Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006Table 16.2 Household size and ethnicityNumber of persons in householdEthnic groupAverage1 2 3 4 5 6 or more TotalHH sizeWhite - British 37,403 16,059 6,879 3,988 858 734 65,921 1.74White - Irish 2,656 996 332 863 66 0 4,914 1.92White - Other 7,650 6,803 1,649 721 88 284 17,195 2.03Mixed 615 582 355 231 1,146 92 3,021 3.33Asian or Asian British 2,429 2,159 1,533 536 156 401 7,213 2.32Black or Black British - African 754 1,578 1,166 1,359 653 94 5,604 2.99Black or Black British - Other 730 695 199 198 351 0 2,173 2.42Arab 1,902 1,773 368 264 73 59 4,439 1.89Any other ethnic group 806 921 102 41 9 36 1,914 1.76Total 54,945 31,566 12,583 8,201 3,400 1,700 112,395 1.96Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006It can be observed that Mixed households have the highest average household size with anestimated 3.33 persons per household. In contrast White - British households have the lowestaverage household size at 1.74 persons per household. These figures compare with a City ofWestminster average of 1.96 persons per household.16.3 TenureThe table and figure below show ethnic group and tenure. The data shows that White – Irish andBlack or Black British households are more likely than other groups to be living in social rentedhousing. White – Other, Asian or Asian British, Arab and Other ethnic group households areparticularly likely to live in the private rented sector. White - British and Mixed households aremost likely to be owner-occupiers.PAGE 146