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

Harbour Ward

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Lower Hutt City % Number % Lower Hutt City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 3,624 49.4 54.1 3,069 47.6 52.6 +555
Dwelling held in a family trust 1,059 14.4 11.9 1,008 15.6 13.6 +51
Total owned 4,683 63.9 66.0 4,077 63.2 66.2 +606
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 2,643 36.1 34.0 2,376 36.8 33.8 +267
Not elsewhere included - - - 402 6.2 6.3 -402
Total 7,329 100.0 100.0 6,453 100.0 100.0 +876

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