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 Central

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 9 27.3 53.4 15 26.3 51.4 -6
Dwelling held in a family trust 3 9.1 10.9 6 10.5 12.5 -3
Total owned 12 36.4 64.3 21 36.8 63.9 -9
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 21 63.6 35.7 39 68.4 36.1 -18
Not elsewhere included - - 0.1 6 10.5 7.1 -6
Total 33 100.0 100.0 57 100.0 100.0 -24

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