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

Onslow-Western Ward

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington City % Number % Wellington City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 9,105 57.8 47.3 8,274 55.8 46.4 +831
Dwelling held in a family trust 2,544 16.2 11.4 2,655 17.9 12.7 -111
Total owned 11,649 74.0 58.7 10,929 73.7 59.1 +720
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 4,101 26.0 41.3 3,900 26.3 40.9 +201
Not elsewhere included - - 0.0 474 3.2 5.0 -474
Total 15,750 100.0 100.0 14,829 100.0 100.0 +921

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