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

Island Bay West

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington City % Number % Wellington City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 654 55.2 47.3 606 54.6 46.4 +48
Dwelling held in a family trust 165 13.9 11.4 159 14.3 12.7 +6
Total owned 819 69.1 58.7 765 68.9 59.1 +54
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 366 30.9 41.3 345 31.1 40.9 +21
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 48 4.3 5.0 -48
Total 1,185 100.0 100.0 1,110 100.0 100.0 +75

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