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

South Wairarapa District

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 2,637 61.0 53.3 2,127 57.1 51.8 +510
Dwelling held in a family trust 651 15.1 11.7 564 15.1 13.1 +87
Total owned 3,288 76.1 65.0 2,691 72.2 64.9 +597
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 1,035 23.9 35.0 1,035 27.8 35.1 -
Not elsewhere included 9 0.2 0.0 213 5.7 5.6 -204
Total 4,323 100.0 100.0 3,726 100.0 100.0 +597

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