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Dunedin City

Housing tenure

In Dunedin City 62% of households were purchasing or fully owned their home, 24.9% were renting privately, and 5.3% were in social housing in 2018.

Dunedin City'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 Dunedin City, Tenure data is useful for analysing housing markets, housing affordability and identifying public housing areas.

Please note: Due to the sourcing of some 2018 data for housing tenure from administrative records, there has been a drop in various "Not stated" categories between 2013 and 2018, and a corresponding increase in some of the characteristics. Users should take care in interpreting change in particular categories, as apparent increases may be a result of shifting non-response into response categories. For more information please see the Stats NZ pages on Tenure of Household.

Q:

Derived from the Census questions:

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.

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Housing tenure
Dunedin City20182013Change
Tenure typeNumber%Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive %Number%Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive %2013 to 2018
Mortgage16,55134.219.214,92232.515.5+1,629
Fully owned13,28727.515.913,52729.518.5-240
Renting - Social housing 2,5565.321.72,1034.617.8+453
Renting - Private 12,03924.936.29,94521.730.3+2,094
Renting - Unknown sector 180.00.04651.02.3-447
Other tenure type3,8077.96.82,3465.15.8+1,461
Not stated / included810.20.22,6225.79.7-2,541
Total48,339100.0100.045,930100.0100.0+2,409
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Stats NZ data quality rating: Moderate
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the housing tenure of the population of Dunedin City in 2018 compared to Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive 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, 27.5% of the population owned their dwelling; 34.2% were purchasing, and 30.2% were renting, compared with 15.9%, 19.2% and 57.9% respectively for Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive.

Emerging groups

The largest changes in housing tenure categories for the households in Dunedin City between 2013 and 2018 were:

  • Renting - Private (+2,094 persons)
  • Mortgage (+1,629 persons)
  • Other tenure type (+1,461 persons)
  • Renting - Social housing (+453 persons)

The total number of households in Dunedin City increased by 2,409 between 2013 and 2018.

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