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

Masterton District

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 5,772 58.1 53.3 4,968 55.4 51.8 +804
Dwelling held in a family trust 1,044 10.5 11.7 1,074 12.0 13.1 -30
Total owned 6,816 68.6 65.0 6,042 67.3 64.9 +774
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 3,117 31.4 35.0 2,934 32.7 35.1 +183
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 531 5.9 5.6 -531
Total 9,936 100.0 100.0 8,973 100.0 100.0 +963

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