Strategic Housing Market Assessment - North Devon District Council

SHMA: Torridge and North Devon Update
Key findings:
• In 2010-11, 98% of lettings were to White applicants, 96% to people who
identified themselves as White British; just over 2% to other White applicants,
and just under 2% to other ethnic groups.
• This compares with a total White population in North Devon and Torridge
estimated data to be 96% in 2009.
Who is being housed in the intermediate housing sector
4.14 This section considers who is being housed in the intermediate housing sector
in the area. Data is available for sales, typically of shared ownership or
HomeBuy properties. The first dimension considered is the type of
households being housed then their net weekly incomes.
Table 4.11: sales by type of household, April 2009-March 2011
North
Devon &
Torridge
no.
North
Devon &
Torridge
%
Household type North Devon Torridge
Single adult 8 8 16 53.33
Multi-adult no children
(typically couples) 5 3 8 26.67
Multi-adult + children
(families) 2 2 4 13.33
Lone parents 1 1 2 6.67
Older people (not included
above) 0 0 0 0
Total 16 14 30 100%
(Source: Core)
Key findings:
• The data available is limited but identifies that shared ownership housing is
working most effectively for single adults and couples whereas the pattern for
new lettings is more balanced between households with and without children.
This almost certainly reflects the type of housing provided.
• The largest single group currently being housed is single people (53%)
followed by childless couples (27%). Couples represented a near identical
proportion of social housing lettings in 2010-11 (26%) but single people made
up only 10% of lettings.
• Two parent families (multi-adult with children) made up 13% of the total
compared with 26% of social housing lettings and lone parents 7%, compared
with 24% of lettings.
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