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| 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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| Winter month cost | |
|---|---|
Electric |
$88 |
Gas |
$52 |
Open fire |
$68 |
Wood burner |
$48 |
Multi-fuel |
$78 |
Oil |
$220 |
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| 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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| 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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| 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% |
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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 |
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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| 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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| 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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| 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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