Wirral Partnership Homes

Tenant Profile Information

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• Disability within WPH Staff

  

  Surprisingly few WPH staff have any disability. Some more physical roles would not be possible for people with certain disabilities, so that may be part of the reason why. WPH remains committed to equal opportunities to all who apply, including those who have disabilities.

• Governing Body Gender

  

  Of the 15 members of WPH’s governing body 6 are male, 9 are female. Both genders are well represented within the WPH Governing Body.

• Tenants and Household Types

  

  As we can see WPH has a good mixture of different types of household, from single parents to retired couples and others. Most WPH households include only one adult, only retired couples 10% and Adult Couples with Children 14% having more than one. Not all households shown as adults with children are actually couples, some of these are single parent households where the children have reached 18 years of age.

• Staff Ethnic Diversity

  

  Most WPH staff members are White British, as are most members of the UK working population. Wirral is one of the least diverse areas of the UK and this is reflected in the WPH workforce.

• Staff Gender

  

  More WPH staff members are male than female. This difference, 37% female to 63% male, is partly on account of the national trend. Many occupations within WPH are traditionally male roles, which may also explain the difference. As an equal opportunities employer WPH considers all applicants on their merits alone.

• Tenant Age Group

  

  The above chart shows that more WPH tenants are aged 46 to 55 than any other group. Though slightly lower in number there are still many tenants in the last two categories, they are of retirement age. Not so many tenants are in the youngest category aged 17 to 25, perhaps most residents of this age prefer to live with their parents.

• Tenants and Disability

  

  Over 24,000 people live in WPH properties, 3400 of these residents, about one in 7, have some kind of disability including problems with hearing, sight or mobility. Some residents also have learning difficulties or mental health issues. We use this information to better serve our tenants, we may for example knock loudly if a person is hearing impaired or give a person who has mobility problems longer to get to the phone.

• Tenants and Ethnic Diversity

  

  Wirral is one of the least ethnically diverse areas of the UK. This is reflected in our tenants with few being from non-white ethnic groups. WPH remains committed to inclusion and welcomes people from all backgrounds equally. See the link on the left for further details of our Ethnicity and Diversity Policy and other information.

• Tenants and Gender

  

  Notably more WPH tenants are women than men. Though not what we might expect, this is typical for social housing. Social housing is popular with single parents, who are almost always women. On average women the world over outlive men by about 4 years, for this reason more of WPH’s many retired tenants are women than men.

• Tenants and Marital Status

  

  As suggested by the “Tenants and Household Categories” chart, a surprisingly large number of tenants are single or otherwise do not live with a partner. We use this information for various reasons including assessment of household needs and how tenants may be affected by housing benefit changes. Unfortunately the marital status of 57% of our tenants is unknown to us.

• Tenants and Sexuality

  

   Like the national population the vast majority of WPH tenants are heterosexual or straight. However 0.6% Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual is well below national estimates. There are areas of our work where this information is important, for example when dealing with harassment cases. Due to the sensitive nature of the question we only collect this information from tenants who are happy to provide it, the sexuality of 35.1% of tenants is unknown to us as a result.