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

Porirua City

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 9,519 53.4 53.3 8,100 51.4 51.8 +1,419
Dwelling held in a family trust 1,941 10.9 11.7 1,965 12.5 13.1 -24
Total owned 11,460 64.3 65.0 10,065 63.9 64.9 +1,395
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 6,363 35.7 35.0 5,694 36.1 35.1 +669
Not elsewhere included 15 0.1 0.0 1,122 7.1 5.6 -1,107
Total 17,823 100.0 100.0 15,762 100.0 100.0 +2,061

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