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

Newlands South

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington City % Number % Wellington City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 822 59.6 47.3 732 60.2 46.4 +90
Dwelling held in a family trust 117 8.5 11.4 120 9.9 12.7 -3
Total owned 939 68.0 58.7 852 70.1 59.1 +87
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 444 32.2 41.3 366 30.1 40.9 +78
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 66 5.4 5.0 -66
Total 1,380 100.0 100.0 1,215 100.0 100.0 +165

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