QuickStats National Highlights

  • In New Zealand, 66.9 percent of households in private occupied dwellings own the dwelling or hold that dwelling in a family trust. 54.5 percent of households own the dwelling, with or without a mortgage, and 12.3 percent hold that dwelling in a family trust.
  • For households in New Zealand who rent the dwelling that they live in, the average weekly rent paid is $224.

Graph, Ownership of dwellings by households, New Zealand, 2006 Census.

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