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

Eastern Ward (Wellington City)

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 6,819 48.0 53.3 6,213 47.2 51.8 +606
Dwelling held in a family trust 1,761 12.4 11.7 1,755 13.3 13.1 +6
Total owned 8,580 60.4 65.0 7,968 60.5 64.9 +612
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 5,619 39.6 35.0 5,205 39.5 35.1 +414
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 726 5.5 5.6 -726
Total 14,199 100.0 100.0 13,170 100.0 100.0 +1,029

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