Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006Ethnic groupTable A7.6 Ethnicity of households with childrenHouseholds with childrenNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsRemaining households inCity of WestminsterNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsAveragenumberchildrenWhite - British 7,823 43.0% 58,098 61.7% 1.65White - Irish 1,254 6.9% 3,660 3.9% 1.62White - Other 2,466 13.6% 14,730 15.6% 1.20Mixed 1,736 9.5% 1,285 1.4% 2.36Asian or Asian British 1,513 8.3% 5,700 6.1% 1.43Black or Black British - African 1,973 10.9% 3,630 3.9% 1.75Black or Black British - Other 767 4.2% 1,406 1.5% 1.32Arab 570 3.1% 3,869 4.1% 1.87Any other ethnic group 81 0.4% 1,834 1.9% 1.40TOTAL 18,183 100.0% 94,212 100.0% 1.64Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006A7.7 Overcrowding/under-occupationThe table below shows the incidence of overcrowding and under-occupation in households withchildren. The results show that these households are much more likely to be overcrowded than theother households in the City and are much less likely to be under-occupied.Table A7.7 Overcrowding/under-occupancy and household’s whose home condition iscausing ill healthOvercrowding/under-occupationHousehold’s with childrenNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsRemaining households inCity of WestminsterNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsOvercrowded 1,936 10.6% 1,115 1.2%Neither overcrowded nor under-occupied 14,631 80.5% 71,272 75.7%Under-occupied 1,617 8.9% 21,824 23.2%TOTAL 18,183 100.0% 94,212 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006A7.8 SummaryThe survey estimates that there are 18,183 households with children in the City of Westminster.This appendix briefly examined the characteristics of these households and found that thesehouseholds are likely to:PAGE 208