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

Kelson

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Lower Hutt City % Number % Lower Hutt City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 696 69.5 54.1 633 66.4 52.6 +63
Dwelling held in a family trust 138 13.8 11.9 147 15.4 13.6 -9
Total owned 834 83.2 66.0 780 81.8 66.2 +54
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 168 16.8 34.0 180 18.9 33.8 -12
Not elsewhere included - - - 30 3.1 6.3 -30
Total 1,002 100.0 100.0 954 100.0 100.0 +48

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