Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 2006Figure 7.2 Unsuitable housing and household characteristicsSingle pensioner2 or more pensionersSingle non-pensioner2 or more adults - nochildren11.2%13.0%9.9%6.2%Lone parent52.0%2 or more adults & 1child2 or more adults & 2 ormore children6.7%17.3%North WestNorth13.3%17.7%Central Strip10.9%South CentralSouth2.1%6.8%0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%% in unsuitable housingSource: City of Westminster Housing Needs Survey 2006In addition to the above analysis it is possible to compare survey figures with the Housing Register.Survey responses indicated that there were 7,707 existing households on the Housing Register at thetime of the survey (there will be additional potential households and those living outside the City).Of these it was estimated that 18.1% (1,392 households) were in unsuitable housing. This compareswith 9.8% of those who were not registered. The data did however suggest that 87.8% of those inunsuitable housing were not registered.These results suggest that whilst those registered are more likely to have housing problems thanother households there are a significant number of households who are registered but not (under thedefinitions used here) in unsuitable housing and also a significant number in unsuitable housingwho are not registered. This highlights the difficulties in using Housing Registers as an indicator ofoverall needs.PAGE 72