Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

4. Current Housing in the City of WestminsterThe figure below shows household type by tenure. As with dwelling type there are clear differencesbetween the tenure groups. The owner-occupied (no mortgage) sector contains the largestproportion of pensioner households. The council rented and the owner-occupied (with mortgage)sectors have the largest proportion of households with children. Non-pensioner households that donot contain children dominate the private rented sector.Figure 4.2 Household type by tenureOwner-occupied (no mortgage)Owner-occupied (with mortgage)CouncilRSLPrivate rented0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%Single pensioner 2 or more pensioners Single non-pensioner2 or more adults, no children Lone parent 2+ adults, 1 child2+ adults, 2+ childrenSource: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 20064.4 Car ownershipA further question asked in the City of Westminster survey was car ownership/availability. Althoughthe central location of Westminster means that households are less likely to own a car thanelsewhere in London, it can still be a useful variable for some indication of wealth. The table belowshows the number of cars households have available for use by tenure.Over two thirds of all households in social rented housing have no access to a car or van, thiscompares with one-third of owner-occupied (with mortgage) households. The average householdhas 0.55 cars; this figure varies from 0.24 for households in Council rented accommodation to 0.88for owner-occupiers with a mortgage.PAGE 37