Household profile
The survey found that 84% of households in the area had two or fewer adults in the household with 27% being single adult households.
A stable community
The majority of respondents had been resident in the parish for more than 5 years (81%) with very few new residents (only 7% resident for less than 2 years).
The suggestion that the community is relatively stable is strengthened by the fact that only 14% of respondents indicated that they would be likely to leave the parish in the next 5 years. Applying this percentage to the total number of properties in the parish (522) we can estimate that over the next 5 years around 73 properties will become available through people moving away.
Area is predominantly owner occupied housing
The survey found that 80% of property was owner occupied, 10% privately rented and 9% housing association. This compares to a Borough wide picture of 15% housing association.
Strong level of housing need
The survey found that a large number of respondents (101) (34%) felt that they would be in need of alternative accommodation in the next 10 years, 12 respondents indicating being in need now and a further 53 being in need in the next 5 years. 80 % of those people in need wished to remain in the same parish.
The main reason (41%) for being in need was due to requiring independent accommodation, for example currently living with parents. Of particular interest is that 28% of people indicating they were in housing need reported the reason being due to changing circumstances meaning no suitable accommodation available in the parish.
Even without factoring this percentage up for the parish we can estimate that around 25 respondents are in housing need within the Parish as a result of their being no other suitable accommodation available. Assuming 80% wish to remain in the parish this gives us a new housing need of around 20 homes (+- margins of error).
Even assuming that the 73 properties that may be put on the market in the next 5 years are sold to residents of the parish (a best case scenario) the figures suggest a net shortfall of around 9 homes.
The figures suggest therefore a shortfall of between 9 and 20 homes.
Main need for 2 bed bungalows and three bed houses
The survey indicated that the strongest need is for elderly person accommodation and also a strong need for young single person accommodation. The preferred types of accommodation that featured highly was 2 bed bungalows for the elderly (25%) two bed houses (16%) and three or more bed houses (17%).
No strongly preferred tenure for those in housing need
Of those responding to be in housing need no strongly preferred tenure was evident with 38% requiring owner occupied housing 30% rented and 28% not expressing a preference. Only 4% expressed shared equity as their tenure of choice.
Affordability
Interestingly of those people responding as being in housing need 60% reported that they could only afford a rent of up to £60. This would be the equivalent of a round a £48000 mortgage. When asked the question as to what mortgage they felt they could afford 67% of respondents indicated they could not afford a mortgage over £70,000 and 30% could not afford a mortgage over £50,000. This level of affordability supports the evidence of preferred tenure with respondents being realistic in their tenure choice based on knowledge of affordability.
Strong support for a small scheme of affordable housing to meet local need
The survey found overwhelming support for a small scheme of affordable housing to meet local need with 78% of respondents indicating support
The survey also found support for both owner occupied and rented tenure housing with 15% stating a need for rented accommodation, 24% for owner occupied and 57% suggesting a need for both.
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