Carterton District
Housing tenure
In the Carterton District 68% of households were purchasing or fully owned their home, 17.6% were renting privately, and 1.4% were in social housing in 2013.
The Carterton District's Housing Tenure data provides insights into its socio-economic status as well as the role it plays in the housing market. For example, a high concentration of private renters may indicate a transient area attractive to young singles and couples, while a concentration of home owners indicates a more settled area with mature families and empty-nester Household Summary. Tenure can also reflect built form (Dwelling Type), with a significantly higher share of renters in high density housing and a substantially larger proportion of home-owners in separate houses, although this is not always the case.
In conjunction with other socio-economic status indicators in the Carterton District, Tenure data is useful for analysing housing markets, housing affordability and identifying public housing areas.
Derived from the Census questions:
Questions 7-13 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.
Occupied private dwellings
| Housing tenure | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carterton District | 2013 | 2006 | Change | ||||||
| Tenure type | Number | % | Wellington Region % | Number | % | Wellington Region % | 2006 to 2013 | ||
| Mortgage | 1,170 | 35.5 | 32.8 | 1,056 | 38.3 | 33.5 | +114 | 650 | 14190 |
| Fully owned | 1,080 | 32.8 | 26.9 | 855 | 31.0 | 26.7 | +225 | 651 | 14190 |
| Renting | 654 | 19.9 | 30.6 | 441 | 16.0 | 28.8 | +213 | 652 | 14190 |
| Renting - Social housing | 45 | 1.4 | 5.3 | 33 | 1.2 | 5.6 | +12 | 653 | 14190 |
| Renting - Private | 579 | 17.6 | 23.8 | 387 | 14.1 | 21.9 | +192 | 654 | 14190 |
| Renting - Unknown sector | 30 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 21 | 0.8 | 1.3 | +9 | 655 | 14190 |
| Other tenure type | 231 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 243 | 8.8 | 5.7 | -12 | 658 | 14190 |
| Not stated / included | 159 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 159 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 0 | 659 | 14190 |
| Total | 3,294 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,754 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +540 | ||
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window) 2006 and 2013. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window) , the population experts.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the housing tenure of the population of the Carterton District in 2013 compared to the Wellington Region shows that there was a larger proportion of households who owned their dwelling; a larger proportion purchasing their dwelling; and a smaller proportion who were renters.
Overall, 32.8% of the population owned their dwelling; 35.5% were purchasing, and 19.9% were renting, compared with 26.9%, 32.8% and 30.6% respectively for the Wellington Region.
Emerging groups
The largest changes in housing tenure categories for the households in the Carterton District between 2006 and 2013 were:
- Fully owned (+225 persons)
- Renting (+213 persons)
- Renting - Private (+192 persons)
- Mortgage (+114 persons)
The total number of households in Carterton District increased by 540 between 2006 and 2013.