Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006Ethnic groupTable 16.8 Unsuitable housing and ethnic groupInunsuitablehousingNot inunsuitablehousingUnsuitable housingNumberof h’holdsin City% of totalh’holds inunsuitablehousing% ofthose inunsuitablehousingWhite - British 6,229 59,692 65,921 9.4% 54.3%White - Irish 621 4,293 4,914 12.6% 5.4%White - Other 2,769 14,426 17,195 16.1% 24.2%Mixed 120 2,902 3,022 4.0% 1.0%Asian or Asian British 791 6,423 7,214 11.0% 6.9%Black or Black British - African 316 5,287 5,603 5.6% 2.8%Black or Black British - Other 53 2,120 2,173 2.4% 0.5%Arab 511 3,927 4,438 11.5% 4.5%Any other ethnic group 55 1,859 1,914 2.9% 0.5%Total 11,465 100,929 112,394 10.2% 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The table below shows reasons for unsuitable housing by ethnic group. It shows that overcrowdingis the most common reason for being in unsuitable housing for five of the nine ethnic groups.White British households are most likely to be in unsuitable housing because their housing is tooexpensive and Mixed households are most likely to be in unsuitable housing because ofexperiencing harassment.Table 16.9 Categories of unsuitable housing and ethnic groupEthnic groupTenancy endingexpensiveAccommodation tooOvercrowdingHome too largeSharing facilitiessupport needsLack facilitiesRepairsHarassmentWhite - British 266 1,519 330 460 0 1,259 343 1,148 908White - Irish 0 0 41 0 0 254 0 488 41White - Other 352 590 1,427 0 0 65 0 908 199Mixed 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 10 120Asian or Asian British 23 115 371 0 0 125 0 54 303Black or Black British - African 0 70 298 7 0 0 0 0 0Black or Black British - Other 0 12 33 0 0 11 0 18 0Arab 219 29 215 0 0 63 25 5 6Any other ethnic group 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 860 2,335 2,780 477 0 1,777 368 2,631 1,577Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006PAGE 152