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

Tawa South

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington City % Number % Wellington City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 765 70.2 47.3 702 67.2 46.4 +63
Dwelling held in a family trust 144 13.2 11.4 180 17.2 12.7 -36
Total owned 909 83.5 58.7 882 84.5 59.1 +27
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 183 16.8 41.3 162 15.5 40.9 +21
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 24 2.3 5.0 -24
Total 1,089 100.0 100.0 1,044 100.0 100.0 +45

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