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

Lambton Ward

2018 2013
Tenure type Number % Wellington City % Number % Wellington City % 2013 - 2018
Dwelling owned or partly owned 5,247 28.9 47.3 4,176 26.7 46.4 +1,071
Dwelling held in a family trust 1,746 9.6 11.4 1,602 10.2 12.7 +144
Total owned 6,993 38.5 58.7 5,778 37.0 59.1 +1,215
Dwelling not owned and not held in a family trust 11,184 61.5 41.3 9,849 63.0 40.9 +1,335
Not elsewhere included 24 0.1 0.0 1,014 6.5 5.0 -990
Total 18,180 100.0 100.0 15,630 100.0 100.0 +2,550

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