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

Eastern Ward (Porirua City)

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 2,631 41.5 53.4 2,151 39.7 51.4 +480
Dwelling held in a family trust 336 5.3 10.9 321 5.9 12.5 +15
Total owned 2,967 46.8 64.3 2,472 45.7 63.9 +495
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 3,378 53.3 35.7 2,940 54.3 36.1 +438
Not elsewhere included - - 0.1 603 11.1 7.1 -603
Total 6,342 100.0 100.0 5,415 100.0 100.0 +927

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