Strategic Housing Market Assessment - North Devon District Council

SHMA: Torridge and North Devon Update
Table 3.5: dwellings by Council Tax band, 2011
North Devon Torridge
North Devon &
Torridge South West England
Band No % No % No % % %
A 9,799 22.5 7,796 25.7 17,595 23.8 17.6 24.3
B 10,557 24.3 6,597 21.8 17,154 23.2 24.5 19.7
C 9,270 21.3 6,201 20.5 15,471 21.0 23.0 21.8
D 7,399 17.0 5,225 17.2 12,624 17.1 15.8 15.4
E 4,110 9.4 3,029 10.0 7,139 9.7 10.5 9.7
F 1,735 4.0 1,046 3.5 2,781 3.8 5.3 5.2
G 614 1.4 372 1.2 986 1.3 3.1 3.5
H 39 0.1 27 0.1 66 0.1 0.3 0.6
Total 43,523 100.0 30,293 100.0 73,816 100.0 100.0 0.0
(Source: Dwellings by Council Tax Band; Neighbourhood Statistics Website
http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/.)
Key findings:
• The proportion of homes in different bands is similar to the regional and
national pattern, but there are more lower Band homes (Band A) than
regionally and less higher Band homes (F-H).
• However, it must be remembered that as the property values on which these
bandings have been based have not been updated since 1 st April 1991, they
may no longer be a valid indication of current market values.
Under-occupation and overcrowding
3.7 Under-occupation and overcrowding are likely to be experienced at different
stages of the life cycle. Under-occupation is more likely to affect older people
living in family housing from which children have moved on. Overcrowding is
more likely to affect younger people with dependent children who are in need
of more bedrooms. Under-occupation and overcrowding can therefore, be two
sides of the same coin, where a reduction in under-occupation by older
people can increase the supply of family housing for younger households.
The Occupancy Rating provides the formal measure of both under-occupation
and overcrowding and is based on the concept of the Room Requirement
which is calculated as follows:
• a one-person household is assumed to require three rooms (two common
rooms and a bedroom); and
• where there are two or more residents, it is assumed that they require a
minimum of two common rooms plus one bedroom for:
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