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 (Lower Hutt City)

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 3,648 63.1 53.3 3,288 60.7 51.8 +360
Dwelling held in a family trust 816 14.1 11.7 912 16.8 13.1 -96
Total owned 4,464 77.3 65.0 4,200 77.5 64.9 +264
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 1,314 22.7 35.0 1,221 22.5 35.1 +93
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 210 3.9 5.6 -210
Total 5,778 100.0 100.0 5,421 100.0 100.0 +357

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