Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

15. Key worker householdsTable 15.2 Key worker households and housing/household characteristicsCharacteristicKey worker householdNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsNot key worker householdNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsTenureOwner-occupied (no mortgage) 462 6.6% 21,206 20.1%Owner-occupied (with mortgage) 3,449 49.5% 24,002 22.8%Council 750 10.8% 11,447 10.9%RSL 1,010 14.5% 11,467 10.9%Private rented 1,301 18.7% 37,301 35.4%Household compositionSingle pensioners 0 0.0% 15,914 15.1%2 or more pensioners 39 0.6% 3,898 3.7%Single non-pensioners 1,095 15.7% 37,937 36.0%2 or more adults – no children 2,392 34.3% 32,937 31.2%Lone parent 211 3.0% 2,685 2.5%2+ adults 1 child 1,390 19.9% 6,092 5.8%2+ adults 2+ children 1,844 26.5% 5,960 5.7%Sub-areaNorth West 2,204 31.6% 21,874 20.7%North 89 1.3% 17,571 16.7%Central Strip 2,256 32.4% 31,544 29.9%South Central 1,068 15.3% 17,387 16.5%South 1,354 19.4% 17,047 16.2%Size requirement1 bedroom 2,332 33.5% 76,283 72.4%2 bedrooms 2,320 33.3% 20,135 19.1%3 bedrooms 1,924 27.6% 7,647 7.3%4+ bedrooms 395 5.7% 1,358 1.3%Age of household head0 to 19 0 0.0% 1,817 1.7%20 to 29 492 7.1% 18,171 17.2%30 to 39 1,694 24.3% 24,588 23.3%40 to 49 2,935 42.1% 20,545 19.5%50 to 59 1,699 24.4% 15,142 14.4%60 and over 152 2.2% 25,160 23.9%TOTAL 6,972 100.0% 105,423 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 200615.4 Previous household moves of key worker householdsThe table below indicates when key worker and non-key worker households moved to their currentaccommodation. The results show that 28.3% of all key worker households had moved to theircurrent accommodation within the last five years compared with 39.6% of non-key workers.PAGE 137