Wairoa District
Housing tenure
In the Wairoa District 49% of households were purchasing or fully owned their home, 22.0% were renting privately, and 6.1% were in social housing in 2013.
The Wairoa 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 Wairoa 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wairoa District | 2013 | 2006 | Change | ||||||
| Tenure type | Number | % | Hawke's Bay Region % | Number | % | Hawke's Bay Region % | 2006 to 2013 | ||
| Mortgage | 618 | 20.7 | 30.7 | 714 | 23.1 | 31.8 | -96 | 650 | 14190 |
| Fully owned | 852 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 897 | 29.0 | 28.8 | -45 | 651 | 14190 |
| Renting | 891 | 29.9 | 28.0 | 759 | 24.5 | 25.2 | +132 | 652 | 14190 |
| Renting - Social housing | 183 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 192 | 6.2 | 5.4 | -9 | 653 | 14190 |
| Renting - Private | 654 | 22.0 | 21.4 | 516 | 16.7 | 18.7 | +138 | 654 | 14190 |
| Renting - Unknown sector | 54 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 51 | 1.6 | 1.1 | +3 | 655 | 14190 |
| Other tenure type | 372 | 12.5 | 6.5 | 420 | 13.6 | 8.0 | -48 | 658 | 14190 |
| Not stated / included | 246 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 303 | 9.8 | 6.2 | -57 | 659 | 14190 |
| Total | 2,979 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,093 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -114 | ||
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 Wairoa District in 2013 compared to the Hawke's Bay Region shows that there was a similar proportion of households who owned their dwelling; a smaller proportion purchasing their dwelling; and a larger proportion who were renters.
Overall, 28.6% of the population owned their dwelling; 20.7% were purchasing, and 29.9% were renting, compared with 28.6%, 30.7% and 28.0% respectively for the Hawke's Bay Region.
Emerging groups
The largest changes in housing tenure categories for the households in the Wairoa District between 2006 and 2013 were:
- Renting - Private (+138 persons)
- Renting (+132 persons)
- Mortgage (-96 persons)
The total number of households in Wairoa District decreased by 114 between 2006 and 2013.