Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006When moved to present homeTable 15.3 Key worker households and past movesKey worker householdNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsNot key worker householdNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsWithin the last year 25 0.4% 16,849 16.0%1 to 2 years ago 688 9.9% 7,779 7.4%2 to 5 years ago 1,257 18.0% 17,051 16.2%5 to 10 years ago 1,364 19.6% 10,411 9.9%Over 10 years ago 3,426 49.1% 47,386 44.9%Always lived here 212 3.0% 5,946 5.6%TOTAL 6,972 100.0% 105,422 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006Previous tenure and location information for households moving in the last five years is presentedin the table below. The results show that almost half of key worker households moving in the lastfive years were private renting households, a proportion below that of non-key worker households.Some 49 of the 931 key worker households that were previously private renting were living in tiedaccommodation. Key worker households were more likely to have moved from social rented andowner-occupied accommodation, whilst a smaller proportion of non-key worker households werenewly forming. In terms of location, the data suggests that key worker households are more likely tohave moved from within the City of Westminster than non-key workers.Table 15.4 Previous tenure and location of households moving in last five yearsCharacteristic Key worker household Not key worker householdNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsNumber ofhouseholds% ofhouseholdsTenure of previous homeOwner-occupied 348 17.7% 4,421 10.6%Social rented 594 30.1% 4,806 11.5%Private rented 931 47.2% 27,189 65.2%Newly forming household 98 5.0% 5,263 12.6%Location of previous homeIn the City of Westminster 927 47.0% 18,403 44.2%Elsewhere in London 924 46.9% 12,392 29.7%Elsewhere in the South East 10 0.5% 904 2.2%Elsewhere in the United Kingdom 0 0.0% 3,408 8.2%Abroad 110 5.6% 6,571 15.8%TOTAL 1,970 100.0% 41,679 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006PAGE 138