Key points
Household tenure is an important aspect of housing in New Zealand since it has implications for household security (both physical and financial), as well as for the national economy. The highest form of tenure security for a household is ownership of the dwelling it occupies. Numerous benefits accompany dwelling ownership, including a degree of financial security and a reduced risk of disruption from frequent changes of dwelling. Recent US research also indicates that home ownership encourages investment in local amenities and social capital, because ownership gives individuals an incentive to improve their community and creates barriers to mobility.
- Home ownership in the Waikato Region fell by 6.0 percentage points in the Waikato Region between 1991 and 2006, reflecting a wider national trend towards lower
rates of home ownership.
- The trend away from home ownership has occurred to a greater or lesser extent in all territorial authority areas throughout the Waikato Region. Home ownership in Waitomo District fell by 7.1% between 1991 and 2006, down to 59.7% which is the lowest home ownership rate of all territorial authorities in the region.
Households in owner occupied private dwellings as a percentage of households in all private occupied dwellings – Waikato Region and territorial authorities
|
1991 |
1996 |
2001 |
2006 |
| New Zealand |
73.8 |
70.7 |
67.8 |
66.9 |
| Waikato Region |
71.4 |
67.9 |
67.4 |
65.4 |
| Franklin District |
74.9 |
73.6 |
74.0 |
73.1 |
| Thames-Coromandel District |
76.1 |
72.7 |
71.4 |
69.4 |
| Hauraki District |
73.9 |
70.8 |
72.9 |
69.2 |
| Waikato District |
70.3 |
68.3 |
70.3 |
67.7 |
| Matamata-Piako District |
69.9 |
67.5 |
71.5 |
66.2 |
| Hamilton City |
70.7 |
65.3 |
61.1 |
60.7 |
| Waipa District |
75.2 |
72.5 |
73.3 |
71.9 |
| Otorohanga District |
64.2 |
63.8 |
69.9 |
62.7 |
| South Waikato District |
73.3 |
68.6 |
68.8 |
65.4 |
| Waitomo District |
66.8 |
64.9 |
64.0 |
59.7 |
| Taupo District |
67.9 |
66.0 |
65.0 |
64.0 |
| Rotorua District |
73.6 |
68.7 |
66.1 |
64.5 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand Census
Note: Denominator excludes “not elsewhere included”. Numerator includes dwellings held in trust by usual residents.
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What we want to achieve
The community outcomes we are seeking to achieve by increasing home ownership rates are:
- Maori enjoy the same quality of health, education, housing, employment and economic outcomes as non-Maori.
- We have a choice of healthy and affordable housing that we are happy to live in and that is close to places for work, study and recreation.
- Maori have the ability to live on ancestral land in quality, affordable housing.