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

Avalon West

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Lower Hutt City % Number % Lower Hutt City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 573 55.4 54.1 513 55.3 52.6 +60
Dwelling held in a family trust 147 14.2 11.9 177 19.1 13.6 -30
Total owned 720 69.6 66.0 690 74.4 66.2 +30
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 315 30.4 34.0 231 24.9 33.8 +84
Not elsewhere included - - - 84 9.1 6.3 -84
Total 1,035 100.0 100.0 927 100.0 100.0 +108

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