Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006The table below shows the numbers of households with different types of support needs. Thenumbers of households in each category exceed the total number of support needs householdsbecause people can have more than one category of support need.'Physically disabled' is the predominant group. There are 7,451 households with a physicallydisabled household member. The next largest group is ‘frail elderly’, with 5,042 households havinga member in this category. These two categories represent 57.4% and 38.9% of all support needshouseholds respectively.CategoryTable 13.1 Support needs categoriesNumber ofhouseholds% of allhouseholds% ofsupportneedshouseholdsFrail elderly* 5,042 4.5% 38.9%Physical disability 7,451 6.6% 57.4%Learning disability** 59 0.1% 0.5%Mental health problem*** 2,782 2.5% 21.5%Severe sensory disability 256 0.2% 2.0%Other 570 0.5% 4.4%* Note- elderly people who have become frail & who may find it difficult to cope in ordinary housing** The survey has identified 59 households with at least one member with a learning disability; however the Cityof Westminster records suggest that there are 530 individuals with a learning disability within the City.*** Additional City of Westminster information also suggests that 2,693 new individual referrals were made to theMental Health Trust in 2005/2006.Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006In addition to the above information we are able to look at the number of people in each householdwith a support need and also households containing persons with multiple support needs. Theresults for these are shown below.Table 13.2 Number of people with support needsHouseholds% of householdsNo people with support needs 99,424 88.5%One person with support needs 11,910 10.6%Two persons with support needs 1,061 0.9%Three or more persons with support needs 0 0.0%TOTAL 112,395 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006PAGE 120