Hamilton City residents are least likely to own their own home, 2023 Census data has revealed.

The data, released today, showed Hamilton City was the territorial authority with the lowest home ownership rates in New Zealand at 53.5%.

This was the second census in a row where the bottom spot in the table went to Hamilton. In 2018, the census recorded 53.9% of Hamiltonians owned their own home.

Elsewhere in Waikato, over three-quarters of households in the Thames-Coromandel District were homeowners.

Matamata-Piako and Taupō had homeownership rates above 70%. Ruapehu, South Waikato and Waitomo’s home ownership rates were in the 60% to 65.9% range.