Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

16. Black and Minority Ethnic householdsThe table below shows ethnic group by support needs. The results show that White-Irish householdswere the most likely to have support needs (nearly 25%). Households headed by White –Otherperson were the least likely to contain a person with support needs. Overall, over two-thirds ofsupport needs households are headed by a White British person.Ethnic groupTable 16.5 Support needs households and ethnic groupSupportneedsSupport needs householdsNo supportneedsNumber ofh’holds% of totalh’holds withsupportneeds% of thosewith asupportneedWhite - British 9,053 56,868 65,921 13.7% 69.8%White - Irish 1,143 3,771 4,914 23.3% 8.8%White - Other 472 16,724 17,195 2.7% 3.6%Mixed 177 2,845 3,021 5.9% 1.4%Asian or Asian British 273 6,940 7,213 3.8% 2.1%Black or Black British - African 1,220 4,383 5,604 21.8% 9.4%Black or Black British - Other 164 2,009 2,173 7.5% 1.3%Arab 321 4,118 4,439 7.2% 2.5%Any other ethnic group 149 1,766 1,914 7.8% 1.1%Total 12,972 99,424 112,395 11.5% 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 200616.5 Geographical locationThe table below shows the geographical distribution of ethnic minority households. The data showsa number of trends in terms of the predominance of certain groups in particular areas. For example,White - Irish households are particularly likely to live in the North West, as are Black or BlackBritish households. Arab and Other ethnic group households are particularly likely to live in theCentral Strip. Overall the Central Strip and the North West sub-areas appear to be the mostethnically diverse.PAGE 149