Minority Ethnic Residential Experiences and Requirements in the Bridging Newcastlegateshead Area
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Minority Ethnic Residential Experiences and Requirements in the Bridging NewcastleGateshead Area A Report to Bridging NewcastleGateshead Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder June 2007 Minority Ethnic Residential Experiences and Requirements in the Bridging NewcastleGateshead Area Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research Sheffield Hallam University David Robinson Kesia Reeve Rionach Casey Rosalind Goudie June 2007 Contents Contact Details ...........................................................................................................i Acknowledgements...................................................................................................ii Executive Summary .................................................................................................iii 1. Introduction.........................................................................................................2 PART ONE: KEY FINDINGS .....................................................................................9 2. Introduction to the Minority Ethnic Population of the BNG Area ..........................10 3. Housing Situations, Experiences and Preferences..............................................27 4. Neighbourhood Situations, Experiences and Preferences...........................46 5. Benefiting from BNG Interventions.................................................................55 PART TWO: GROUP PROFILES.............................................................................70 6. Bangladeshi Residential Situations and Experiences ..................................71 7. Indian Residential Situations and Experiences .............................................95 8. Pakistani Residential Situations and Experiences......................................115 9. Orthodox Jewish Residential Situations and Experiences.........................137 10. Chinese Residential Situations and Experiences............................................150 11. New Immigrant Residential Situations and Experiences ............................171 12. White Irish Residential Situations and Experiences ...................................195 13. 'White Other' Residential Situations and Experiences................................206 14. Mixed Heritage Residential Situations and Experiences ............................215 15. Black African Residential Situations and Experiences...............................232 16. Black Caribbean Residential Situations and Experiences..........................241 References.............................................................................................................250 Appendix 1: Profile of Survey Sample.................................................................252 Contact Details For further information about this report and the issues raised, please contact: • Karen Anderson Head of Research and Strategy Bridging NewcastleGateshead 1st Floor Central Exchange Buildings 128 Grainger Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5AF Telephone: 0191 277 2663 Email: [email protected] • Nitin Shukla Equalities Development Officer Chief Executive's Department Gateshead Council Civic Centre Regent Street Gateshead NE8 1HH Telephone: 0191 433 2069 Email: [email protected] • Fiona Dodsworth Policy and Strategy Officer Strategic Housing Service Regeneration Directorate Newcastle City Council Room 611 Civic Centre Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8PR Telephone: 0191 277 7860 Email: [email protected] i Acknowledgements This report could not have been produced without the help and assistance of many people. We are particularly indebted to Karen Anderson and Kevin Davy at Bridging NewcastleGateshead Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder, who provided guidance, help and support throughout the project and offered insightful comments on the content of the final report. We are also grateful to the other members of the project steering group - Nitin Shukla (Gateshead Council), Fiona Dodsworth (Newcastle City Council), Macius Korowski (Gateshead Council), Nick Gray (Newcastle City Council), Anne Connolly (Gateshead Council) Richard Hall (Gateshead Council) - who provided important advice and valuable practical assistance throughout the project. Thanks must also go to the various agencies that provided the team with vital assistance in identifying relevant data and information and accessing members of the different minority ethnic groups in the BNG area: • Sow Fong Cole, Chinese Community Health consultant. • Kwan Chan, Chinese Community Association, Newcastle. • Tim Kell, Community Services Refugee Advisor, Stonham Housing • Yasmin Khan, Palliative Care Development Officer. • Shahanara Choudrey, Newcastle City Council • Shewley Haque, the Millin Centre, Benwell • Neville Bridgewater, Community volunteer, • John Paul Buhala Garha, African community group • Everyone at Benwell Community Project, Ellesmere Road • Ellie Bates, Chris Stephens, Allen Palczuk and Kevin Muldoon-Smith, Newcastle City Council • Alison Warren, Anne Connolly and Matthew Liddle, Gateshead Council • Ian Rice, Your Homes Newcastle • Sarinder Bhandal - Caseworker Gateshead CAB • Andrew Oppenheimer, Gateshead Jewish Community Council • Mr Abdul Jabbar of Naqshbandia Aslammiyya Trust • Mr Malik of Gateshead Muslim Society • Georgina Fletcher, Regional Refugee Forum, North East • Clarence Mnkandia, North East Southern Africa Society • Joseph Sneider The assistance provided by local interpreters, which allowed the team to talk to people with limited English language expertise, was also vital to the success of the project. We are grateful for the contribution of our colleagues Stephen Green and Emma McCoulough in the early stages of the project and the dedication and hard work of our colleagues Jude Bennington and Tim Fordham was critical to the successful completion of the fieldwork. We are grateful to the various agencies and officers across the district who found the time to meet with the research team and answer our questions in an open and honest manner. Particular thanks are due to the local people who gave up their time and talked so openly about their situation. We only hope that we have been able to accurately reflect their experiences in this report. We would like to make clear that this report is based on research undertaken by the authors and that the analysis and comment contained within do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Bridging NewcastleGateshead, Gateshead Council, Newcastle City Council or any other participating agencies. Of course, we accept all responsibility for any inaccuracies or omissions in the text. David Robinson, Kesia Reeve, Rionach Casey and Rosalind Goudie January 2007 ii Executive Summary 1. Introduction Why this Report is Important This report is important because it focuses attention on a section of the local population about which little is currently known - minority ethnic households, including new immigrants - but that has much to gain from the activities of the Bridging NewcastleGateshead Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder (BNG) and its partners. The report presents the findings of a major research project delivered by a team from the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University, which was commissioned by BNG in a bid to help sensitise the Pathfinder’s activities to the needs of all groups resident within and likely to move into the BNG area. The report details the findings to emerge from a review of existing evidence and data, which was supplemented by a survey of the views and opinions of more than 100 minority ethnic people living within the BNG area. A separate strategy report details the strategic response required by BNG and others to these findings. Research Approach An incremental approach to the research was adopted. This involved, first of all, collecting, collating and analysing existing research evidence and data from secondary sources, including the 2001 Census of Population and local housing need and resident surveys. The research team then set about undertaking primary research, in the form of a survey of minority ethnic residents of the BNG area, focusing on two key gaps in current knowledge and understanding: the housing requirements, aspirations and preferences of minority ethnic households and; the situations, experiences and requirements of new immigrants. The approach centred on interviews and focus groups with more than 120 minority ethnic residents of the BNG area. 2. Introduction to the Minority Ethnic Population of the BNG Area The Size and Profile of the Minority Ethnic Population In 2001, 17,646 minority ethnic people were living in the BNG area, representing 9.2 per cent of the total population. In 2001, 11.0 per cent of the population in the Newcastle BNG area were recorded as belonging to a minority ethnic group. These 13,982 people accounted for 58 per cent of the total minority ethnic population of Newcastle. Pakistani was recorded as the largest minority ethnic grouping (3,688 people representing 26.3 per cent of the minority ethnic population of the Newcastle BNG area). In 2001, 3,664 minority ethnic people were recorded as living in the Gateshead BNG area, representing 5.7 per cent of the population of the area and 62.2 per cent of the total minority ethnic population of Gateshead. White Other was by far the largest minority ethnic group in the Gateshead BNG area, accounting for 43.9 per cent of the minority ethnic population (1,608 people). All other minority ethnic populations were small in