Hampshire, Portsmouth & Southampton Home Movers

Survey 2010

PRLG 22nd September 2010

Hampshire, Portsmouth & Southampton

Home Movers Survey 2010 The Home Movers Survey collates information about people who moved home within Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton during the year 2008/09 It explores where they previously lived, their reasons for moving, the type, tenure and size of their new home, and their satisfaction with it. This insight into the type, size and tenure of properties changing hands, and the new occupiers’ origin, household size and satisfaction will assist population forecasting and the formulation of new planning policies.

Methodology This survey was undertaken by

sending a questionnaire to the occupiers of a representative sample (around 5,000) of properties which had changed hands during 2008/2009.

The sample was obtained from Council Tax records held by City, Borough and District Councils.

The survey included new and previously occupied properties and both owner occupied and private rented properties.

However, the number of private rented properties was too small to enable statistically valid analysis at district level, so analysis is at county level only

Distribution of Responses A total of 901 questionnaires were returned representing an overall response rate of 18%. Whilst this is a disappointing response rate when compared to the previous survey in 2002 when 1627 responses were returned, it is still a large enough sample to be reliable at county level. However, where data is reported at district level it should be borne in mind that the number of questionnaires in districts range from 125 in East Hampshire down to a mere 37 in Gosport, as shown in the adjacent table.

District Number of returned

questionnaires

Proportion of questionnaires

East Hampshire 125 13.9%

Basingstoke & Deane

9610.7%

New Forest 90 10.0%

Southampton 80 8.9%

Eastleigh 68 7.6%

Portsmouth 66 7.3%

Winchester 65 7.2%

Test Valley 64 7.1%

Fareham 60 6.7%

Havant 55 6.1%

Hart 52 5.8%

Rushmoor 41 4.6%

Gosport 37 4.1%

Total 899*

* 2 respondents did not disclose their new address

Results – All Properties Dominant Tenures-

Just over half of all those who moved now owner-occupy (54%), a quarter (26%) rent privately.

17% have moved into social housing or a housing association property, 2% purchased a shared ownership property, and 1% moved into a dwelling provided by their employer

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Current Tenure of Movers

House Type of Movers: Home movers chose a wide variety of house type with similar proportions moving into flats and detached, semi-detached and terraced housing. This is a significant change from 2002, when 40% of movers were moving to a detached dwelling, (now 27%) and 20% moved into flats (now 26%).

Portsmouth and Southampton have the highest proportion of movers going into flats at 42% and 41% respectively, a figure much higher than the average for Hampshire at 26%. This was the most common choice for movers in both cities

Portsmouth also had an above average number of movers (35%) going into terraced dwellings.

Conversely New Forest register the highest levels of movers into detached houses at 47%. East Hampshire district was the second highest at 39%.

Dwelling Size: 3 and 4 bedroom properties accounted for half of all moves, with almost as many moves to 1 and 2 bedroom homes.

Properties with 5 or more bedrooms account for an above average number of moves in Winchester at 8%.

Conversely, at least 60% of the moves in Havant, Portsmouth, Gosport and Rushmoor were into 1 and 2 bedroom homes.

Household & Property Size: Across Hampshire, most larger households live in larger properties, but substantial numbers of dwellings with three or more bedrooms are being occupied by one and two person households.

House Type & Size

Previous Residence 56%

Outside*

84%

Same district*

9%Adjacent Counties

* Hampshire overall * Reference to Test Valley Only * Reference to Hart Only

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53%

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19%

OutsideUK

4%

2%South East

Reasons for Move & Place of work

Reasons for Move: In the Hampshire area there is no one single overriding reason for moving. Rather there is a split between several reasons.

In Hart, a ‘move related to job’ was the most common reason, corresponding to 25% of respondents.

Place of Work: Nearly half (48%) of all adult movers’ place of work is in the same district in Hampshire to the one in which they live.

End of rental period 4%

Other change in personal

circumstances 6%

Health reasons 2%

Other reasons 15%

Retirement 6%

Move related to new job

9%

Good investment 3%

Able to afford a better property

9%Previous home

too large 6%

Previous home too small

14%

To be nearer good schools

3% To be nearer relatives

12%

To live in a more attractive area

12%

Further Information Access the Home Movers Survey at: http://www3.hants.gov.uk/planning/factsandfigures/othertopics.htm If you have any questions or comments about this document, please contactHampshire County Council’s Spatial Strategy and Research Group at the below address; Spatial Strategy & Research Group, Environment Department, Hampshire County Council 2nd Floor, EII Court West, The Castle, Winchester, SO23 8ZB Tel: 01962 846806 Email: spatial.strategy@hants.gov.uk or natalie.fellows@hants.gov.uk