Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Appendix A7 Households with childrenNumber of persons in householdTable A7.4 Size of households with childrenHouseholds with childrenNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsRemaining households inCity of WestminsterNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsOne - - 54,946 58.3%Two 2,315 12.7% 29,251 31.0%Three 6,244 34.3% 6,340 6.7%Four 5,172 28.4% 3,029 3.2%Five 3,321 18.3% 78 0.1%Six or more 1,132 6.2% 569 0.6%TOTAL 18,183 100.0% 94,212 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The table below shows the number of children in households with children. The table shows thatover half of households with children have only one child, an additional 32.1% have two children.Only 14.1% of households with children have more than two children. Overall the averagehousehold with children has 1.64 children.Table A7.5 Number of childrenNumber of households% of householdsOne 9,797 53.9%Two 5,836 32.1%Three 1,888 10.4%Four 652 3.6%Five 10 0.1%TOTAL 18,183 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006A7.6 EthnicityThe table below shows the ethnicity of households with children. The results clearly indicate thathouseholds with children are less likely to be White British than the other households in the City.The opposite is true for all non-white households, with the exception of those classing themselvesas being in the other ethnic group. Overall, 43.0% of households with children in the City ofWestminster are headed by a White – British person.Mixed households have the highest average number of children at 2.36 whilst White Other have thelowest at 1.20.PAGE 207