Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006In addition to the above figures it is of use to consider the household types and tenure of thosehouseholds under-occupying. This will give some indication of the scope for measures to reduceunder-occupancy (particularly in the social rented sector). The table below shows this analysis.Household typeTable 17.2 Under-occupation by household type and tenureOwneroccupied(nomortgage)Owneroccupied(withmortgage)TenureCouncilRSLPrivaterentedTOTALSingle pensioner 4,584 0 41 86 109 4,8202 or more pensioners 2,099 0 152 0 24 2,275Single non-pensioner 1,479 1,217 86 501 1,000 4,2832 or more adults, no children 2,898 4,141 494 510 2,400 10,443Lone parent 0 0 0 0 0 02+ adults, 1 child 0 466 92 7 35 6002+ adults, 2+ children 501 209 67 223 17 1,017TOTAL 11,561 6,033 932 1,327 3,585 23,441Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The table shows that there are a significant number of pensioner households under-occupying in theowner-occupied (no mortgage) sector, where as around two-thirds of under occupied private rentedsector stock was occupied by 2 or more adults with no children. No lone parent households wereunder-occupying their properties.17.4 Income levelsThe figure below shows the income levels of households who are overcrowded or under-occupied(excluding student households). The data shows that under-occupied households have the highestaverage household income (at £49,496 per annum) and overcrowded households the lowest (at£27,799 per annum). If these figures are adjusted depending on the number of persons in thehouseholds this trend is exacerbated. Overcrowded households have an average income per personof only £5,582; this figure rises to £27,904 for households who are under-occupying.PAGE 158