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

Lower Hutt City

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 20,121 54.1 53.3 17,790 52.6 51.8 +2,331
Dwelling held in a family trust 4,407 11.9 11.7 4,617 13.6 13.1 -210
Total owned 24,528 66.0 65.0 22,407 66.2 64.9 +2,121
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 12,633 34.0 35.0 11,439 33.8 35.1 +1,194
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 2,142 6.3 5.6 -2,142
Total 37,161 100.0 100.0 33,846 100.0 100.0 +3,315

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