| Location | Households – 2004 | Sample size | Sample error |
|---|---|---|---|
Te Kuiti |
1560 |
150 |
7.6% |
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Households |
Winter fuel use (July) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
% |
Number |
Tonnes/day |
% |
|
Electricity |
39% |
614 |
|
|
Total gas |
29% |
447 |
0 |
1% |
Flued gas |
8% |
125 |
– |
– |
Unflued gas |
21% |
322 |
– |
– |
Oil |
1% |
21 |
0.0 |
0.0% |
Open fire |
9% |
135 |
– |
|
Open fire: wood |
8% |
125 |
1 |
5% |
Open fire: coal |
1% |
21 |
0 |
1% |
Total wood burner |
49% |
770 |
23 |
77% |
Pre–1994 wood burner |
26% |
412 |
13 |
45% |
1994 – 99 wood burner |
10% |
152 |
7 |
24% |
Post–1999 wood burner |
13% |
206 |
3 |
9% |
Multi–fuel burners |
10% |
156 |
– |
– |
Multi–fuel burners: wood |
10% |
156 |
4 |
14% |
Multi–fuel burners: coal |
4% |
62 |
1 |
2% |
Pellet burners |
0% |
0 |
0 |
0% |
Total wood |
67% |
1050 |
29 |
96% |
Total coal |
5% |
83 |
1 |
3% |
Total |
|
1560 |
30 |
|
* 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 |
2% |
2% |
2% |
20% |
46% |
76% |
85% |
88% |
71% |
24% |
7% |
2% |
Open fire |
0% |
0% |
0% |
18% |
55% |
73% |
73% |
82% |
55% |
18% |
9% |
0% |
Wood burner |
0% |
0% |
1% |
22% |
65% |
88% |
95% |
95% |
78% |
49% |
4% |
0% |
Multi–fuel |
0% |
0% |
0% |
29% |
71% |
93% |
100% |
93% |
64% |
36% |
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 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
Open fire |
– |
– |
– |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
– |
Wood burner |
– |
– |
7 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
– |
Multi–fuel |
– |
– |
– |
6 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
– |
– |
| Daily fuel use (tonnes) | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Gas |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Open fire: wood |
– |
– |
– |
0.3 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
0.9 |
0.2 |
– |
Open fire: coal |
– |
– |
– |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
– |
Wood burner |
– |
– |
0.5 |
7.7 |
17.2 |
21.0 |
23.2 |
23.9 |
17.6 |
8.4 |
0.5 |
– |
Multi–fuel: wood |
– |
– |
– |
0.1 |
2.9 |
3.9 |
4.1 |
3.4 |
2.3 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
– |
Multi–fuel: coal |
– |
– |
– |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Open fire: wood |
– |
– |
– |
2.7 |
10.5 |
8.8 |
11.7 |
14.3 |
22.1 |
6.9 |
1.8 |
– |
Open fire: coal |
– |
– |
– |
0.0 |
6.4 |
8.4 |
8.4 |
8.4 |
4.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
– |
Wood burner |
– |
– |
0.7 |
10.1 |
22.3 |
27.2 |
30.1 |
31.0 |
22.9 |
10.9 |
0.7 |
– |
Multi–fuel: wood |
– |
– |
0.0 |
0.7 |
18.7 |
25.1 |
26.1 |
21.5 |
14.7 |
6.6 |
0.0 |
– |
Multi–fuel: coal |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4.5 |
6.8 |
9.6 |
9.0 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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| Winter fuel use kg/day | Non–winter fuel use kg/day | |
|---|---|---|
Gas |
1 |
0 |
Open fire: wood |
30 |
23 |
Open fire: coal |
9 |
5 |
Wood burner |
39 |
29 |
Multi–fuel: wood |
31 |
15 |
Multi–fuel: coal |
11 |
– |
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| Winter month cost | |
|---|---|
Electric |
$88 |
Gas |
$86 |
Open fire |
$47 |
Wood burner |
$31 |
Multi–fuel |
$41 |
Oil |
$15 |
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| Night store | Radiant | Portable oil column | Panel | Fan | Heat pump | Don't know/ refused | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Households |
42 |
94 |
229 |
52 |
135 |
52 |
– |
42 |
Percent |
7% |
16% |
38% |
9% |
22% |
9% |
– |
7% |
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| Households living in rental | Percent living in rental | Households living in own house | Percent living in own house | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total |
403 |
26% |
1157 |
74% |
Electric |
177 |
29% |
437 |
71% |
Gas |
94 |
21% |
354 |
79% |
Open fire |
31 |
23% |
104 |
77% |
Wood burner |
146 |
19% |
624 |
81% |
Pellet burner |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Multi–fuel |
31 |
20% |
125 |
80% |
Oil |
0 |
0% |
21 |
100% |
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| Insulation type | Degree of insulation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households | % | |||
Ceiling |
1092 |
70% |
No insulation |
18% |
Under floor |
270 |
17% |
1 type |
19% |
Wall |
738 |
47% |
2 types |
39% |
Cylinder wrap |
281 |
18% |
3 types |
11% |
Double glazing |
52 |
3% |
4 types |
7% |
None |
281 |
18% |
5 types |
0% |
Don't know |
125 |
8% |
Don't know |
8% |
Other |
31 |
2% |
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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 |
22% |
30% |
11% |
33% |
31% |
2 types |
37% |
35% |
47% |
27% |
23% |
3 types |
7% |
5% |
16% |
13% |
0% |
4 types |
7% |
5% |
7% |
0% |
8% |
5 types |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
None or don't know |
27% |
26% |
19% |
27% |
38% |
Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
* Note: columns may not sum exactly to 100 due to rounding error.
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| Electric | Gas | Wood burner | Multi–fuel | Open fire | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non–response |
7% |
12% |
16% |
20% |
0% |
Less than $20,000 |
34% |
23% |
9% |
27% |
23% |
$20,000 to $30,000 |
8% |
14% |
14% |
13% |
31% |
$30,000 to $40,000 |
17% |
12% |
18% |
0% |
8% |
$40,000 to $50,000 |
5% |
7% |
8% |
20% |
15% |
$50,000 to $70,000 |
10% |
14% |
14% |
13% |
8% |
$70,000 to $100,000 |
10% |
5% |
11% |
7% |
8% |
More than $100,000 |
8% |
14% |
11% |
0% |
8% |
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| Age of dwelling | Electric | Gas | Wood burner | Multi–fuel | Open fire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 years or less |
3% |
12% |
5% |
0% |
0% |
11–20 years |
7% |
9% |
18% |
7% |
8% |
21–40 years |
47% |
40% |
26% |
60% |
31% |
41+ years |
36% |
30% |
46% |
33% |
54% |
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| Number of bedrooms | Electric | Gas | Wood burner | Multi–fuel | Open fire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
7% |
2% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
2 |
19% |
14% |
1% |
7% |
0% |
3 |
41% |
51% |
54% |
67% |
77% |
4 |
25% |
26% |
34% |
27% |
23% |
5 |
7% |
7% |
9% |
0% |
0% |
6 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
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