Key Housing Needs Statistics
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www.braintree.gov.uk/housing/housing-statnav Key Housing Needs Statistics Finchingfield & Cornish Hall End Snapshot: January 2021 To be read in conjunction with the ‘Guide to Key Housing Needs Statistics – Villages’ For all sources, more detailed housing needs data and a full guide to how to read this data, please visit the Housing StatNav website. Housing StatNav is a partnership project between Eastlight Community Homes and Braintree District Council For more details please visit: https://www.braintree.gov.uk/housing/housing-statnav Key Housing Needs Statistics Snapshot: January 2021 Finchingfield & Cornish Hall End About the Parish of Finchingfield & Cornish Hall End Population Profile Key Parish Statistics Aged 0-15 Aged 16-24 Aged 25-44 l Population (2011 Census) - 1,471 l Households (2011 Census) - 595 Aged 45-64 Aged 65-74 Aged 75+ The population is 1.0% of the total l Braintree District population (147,084) Finchingfield & Cornish Hall 19% 9% 22% 34% 10% 7% End Lower than average owner occupation Braintree 62% of households are owner 20% 10% 26% 27% 9% 8% District occupied, with 12% of the households renting from the Council or a Housing association and 23% renting privately, which Tenure of Housing (2011 Census) is much higher than the 13% District average 69% 62% Lower unemployment 22% Finchingfield and Cornish End 16% 12% 13% has a lower proportion of unemployed people (2%), 3% 1% compared to the 4% District and East of England averages; 75% of Owner occupied Social rented Private rented Living rent free the parish are employed Finchingfield & Cornish Hall End Braintree District Housing Association homes to rent in Finchingfield & Cornish Hall End There were 64 Housing Association homes to rent in Finchingfield & Cornish Hall End as at January 2021. Eastlight Homes Other HA Homes 2 3 5 25 12 15 2 Lettings history in Finchingfield & Cornish Hall End Average number of bids on properties advertised on the Council's letting system Number of homes which have become Average number of bids on properties advertised on the Council's letting system available to rent 129 During the ten year period from April 2019 to 68 67 41 46 41 39 56 January 2021, there have been 27 homes that 12 25 have become available to rent through Gateway to HomeChoice. 1 bed bungalow 2 bed bungalow 2 bed flat 2 bed house 3 bed house These were: Finchingfield & Cornish Hall End 1 x 1 bed bungalow Total number of homes which became available between 2009 and 2021 17 x 2 bed bungalows 17 1 x 2 bed flat 4 x 2 bed houses 4 4 4 x 3 bed houses 1 1 1 bed bungalow 2 bed bungalow 2 bed flat 2 bed house 3 bed house Applicants waiting for a housing association home to rent There were 8 households registered on Braintree District Council's system (Gateway to HomeChoice) waiting for housing association homes (households with a current address in the village as at January 2021): Priority band A Priority band B Priority band C Other bands D to F 1 Applicant 2 Applicants 0 Applicants 5 Applicants For more information about the priority 'bands' (A to F) for housing applications, please see the guide to the data. Applicants in Finchingfield & Cornish Hall End and surrounding villages There were 27 households registered for housing association homes with a current address in Finchingfield & Cornish Hall End and surrounding villages (Great Bardfield, Stambourne, Wethersfield and Toppesfield) at January 2021. These are broken down into the priority 'bands' A to F: Age 18-39 Age 40-59 Age 60+ 8 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Priority band A Priority band B Priority band C Priority band D Priority band E Priority band F Priority band A Priority band B Priority band C Other bands D to F 2 4 4 17 The property size (number of bedrooms) needed by all applicants: Age Group 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed 4 bed 5+ bed Total Age 18-39 1 8 3 1 13 Age 40-59 3 5 8 Age 60+ 4 1 1 6 Total 8 14 4 1 0 27 Priority Band 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed 4 bed 5+ bed Total Priority band A 1 1 2 Priority band B 2 2 4 Priority band C 1 3 4 Other bands D to F 4 11 2 17 Total 8 14 4 1 0 27.