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Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

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Appendix A6 Comparisons between <strong>Westminster</strong>, Haringey and BarnetAppendix A6 Comparisons between <strong>Westminster</strong>, Haringey andBarnetA6.1 IntroductionAs the surveys for <strong>Westminster</strong>, Haringey and Barnet were commissioned and undertaken at thesame time by Fordham Research it is possible to compare the housing markets in the three areas. Ofthe three local authorities being studied by Fordham Research, all three are in the North Londonsub-region. <strong>Westminster</strong> is located in the heart of central London, Barnet to the north (but notadjoining) and Haringey is located directly to the east of Barnet. Differences and similarities thatexist between the household population and housing market of the three areas will be presentedbelow.A6.2 Household compositionInitially it is worth comparing the household profile in the three local authority areas. The tablebelow presents data on household size and household type. It indicates that <strong>Westminster</strong> contains agreater proportion of one person households and a smaller proportion of large (four or more personhouseholds) than the other two boroughs. Barnet has the largest proportion of four people or morehouseholds.The data also shows that <strong>Westminster</strong> contains a larger proportion of single non-pensionerhouseholds (34.7% compared to 25.0% in Haringey and 17.1% in Barnet). Haringey has a greaterproportion of lone parents than the other two boroughs put together.PAGE 197

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