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

Paraparaumu Ward

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 4,917 59.5 53.3 4,407 58.9 51.8 +510
Dwelling held in a family trust 1,110 13.4 11.7 1,104 14.8 13.1 +6
Total owned 6,027 72.9 65.0 5,511 73.7 64.9 +516
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 2,241 27.1 35.0 1,974 26.4 35.1 +267
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 372 5.0 5.6 -372
Total 8,268 100.0 100.0 7,479 100.0 100.0 +789

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