Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Appendix A4 Health and housingA4.5 Household compositionThe table below indicates the size of households in which the health of a household member issuffering because of the condition of the home. The data shows that these households are less likelyto contain one person and are more likely to contain three or more people than other households inthe City of Westminster.Table A4.4 Size of households whose home condition is causing ill healthNumber of persons in householdHouseholds suffering fromill healthNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsRemaining households inCity of WestminsterNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsOne 1,671 34.5% 53,275 49.5%Two 1,895 39.2% 29,671 27.6%Three 735 15.2% 11,849 11.0%Four 403 8.3% 7,797 7.2%Five 78 1.6% 3,321 3.1%Six or more 57 1.2% 1,643 1.5%TOTAL 4,839 100.0% 107,556 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The table below shows the type of households in which the health of a household member issuffering because of the condition of the home. The results clearly indicate that ‘ill health’households are more likely to contain pensioners than other households. Overall some 10.5% of ‘illhealth’ households are lone parent households compared to 2.2% of other households in the City.Table A4.5 Type of households whose home condition is causing ill healthHousehold typeHouseholds suffering fromill healthNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsRemaining households inCity of WestminsterNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsSingle Pensioner 1,138 23.5% 14,776 13.7%2 or more pensioners 570 11.8% 3,368 3.1%Single non-pensioner 532 11.0% 38,500 35.8%2 or more adults, no children 1,784 36.9% 33,544 31.2%Lone parent 509 10.5% 2,387 2.2%2+ adults, 1 or more children 178 3.7% 7,305 6.8%2+ adults, 2+ children 128 2.6% 7,677 7.1%TOTAL 4,839 100.0% 107,556 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006PAGE 185