Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006Table 4.3 Car ownership and tenureNumber of cars/vans available for useTenureAverage0 1 2 3+ number ofcars/vansOwner-occupied (no mortgage) 44.3% 46.9% 6.7% 2.2% 0.67Owner-occupied (with mortgage) 33.1% 47.9% 16.5% 2.4% 0.88Council 78.9% 18.5% 2.6% 0.0% 0.24RSL 67.6% 28.6% 2.1% 1.7% 0.38Private rented 66.4% 28.9% 3.8% 0.9% 0.39TOTAL 55.5% 35.9% 7.1% 1.5% 0.55Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 20064.5 Commuting patternsThe survey questionnaire also looked at commuting patterns and the place of work. The table belowshows the place of work of the head of household, and shows that almost a third work within theCity of Westminster (including those that work at home), a quarter work elsewhere in London and43.5% are not in employment, although this category does include students.Place of workTable 4.4 Place of workNumber ofhouseholds% of householdsWork mainly from home 4,644 4.1%In City of Westminster 30,701 27.3%Elsewhere in London 26,518 23.6%Elsewhere in the South East 665 0.6%Elsewhere in the UK 404 0.4%Abroad 500 0.4%Not in employment 48,963 43.6%TOTAL 112,395 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006The average journey time of all heads of households in employment is 21 minutes. The averagejourney time for those that work in the City of Westminster is 19 minutes, whilst for those that workelsewhere in London the average journey time is 25 minutes. This average journey time is low incomparison to other London boroughs, as Westminster is particularly well connected in terms ofpublic transport.PAGE 38