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

Whitby

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 708 66.9 53.4 669 68.0 51.4 +39
Dwelling held in a family trust 147 13.9 10.9 174 17.7 12.5 -27
Total owned 855 80.7 64.3 843 85.7 63.9 +12
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 204 19.3 35.7 144 14.6 36.1 +60
Not elsewhere included - - 0.1 30 3.0 7.1 -30
Total 1,059 100.0 100.0 984 100.0 100.0 +75

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