Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

15. Key worker households15.5 Housing aspirations of key worker householdsThe survey also collected information on the future aspirations of households seeking to movewithin the next five years. The table below indicates that of the 6,972 key worker households, atotal of 21.2% need or are likely to move over the next five years. This figure is well below the30.7% of non-key worker households who need/are likely to move in the next five years.When need/likely to moveTable 15.5 Key worker households and future movesKey worker householdNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsNot key worker householdNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsNow 62 0.9% 8,095 7.7%Within a year 317 4.5% 10,142 9.6%1 to 2 years 619 8.9% 8,203 7.8%2 to 5 years 484 6.9% 5,941 5.6%No need/not likely to move 5,490 78.8% 73,042 69.3%TOTAL 6,972 100.0% 105,423 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The table indicates that 1,482 key worker households stated they were likely or would need to movewithin the next five years. Their housing preferences (in terms of tenure, location and size) arepresented in the table below and are compared with results for all non-key worker householdswanting to move within the next five years.PAGE 139