New Census data ranking home ownership rates throughout the country reveal Auckland’s house prices are so high people are still left with debt when they reach retirement.
Auckland has the nation's highest rate of homeowners still paying off their mortgages and the lowest proportion who own their home mortgage-free.
Tasman homeowners, by contrast, are the most likely to have paid off their home while Gisborne has the highest proportion of renters.
The figures are from 2013 Census data released to the Herald by the Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income.
