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

Upper Hutt City

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 9,933 62.6 53.3 8,556 60.0 51.8 +1,377
Dwelling held in a family trust 1,602 10.1 11.7 1,737 12.2 13.1 -135
Total owned 11,535 72.7 65.0 10,293 72.1 64.9 +1,242
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 4,338 27.3 35.0 3,978 27.9 35.1 +360
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 771 5.4 5.6 -771
Total 15,870 100.0 100.0 14,271 100.0 100.0 +1,599

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