Survey of English Housing - Lancashire Results

August 2004

The Survey of English Housing (SEH) is a continuous multi-purpose household survey carried out for the Department for Communities and Local Government by the National Centre for Social Research, providing important housing data on owner occupation and on the social and private rented sectors.

The SEH is based on a fairly small sample of around 20,000 households. This is large enough to allow annual results to be derived for England and each of the Government Office regions but not for sub-regions. In order to allow, for the first time, analysis at a smaller sub-regional (NUTS-2) geographical level, results from the 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03 surveys have been combined. The results for the Lancashire NUTS-2 sub-region (comprising Lancashire County, and Blackburn and Blackpool Unitaries) are shown in the following table:

Table 1 Household Characteristics, Lancashire, 2000/01-2002/03⁽¹⁾

Lancashire NUTS-2
North West
England

Total Households
593,000
2,834,000
20,905,000

Tenure (%):

Owner occupied
77
71
70
• Owned outright
35
29
28
• Buying with a mortgage
42
41
42
Social rented
14
21
20
• Council
10
15
14
• RSL
4
6
6
Private rented
9
8
10
• Unfurnished
7
6
7
• Furnished
2
2
3

Type of accommodation (%):

Detached
20
18
22
Semi-detached
36
39
33
Terrace
35
32
28
Flat or maisonette
9
11
17
Other
1

Central heating in accommodation (%):

All living rooms and bedrooms
80
83
84
Some rooms but not all
6
5
7
No central heating
14
12
9

Garden space availability (%):

Garden
78
81
85
Patio or yard
16
13
5
Roof terrace or large balcony

1
1
None of these
5
6
9

Number of floors in building (%):

Bungalow
12
9
10
2
80
82
75
3
6
7
10
4
1.2
1.3
2.7
5-9
0.1
0.2
1.3
10+
0.1
0.7
0.7

Year property built (%):

Before 1919
23
21
20
1919-1944
20
23
20
1945-1964
21
22
23
1965-1984
23
22
24
1985 or later
12
12
13
Mean age of property (years)
57
57
54

Household type (%):

Couple, no dependent children
38
35
37
Couple with dependent children
21
21
21
Lone parent with dependent children
7
8
7
Other multi-person household
7
6
7
One person household
28
28
28

Number of persons in household (%):

1
28
28
28
2
36
35
36
3
16
16
15
4
14
14
14
5
5
5
5
6
1
1
1
7+
1
1
1
Mean number of persons (No.)
2.4
2.4
2.4

Economic status of household reference person (%)

Working
57
56
60
• Full-time
50
49
53
• Part-time
7
7
7
Unemployed
2
2
2
Retired
30
29
28
Other inactive
11
13
10

Number of employed persons in household (%):

None
38
39
35
1
26
27
28
2
29
28
30
3+
7
7
7
Mean number of persons (No.)
1.1
1.1
1.1

Gross annual household income (%):

Under £5,200
13
13
12
£5,200-£10,400
22
22
19
£10,400-£15,600
15
16
14
£15,600-£20,800
12
12
11
£20,800-£26,000
10
9
9
£26,000-£31,000
10
8
8
£31,000-£36,000
5
6
7
£36,000-£42,000
4
5
5
£42,000-£47,000
2
3
3
£47,000-£52,000
1
2
2
Over £52,000
5
6
10
Mean 2002-03 (£)
23,000
22,300
26,400
Median 2002-03 (£)
17,300
16,100
18,700

Ethnic group of household reference person (%):

White
96
97
93
Black

1
2
Asian
3
2
3
Other or Mixed
1
1
2

Length of residence of household reference person(%):

Less than 1 year
10
10
11
1-3 years
15
15
16
3-5 years
10
10
11
5-10 years
16
15
16
1-20 years
23
22
22
20-40 years
20
21
19
40 years or more
6
7
6

Council tax bands (April 1991 values) (%):

A (up to £40,000)
33
37
23
B (£40,001-£52,000)
20
20
18
C (£52,001-£68,000)
19
17
19
D (£68,001-£88,000)
16
14
20
E (£88,001-£120,000)
7
6
10
F (£120,001-£160,000)
3
3
5
G (£160,001-£320,000)
2
2
4
H (over £320,000)

1

Satisfaction with Area (%):

Very satisfied
54
47
49
Fairly satisfied
33
37
37
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
4
5
5
Slightly dissatisfied
6
7
6
Very dissatisfied
3
4
3

Improvements to area households would like to see (%):

Amount & quality of housing
11
13
14
Availability of jobs
22
21
18
Crime & vandalism
33
38
37
Local amenities parks & leisure facilities
34
38
33
Local health services
14
15
19
Opportunities & facilities for children & young people
42
46
41
Public transport services
22
24
29
Quality of environment
19
22
20
Schools & colleges
6
7
10
Shopping & commercial facilities
20
22
23
None of these
19
14
13
Note (1) 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03 Housing Surveys combined
Source Department for Communities and Local Government – Survey of English Housing Sub-Regional Results, August 2004

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