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

Newtown West

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington City % Number % Wellington City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 255 20.1 47.3 222 21.3 46.4 +33
Dwelling held in a family trust 69 5.4 11.4 69 6.6 12.7 -
Total owned 324 25.5 58.7 291 28.0 59.1 +33
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 942 74.2 41.3 750 72.0 40.9 +192
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 99 9.5 5.0 -99
Total 1,269 100.0 100.0 1,041 100.0 100.0 +228

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