Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Appendix A9 The social rented sectorAppendix A9 The social rented sectorA9.1 IntroductionThe survey estimates that there are 24,674 households living within the social rented sector, ofwhich 12,197 live in council accommodation and 12,477 within RSL accommodation. Thisappendix briefly examines the characteristics of these households in terms of their housingcircumstances and ability to afford.A9.2 Dwelling characteristicsThe table below shows the types of accommodation social rented households reside in. The dataindicates that in both social rented tenures households are most likely to be living in purpose builtflats. Council tenants are more likely than RSL residents to be living in purpose built flats, whilstthe reverse is true for other flats.Dwelling typeTable A9.1 Dwelling type of social rented accommodationNumber ofhouseholdsCouncil% ofhouseholdsNumber ofhouseholdsRSL% ofhouseholdsDetached house/bungalow* 0 0.0% 30 0.2%Semi-detached house/bungalow 300 2.5% 352 2.8%Terraced house/bungalow 445 3.6% 118 0.9%Purpose-built flat/maisonette 7,111 66.3% 6,353 54.9%Other flat/maisonette** 4,341 27.6% 5,625 41.1%TOTAL 12,197 100.0% 12,477 100.0%* Includes mobile homes*Other flat/maisonette includes flats that are part of a converted or shared house and flats in a commercialbuildingSource: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006A9.3 Household compositionThe table below shows that Council rented households are more likely to contain only one personthan RSL households. However, they are also more likely to contain five or more people.PAGE 215