Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006A4.6 Support needs and ethnicityThe table below shows the presence of support needs members in households in which the health ofa household member is suffering because of the condition of the home. The results indicate that ‘illhealth’ households are far more likely to contain a member with support needs than otherhouseholds in the City.Table A4.6 Households whose home condition is causing ill health and support needsSupport needs householdsHouseholds suffering fromill healthNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsRemaining households inCity of WestminsterNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsSupport needs 1,623 33.5% 11,348 10.6%No support needs 3,216 66.5% 96,208 89.5%TOTAL 4,839 100.0% 107,556 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The table below shows the ethnicity 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 less likely to be White than other households and are particularly likely to be Asianor Black.Table A4.7 Ethnicity of households whose home condition is causing ill healthEthnic groupHouseholds suffering fromill healthNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsRemaining households inCity of WestminsterNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsWhite - British 2,653 54.8% 63,268 58.8%White - Irish 163 3.4% 4,751 4.4%White - Other 536 11.1% 16,659 15.5%Mixed 26 0.5% 2,995 2.8%Asian or Asian British 598 12.4% 6,615 6.2%Black or Black British - African 297 6.1% 5,307 4.9%Black or Black British - Other 311 6.4% 1,862 1.7%Arab 233 4.8% 4,206 3.9%Any other ethnic group 22 0.5% 1,892 1.8%TOTAL 4,839 100.0% 107,556 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006PAGE 186