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 Central

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington City % Number % Wellington City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 330 26.0 47.3 216 22.5 46.4 +114
Dwelling held in a family trust 102 8.0 11.4 87 9.1 12.7 +15
Total owned 432 34.0 58.7 303 31.6 59.1 +129
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 834 65.7 41.3 657 68.4 40.9 +177
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 93 9.7 5.0 -93
Total 1,269 100.0 100.0 960 100.0 100.0 +309

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