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

Central Ward (Lower Hutt City)

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Lower Hutt City % Number % Lower Hutt City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 3,015 46.8 54.1 2,739 46.8 52.6 +276
Dwelling held in a family trust 1,206 18.7 11.9 1,257 21.5 13.6 -51
Total owned 4,221 65.6 66.0 3,996 68.3 66.2 +225
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 2,217 34.4 34.0 1,854 31.7 33.8 +363
Not elsewhere included - - - 363 6.2 6.3 -363
Total 6,438 100.0 100.0 5,847 100.0 100.0 +591

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