Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006Age groupTable 13.5 Support needs households with and without older peopleSupportneedsSupport needs householdsNo supportneedsNumber ofh’holds% of totalh’holds withsupportneeds% of thosewith asupportneedNo older people 4,272 82,684 86,956 4.9% 32.9%Both older & non older people 2,719 2,867 5,586 48.7% 21.0%Older people only 5,979 13,872 19,851 30.1% 46.1%TOTAL 12,970 99,423 112,393 11.5% 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006As the table below shows, support needs households are more likely to be living in social rentedhousing. Some 39.6% of Council and 25.1% of RSL tenants contain a member with support needs,compared to 3.4% of owner-occupiers (with mortgage) and 1.7% of private rented tenants.TenureTable 13.6 Support needs households and tenureSupportneedsSupport needs householdsNo supportneedsNumber ofh’holds% of totalh’holdswithsupportneeds% of thosewith asupportneedOwner-occupied (no mortgage) 3,426 18,242 21,668 15.8% 26.4%Owner-occupied (with mortgage) 939 26,512 27,451 3.4% 7.2%Council 4,830 7,367 12,197 39.6% 37.2%RSL 3,134 9,343 12,477 25.1% 24.2%Private rented 642 37,960 38,602 1.7% 4.9%TOTAL 12,971 99,424 112,395 11.5% 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The table below shows the geographical distribution of support needs households. The data showsthat households in the North West are most likely to have a support need, whilst the lowest levelsare shown in the South Central area.PAGE 122