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

Wellington City

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 35,415 47.3 53.3 31,371 46.4 51.8 +4,044
Dwelling held in a family trust 8,517 11.4 11.7 8,571 12.7 13.1 -54
Total owned 43,932 58.7 65.0 39,942 59.1 64.9 +3,990
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 30,885 41.3 35.0 27,651 40.9 35.1 +3,234
Not elsewhere included 24 0.0 0.0 3,408 5.0 5.6 -3,384
Total 74,817 100.0 100.0 67,596 100.0 100.0 +7,221

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