33 Additional Data

Data on fuel use and cost of heating methods for pellet-style burners and oil burners were not presented for most of the urban areas because of the small numbers of respondents in these categories. It is not possible to collate the results from all of the urban areas to give an average result for the whole of New Zealand because the survey was limited to 29 urban areas and it would be inappropriate to assume no geographical variations in the quantities of fuel used or the amount spent per month on heating. However, results can be collated to give an indication of the average fuel use and cost of heating for households using these methods across the 29 urban areas. Table 33.1 shows the cost of heating and average fuel use for oil burners and pellet-style burners across the 29 study areas.