Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

17. Overcrowding and under-occupationOvercrowded/under-occupiedTable 17.3 Overcrowding/under-occupancy and incomeAveragegross annualincomeAveragenumber ofpersons inhouseholdsAverageincome perpersonOvercrowded £27,799 4.98 £5,582Neither overcrowded nor under-occupied £45,120 1.92 £23,490Under-occupied £49,496 1.77 £27,904TOTAL £45,587 1.97 £23,110Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 200617.5 Moving intentions of under-occupying householdsFinally this section looks at any moving intentions of overcrowded and under-occupied households.The table below shows the number and proportion of households in each group who need or expectto move home within the next two years.The analysis suggests that overcrowded households are most likely to need/expect to move. In totalan estimated 59.5% of overcrowded households need or expect to move within the next two years,this compares with only 7.3% of households who currently under-occupy their dwelling.Table 17.4 Moving intentions of overcrowded and under-occupying householdsOvercrowded/under-occupiedNumberneed/expectto moveTotal h’holds% needing/expecting tomoveOvercrowded 1,815 3,052 59.5%Neither overcrowded nor under-occupied 23,921 85,903 27.8%Under-occupied 1,702 23,441 7.3%TOTAL 27,438 112,395 24.4%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 200617.6 SummaryThis brief chapter looked at overcrowding and under-occupation. The results suggest that 2.7% ofall households are overcrowded and 20.9% under-occupy their dwelling. The owner-occupied (nomortgage) sector shows the highest levels of under-occupation; the Council rented sector has thehighest level of overcrowding.Overcrowded households tend to have low incomes (per person) and are far more likely to state thatthey need or expect to move than other households.PAGE 159