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

Western Ward (Porirua City)

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 1,821 50.6 53.3 1,611 48.5 51.8 +210
Dwelling held in a family trust 210 5.8 11.7 213 6.4 13.1 -3
Total owned 2,031 56.5 65.0 1,824 54.9 64.9 +207
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 1,572 43.7 35.0 1,497 45.1 35.1 +75
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 261 7.9 5.6 -261
Total 3,597 100.0 100.0 3,321 100.0 100.0 +276

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