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

Paraparaumu Ward

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Kāpiti Coast District % Number % Kāpiti Coast District % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 4,917 59.5 59.8 4,407 58.9 58.9 +510
Dwelling held in a family trust 1,110 13.4 14.4 1,104 14.8 15.7 +6
Total owned 6,027 72.9 74.2 5,511 73.7 74.5 +516
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 2,241 27.1 25.8 1,974 26.4 25.5 +267
Not elsewhere included - - - 372 5.0 5.1 -372
Total 8,268 100.0 100.0 7,479 100.0 100.0 +789

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