Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006A2.2 Weighting dataThe survey data was weighted to estimated profiles of households based on various secondarysources of information. The tables below show the final estimates of the number of households ineach group (for 7 different variables) along with the number of actual survey responses. Although insome cases it is clear that the proportion of survey responses is close to the ‘expected’ situation(according to 2001 Census/HSSA data/Council tax register) there are others where it is clear thatthe weighting of data was necessary to ensure that the results as presented are reflective of thehousehold population of the City of Westminster.TenureTable A2.1 Number of households in each tenure groupTotalnumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsNumber ofreturns% of returnsOwner-occupied (no mortgage) 21,668 19.3% 245 20.1%Owner-occupied (with mortgage) 27,451 24.4% 263 21.6%Council 12,197 10.9% 265 21.8%RSL 12,477 11.1% 152 12.5%Private rented 38,602 34.3% 293 24.1%TOTAL 112,395 100.0% 1,218 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006Accommodation typeTable A2.2 Accommodation type profileEstimatedhouseholds% ofhouseholdsNumber ofreturns% of returnsHouse 12,452 11.1% 161 12.8%Purpose built flats 68,089 60.6% 1,001 79.4%Other 31,854 28.3% 99 7.9%TOTAL 112,395 100.0% 1,261 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006Cars ownedEstimatedhouseholdsTable A2.3 Car ownership% of householdsNumber ofreturns% of returnsNone 62,375 55.5% 503 39.9%One 40,309 35.9% 481 38.1%Two 8,016 7.1% 272 21.6%Three or more 1,694 1.5% 5 0.4%TOTAL 112,395 100.0% 1,261 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006PAGE 176