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

Mount Cook West

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington City % Number % Wellington City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 261 15.9 47.3 207 14.2 46.4 +54
Dwelling held in a family trust 69 4.2 11.4 66 4.5 12.7 +3
Total owned 330 20.1 58.7 273 18.8 59.1 +57
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 1,314 79.9 41.3 1,179 81.0 40.9 +135
Not elsewhere included 3 0.2 0.0 153 10.5 5.0 -150
Total 1,644 100.0 100.0 1,455 100.0 100.0 +189

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