Table 4 Number of applications made by households within 12 months by household type: 2006-07
Household type | All applications during period | Households applying once in period | Households applying two or three times in period | Households applying more than three times in period |
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
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Single person male | 24,392 | 41 | 19,932 | 39 | 2,729 | 57 | 68 | 87 |
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Single person female | 12,614 | 21 | 10,960 | 21 | 1,045 | 22 | 8 | 10 |
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Single parent male | 2,733 | 5 | 2,578 | 5 | 98 | 2 | - | - |
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Single parent female | 11,259 | 19 | 10,318 | 20 | 622 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
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Couple without children | 2,922 | 5 | 2,737 | 5 | 112 | 2 | - | - |
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Couple with children | 3,173 | 5 | 2,976 | 6 | 119 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Other household without children | 1,059 | 2 | 1,014 | 2 | 32 | 1 | - | - |
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Other household with children | 944 | 2 | 904 | 2 | 21 | * | - | - |
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Total | 59,096 | 100 | 51,419 | 100 | 4,778 | 100 | 78 | 100 |
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Notes: Households with repeat applications are those with a repeat presentation within 12 months of a previous application, regardless of the assessment decision for either application. Due to technical problems experienced by some local authorities in terms of identifying associated applications by the same household, these figures may underestimate the scale of repeat applications to some extent.