Census: Questions 5-9 on the Census Dwelling Form, tenure of household is used to determine if the household owns the dwelling, holds it in a family trust, or does not own the dwelling, and whether payment is made by the household and to whom.

Housing tenure

Wellington Region

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Bay of Plenty Region % Number % Bay of Plenty Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 98,823 53.3 51.5 86,346 51.8 47.9 +12,477
Dwelling held in a family trust 21,690 11.7 15.4 21,933 13.1 16.8 -243
Total owned 120,513 65.0 66.8 108,279 64.9 64.7 +12,234
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 64,818 35.0 33.2 58,515 35.1 35.3 +6,303
Not elsewhere included 48 0.0 0.1 9,342 5.6 7.8 -9,294
Total 185,331 100.0 100.0 166,791 100.0 100.0 +18,540

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018.
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