Hampshire, Portsmouth & Southampton Home Movers Survey 2010 PRLG 22 nd 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 % Basingstoke & Deane % New Forest % Southampton % Eastleigh % Portsmouth % Winchester % Test Valley % Fareham % Havant % Hart % Rushmoor % Gosport % 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 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 3% Greater London 9% Rest of UK 53% Within the same district Elsewhere in Hampshire 19% Outside UK 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.

Further Information  Access the Home Movers Survey at:  If you have any questions or comments about this document, please contact Hampshire 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: or