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

Wainuiomata Ward

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Lower Hutt City % Number % Lower Hutt City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 4,029 65.9 54.1 3,558 63.9 52.6 +471
Dwelling held in a family trust 408 6.7 11.9 444 8.0 13.6 -36
Total owned 4,437 72.6 66.0 4,002 71.8 66.2 +435
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 1,671 27.3 34.0 1,569 28.2 33.8 +102
Not elsewhere included - - - 405 7.3 6.3 -405
Total 6,111 100.0 100.0 5,571 100.0 100.0 +540

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