Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 200617.3 Household characteristicsThe figures below show levels of overcrowding and under-occupation by various householdcharacteristics. The figure shows some clear differences between different household groups.In terms of tenure, the figure shows that owner-occupiers are most likely to be under-occupyingdwellings and less likely to be overcrowded; this is particularly true for those with no mortgage. Itshould also be noted that there are very few overcrowded households in RSL accommodation.Council households are the least likely to be under-occupied (7.6%); and are most likely to beovercrowded (4.7% of households).Household type analysis suggests that households containing adults with children are the mostlikely to be overcrowded, particularly lone parent households where 43.4% were overcrowded.These households are also least likely to under-occupy. Households containing two or morepensioners are most likely to be under-occupying.There was little difference between households with and without support needs, though the latterwere slightly more likely to be overcrowded and slightly more likely to under-occupy their home.The age distribution shows that households containing only older people are not likely to beovercrowded and more likely to be under-occupied than other households.Looking at differences between sub-areas, households in the North West are the most likely to beovercrowded (6.7% of households); households in South Central were the most likely to be underoccupied.The North was the least likely sub-area to contain under-occupying households (4.5%).PAGE 156