| Owned without mortgage | | 21,200 | 21,700 | 23,900 | 22,800 | 26,200 | 26,800 | 27,700 |
| Owned with mortgage | | 20,700 | 22,300 | 23,500 | 25,600 | 27,300 | 28,500 | 35,300 |
| Provide rent free | | 18,900 | 21,000 | 22,900 | 24,000 | 19,900 | 29,000 | 29,000 |
| Rented from Housing Corporation or Housing NZ | | 9,900 | 10,000 | 11,100 | 10,700 | 11,100 | 15,100 | 16,300 |
| Rented from Local Authority or City Council | | 11,900 | 11,900 | 12,500 | 12,800 | 13,000 | 13,600 | 15,000 |
| Rented from other Central Government Agency | | 11,400 | 19,400 | 19,600 | 16,000 | 19,800 | 26,300 | 52,300 |
| Rented from private individual | | 16,000 | 13,900 | 16,800 | 16,000 | 18,800 | 19,700 | 23,500 |
| Rented from private business or other organisation | | 13,700 | 16,400 | 21,000 | 16,700 | 16,000 | 20,100 | 15,600 |
| Not elsewhere stated | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24,500 | 23,300 |
| Total | | 19,100 | 19,700 | 21,000 | 21,400 | 23,200 | 24,500 | 27,800 |