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 East

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 249 36.6 53.4 198 34.4 51.4 +51
Dwelling held in a family trust 18 2.6 10.9 21 3.6 12.5 -3
Total owned 267 39.2 64.3 219 38.0 63.9 +48
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 408 59.9 35.7 357 62.0 36.1 +51
Not elsewhere included - - 0.1 99 17.2 7.1 -99
Total 681 100.0 100.0 576 100.0 100.0 +105

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