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

Plimmerton

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 462 55.0 53.4 396 50.8 51.4 +66
Dwelling held in a family trust 180 21.4 10.9 189 24.2 12.5 -9
Total owned 642 76.4 64.3 585 75.0 63.9 +57
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 195 23.2 35.7 198 25.4 36.1 -3
Not elsewhere included - - 0.1 48 6.2 7.1 -48
Total 840 100.0 100.0 780 100.0 100.0 +60

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