Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

SECTION E: THE NEEDS OF PARTICULAR GROUPSTable 13.3 Households with support needsHouseholds% of householdsNo people with support needs 99,424 88.5%Single support need only 10,219 9.1%Multiple support needs 2,752 2.4%TOTAL 112,395 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The two tables above show that the majority of support needs households (91.8%) only contain oneperson with a support need and that the majority of households with a support needs member do nothave multiple support needs (78.8%). However, some 1,061 households in the City of Westminsterare estimated to have two or more people with a support need whilst an estimated 2,752 householdscontain someone with multiple needs.13.4 Characteristics of support needs householdsThe survey indicates that 1,276 support needs households (9.8%) currently reside in shelteredaccommodation with the remainder living in normal residential accommodation.The tables below show the characteristics of support needs households in terms of household size,age, tenure, sub-area and unsuitable housing.Number ofpersons inhouseholdTable 13.4 Size of support needs householdsSupport needsNo supportneedsSupport needs householdsNumber ofh’holds% of totalh’holds withsupport needs% of those witha support needOne 8,432 46,514 54,946 15.3% 65.0%Two 2,478 29,088 31,566 7.9% 19.1%Three 1,400 11,184 12,584 11.1% 10.8%Four 536 7,664 8,200 6.5% 4.1%Five 32 3,367 3,399 0.9% 0.2%Six or more 93 1,607 1,700 5.5% 0.7%TOTAL 12,971 99,424 112,395 11.5% 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The table above shows that a household with support needs members is more likely to be small.Almost two-thirds of support needs households contain only one person. Support needs householdsare also more likely to contain older persons.PAGE 121