Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 20064.7 Past movesAn important part of the survey analysis concerns past household moves. This is for both existingand newly forming households moving in the last two years. These moves are important in terms ofestimates of projected future needs (which are largely based on past trend information). Newlyforming households are households that were previously living with parents, friends or relative.Existing households are all other households.The table below sets out the number and proportion of households who have moved home withinthe past two years. The data suggests that 22.5% of households in the City of Westminster havemoved home in the last two years. Most of these moves were made by existing households.Table 4.9 Past moves in City of WestminsterType of moving householdNumber ofhouseholds% of householdsNewly forming households 3,441 3.1%Existing households 21,901 19.5%Non-movers 87,053 77.5%TOTAL 112,395 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006This data can further be looked at in terms of trends in migration. The table below shows thelocations of previous homes for both the newly forming and existing households. The table shows aconsiderable proportion of households moved from outside the City. In total 41.0% of moves weremade from an address within the City, almost 30% were made from elsewhere in London witharound a fifth of moves from abroad. Existing households are less likely to have moved fromoutside the City than newly forming households. Newly forming households are more likely to havemoved from abroad than existing households. Existing households however are more likely to havemoved into the City of Westminster from elsewhere in London.Location of previous homeTable 4.10 Location of previous homeNewlyforminghouseholdsExistinghouseholdTOTALCity of Westminster 10.0% 45.9% 41.0%Elsewhere in London 8.4% 33.3% 29.9%Elsewhere in the South East 0.3% 0.7% 0.7%Elsewhere in the UK 5.6% 9.8% 9.2%Abroad 75.7% 10.3% 19.2%TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Source: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006PAGE 42