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

Area Outside Ward (Upper Hutt City)

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 9,933 62.6 53.3 8,556 60.0 51.8 +1,377
Dwelling held in a family trust 1,602 10.1 11.7 1,737 12.2 13.1 -135
Total owned 11,535 72.7 65.0 10,293 72.1 64.9 +1,242
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 4,338 27.3 35.0 3,978 27.9 35.1 +360
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 771 5.4 5.6 -771
Total 15,870 100.0 100.0 14,271 100.0 100.0 +1,599

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