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

Kāpiti Coast District

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 13,017 59.8 53.3 11,469 58.9 51.8 +1,548
Dwelling held in a family trust 3,126 14.4 11.7 3,051 15.7 13.1 +75
Total owned 16,143 74.2 65.0 14,520 74.5 64.9 +1,623
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 5,610 25.8 35.0 4,959 25.5 35.1 +651
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 990 5.1 5.6 -990
Total 21,753 100.0 100.0 19,479 100.0 100.0 +2,274

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