Who owns the empty homes?

Private Number of
homes properties
Total Percentage Other empty more brought back
empty of homes Local Housing public Private than 6 into use
County Local Authority/Borough homes empty Council2 Association2 body2 Landlord2 months (2006/7)
County Durham Chester-le-Street 1,329 5.53% 49 0 0 1,280 558 0
Derwentside 1,768 4.34% 0 319 0 1,449 620 33
Durham 1,825 4.75% 87 30 0 1,708 704 1
Easington 2,006 4.73% 385 21 0 1,600 951 213
Sedgefield 1,655 4.04% 90 76 0 1,489 806 0
Teesdale 482 4.09% 0 0 44 438 30 0
Wear Valley 1,436 4.84% 70 32 3 1,331 726 ..
County Durham Total 10,501 4.61% 681 478 47 9,295 4,395 247
Northumberland Alnwick 615 3.88% 16 39 242 318 245 35
Berwick-upon-Tweed 250 1.78% 13 3 0 234 3 0
Blyth Valley 801 2.20% 73 78 18 632 357 11
Castle Morpeth 1,056 4.85% 46 6 0 1,004 487 0
Tynedale 672 2.50% 0 62 1 609 367 1
Wansbeck 1,216 4.26% 218 10 0 988 242 0
Northumberland Total 4,610 3.21% 366 198 261 3,785 1,701 47
Tees Valley Darlington 1,577 3.35% 113 17 0 1,447 373 ..
Hartlepool 2,383 5.74% 0 128 615 1,640 1,508 64
Middlesbrough 2,743 4.58% 0 814 0 1,929 856 114
Redcar and Cleveland 2,117 3.41% 0 482 0 1,635 880 131
Stockton-on-Tees 2,300 2.87% 241 52 0 2,007 1,146 220
Tees Valley Total 11,120 3.83% 354 1,493 615 8,658 4,763 529
Tyne And Wear Gateshead 3,967 4.34% 820 159 0 2,988 1,764 1,748
Newcastle upon Tyne 5,234 4.31% 1,279 90 17 3,848 1,868 27
North Tyneside 2,480 2.67% 415 57 0 2,008 485 203
South Tyneside 2,212 3.22% 396 96 9 1,711 875 45
Sunderland 3,562 2.87% 0 1,255 0 2,307 2,109 193
Tyne And Wear Total 17,455 3.50% 2,910 1,657 26 12,862 7,101 2,216
NORTH EAST TOTAL 43,686 3.76% 4,311 3,826 949 34,600 17,960 3,039

Who owns the empty homes?

 Private Number of
homes properties
Total Percentage Other empty more brought back
empty of homes Local Housing public Private than 6 into use
County Local Authority/Borough homes empty Council2 Association2 body2 Landlord2 months (2006/7)
Humberside East Riding of Yorkshire 3,605 2.46% 91 33 31 3,450 1,276 337
Kingston upon Hull 6,683 5.78% 1,182 78 0 5,423 2,804 98
North East Lincolnshire 2,761 3.91% 0 576 0 2,185 809 35
North Lincolnshire 1,899 2.68% 0 255 26 1,618 740 95
Humberside Total 14,948 3.70% 1,273 942 57 12,676 5,629 565
North Yorkshire Craven 721 2.82% 2 32 0 687 290 13
Hambleton 1,677 4.38% 0 32 # 1,645 415 8
Harrogate 2,048 2.99% 12 17 8 2,011 1,117 ..
Richmondshire 621 2.87% 43 6 62 510 291 0
Ryedale 553 2.36% 0 18 5 530 258 4
Scarborough 1,828 3.36% 0 107 0 1,721 720 21
Selby 1,362 4.05% 22 7 0 1,333 347 20
York 2,004 2.40% 79 21 18 1,886 585 21
North Yorkshire Total 10,814 3.10% 158 240 93 10,323 4,023 87
South Yorkshire Barnsley 3,641 3.57% 571 60 36 2,974 1,577 ..
Doncaster 5,157 3.99% 348 22 58 4,729 2,568 114
Rotherham 3,430 3.12% 261 55 0 3,114 968 15
Sheffield 4,091 1.77% 1,045 318 2 2,726 1,519 150
South Yorkshire Total 16,319 2.85% 2,225 455 96 13,543 6,632 279
West Yorkshire Bradford 9,610 4.74% 0 871 0 8,739 5,968 243
Calderdale 2,855 3.16% 0 609 81 2,165 1,893 255
Kirklees 6,672 3.84% 364 43 0 6,265 3,796 82
Leeds 12,512 3.88% 1,757 43 0 10,712 5,757 2,377
Wakefield 5,120 3.59% 0 606 0 4,514 2,703 143
West Yorkshire Total 36,769 3.95% 2,121 2,172 81 32,395 20,117 3,100
YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER TOTAL 78,850 3.49% 5,777 3,809 327 68,937 36,401 4,031

Who owns the empty homes?

Private Number of
homes properties
Total Percentage Other empty more brought back
empty of homes Local Housing public Private than 6 into use
County Local Authority/Borough homes empty Council2 Association2 body2 Landlord2 months (2006/7)
Derbyshire Amber Valley 1,400 2.63% 3 16 7 1,374 860 108
Bolsover 1,471 4.39% 63 43 0 1,365 772 55
Chesterfield 1,300 2.73% 226 14 35 1,025 476 7
Derby 4,334 4.19% 380 279 0 3,675 1,791 67
Derbyshire Dales 1,462 4.56% 8 90 2 1,362 571 44
Erewash 1,067 2.19% 0 183 0 884 126 17
High Peak 744 1.87% 22 33 0 689 666 9
North East Derbyshire 1,383 3.20% 91 8 0 1,284 727 0
South Derbyshire 1,171 3.11% 10 13 # 1,148 542 7
Derbyshire Total 14,332 3.26% 803 679 44 12,806 6,531 314
Leicestershire Blaby 1,307 3.46% 33 2 0 1,272 272 0
Charnwood 2,094 3.20% 96 75 0 1,923 1,096 ..
Harborough 524 1.54% 0 0 0 524 344 ..
Hinckley and Bosworth 1,147 2.55% 48 1 0 1,098 407 3
Leicester 5,725 4.67% 200 342 32 5,151 3,010 164
Melton 812 3.84% 32 3 14 763 324 2
North West Leicestershire 1,380 3.51% 66 23 # 1,291 905 7
Oadby and Wigston 572 2.56% 11 1 0 560 213 3
Rutland 647 4.19% 27 5 0 615 186 0
Leicestershire Total 14,208 3.53% 513 452 46 13,197 6,757 179
Lincolnshire Boston 724 2.67% 0 66 0 658 303 2
East Lindsey 2,501 3.94% 0 89 59 2,353 723 180
Lincoln 959 2.35% 88 20 0 851 488 18
North Kesteven 1,628 3.60% 60 1 214 1,353 574 2
South Holland 745 2.01% 81 3 0 661 260 61
South Kesteven 1,354 2.39% 51 28 0 1,275 487 1
West Lindsey 1,797 4.63% 1 68 104 1,624 939 0
Lincolnshire Total 9,708 3.14% 281 275 377 8,775 3,774 264
Northamptonshire Corby 674 2.74% 486 3 0 185 43 0
Daventry 868 2.72% 40 11 0 817 608 #
East Northamptonshire 1,089 3.02% 0 4 0 1,085 673 10
Kettering 1,041 2.62% 52 16 4 969 468 7
Northampton 2,606 2.95% 162 73 4 2,367 971 161
South Northamptonshire 1,522 4.33% 14 22 0 1,486 340 0
Wellingborough 493 1.54% 75 12 0 406 404 3
Northamptonshire Total 8,293 2.88% 829 141 8 7,315 3,507 181
Nottinghamshire Ashfield 1,427 2.87% 183 22 0 1,222 700 31
 Bassetlaw 1,538 3.15% 145 13 1 1,379 858 6
Broxtowe 999 2.08% 17 1 16 965 472 0
Gedling 2,599 5.25% 141 35 0 2,423 1,383 2
Mansfield 2,051 4.43% 255 52 0 1,744 977 136
Newark and Sherwood 837 1.69% 47 50 0 740 460 0
Nottingham City 6,261 4.95% 748 411 45 5,057 509 ..
Rushcliffe 1,055 2.31% 0 85 64 906 570 3
Nottinghamshire Total 16,767 3.61% 1,536 669 126 14,436 5,929 178
EAST MIDLANDS TOTAL 63,308 3.33% 3,962 2,216 601 56,529 26,498 1,116

Who owns the empty homes?

Private Number of
homes properties
Total Percentage Other empty more brought back
empty of homes Local Housing public Private than 6 into use
County Local Authority/Borough homes empty Council2 Association2 body2 Landlord2 months (2006/7)
Bedfordshire Bedford 2,176 3.39% 0 168 0 2,008 865 127
Luton 2,918 3.89% 66 56 0 2,796 1,538 175
Mid Bedfordshire 689 1.27% 0 96 0 593 593 26
South Bedfordshire 1,258 2.52% 62 12 0 1,184 524 90
Bedforshire Total 7,041 2.89% 128 332 0 6,581 3,520 418
Cambridgeshire Cambridge 281 0.59% 167 42 0 72 72 12
East Cambridgeshire 628 1.88% 0 16 0 612 612 23
Fenland 611 1.50% 73 15 0 523 465 32
Huntingdonshire 818 1.19% 0 104 101 613 513 90
Peterborough 1,959 2.66% 0 133 49 1,777 662 56
South Cambridgeshire 1,229 2.11% 132 42 35 1,020 667 5
Cambridgeshire Total 5,526 1.71% 372 352 185 4,617 2,991 218
Essex Basildon 774 1.06% 107 45 8 614 375 104
Braintree 1,940 3.22% 81 25 3 1,831 0 67
Brentwood 566 1.83% 2 17 30 517 261 13
Castle Point 1,092 2.98% 9 13 0 1,070 693 ..
Chelmsford 1,614 2.34% 12 229 30 1,343 528 127
Colchester 2,318 3.26% 39 41 650 1,588 522 67
Epping Forest 1,426 2.68% 114 10 5 1,297 838 0
Harlow 416 1.19% 56 0 0 360 157 0
Maldon 784 2.98% 0 82 0 702 397 59
Rochford 950 2.79% 60 17 0 873 405 8
 Southend-on-Sea 2,532 3.28% 130 27 0 2,375 1,463 83
Tendring 2,761 4.17% 67 33 3 2,658 1,196 4
Thurrock 1,754 2.77% 42 10 0 1,702 1,072 72
Uttlesford 1,003 3.33% 14 1 0 988 549 0
Essex Total 19,930 2.74% 733 550 729 17,918 8,456 604
Hertfordshire Broxbourne 801 2.10% 15 115 2 669 279 63
Dacorum 1,834 3.10% 151 110 7 1,566 418 19
East Hertfordshire 1,207 2.15% 0 41 5 1,161 637 14
Hertsmere 1,050 2.62% 0 144 0 906 313 ..
North Hertfordshire 444 0.84% 0 83 0 361 311 5
St Albans 1,045 1.84% 37 17 11 980 69 30
Stevenage 368 1.08% 78 80 1 209 111 9
Three Rivers 957 2.63% 44 40 0 873 299 56
Watford 623 1.77% 171 18 3 431 248 52
Welwyn Hatfield 816 1.85% 72 20 0 724 301 0
Hertfordshire Total 9,145 2.02% 568 668 29 7,880 2,986 248
Norfolk Breckland 468 0.85% 0 81 0 387 387 11
Broadland 956 1.78% 0 59 0 897 452 6
Great Yarmouth 1,675 3.72% 95 30 0 1,550 705 ..
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 2,753 4.10% 2 25 0 2,726 1,164 1
North Norfolk 1,358 2.64% 5 62 71 1,220 660 11
Norwich 2,005 3.50% 284 51 0 1,670 720 19
South Norfolk 1,366 2.67% 3 118 2 1,243 618 55
Norfolk Total 10,581 2.78% 389 426 73 9,693 4,706 103
Suffolk Babergh 1,066 2.83% 101 14 0 951 389 5
Forest Heath 328 1.27% 0 28 0 300 67 ..
Ipswich 1,541 2.77% 45 109 15 1,372 525 66
Mid Suffolk 674 1.70% 49 0 0 625 551 14
St Edmundsbury 994 2.21% 0 103 4 887 280 30
Suffolk Coastal 1,712 3.03% 5 53 0 1,654 796 70
Waveney 2,490 4.62% 106 13 # 2,371 977 7
Suffolk Total 8,805 2.80% 306 320 19 8,160 3,585 192
EAST OF ENGLAND TOTAL 61,028 2.50% 2,496 2,648 1,035 54,849 26,244 1,783

Who owns the empty homes?

 Private Number of
homes properties
Total Percentage Other empty more brought back
empty of homes Local Housing public Private than 6 into use
County Local Authority/Borough homes empty Council2 Association2 body2 Landlord2 months (2006/7)
Inner London Camden 2,018 2.06% 418 45 0 1,555 422 207
City of London 73 1.25% 2 7 41 23 25 0
Hackney 2,802 2.93% 1,051 546 0 1,205 472 #
Hammersmith and Fulham 1,623 2.04% 235 96 21 1,271 727 308
Haringey 2,382 2.43% 160 261 0 1,961 1,001 ..
Islington 1,330 1.46% 439 168 3 720 506 138
Kensington and Chelsea 3,004 3.52% 56 212 21 2,715 1,185 128
Lambeth 3,614 2.83% 847 491 12 2,264 1,398 180
Lewisham 3,628 3.18% 592 111 0 2,925 258 283
Newham 4,789 4.83% 662 414 0 3,713 409 473
Southwark 3,788 3.14% 1,293 174 0 2,321 353 147
Tower Hamlets 2,359 2.45% 271 439 2 1,647 545 330
Wandsworth 3,478 2.70% 150 154 88 3,086 909 505
Westminster 3,473 2.94% 227 237 103 2,906 1,559 240
Inner London Total 38,361 2.82% 6,403 3,355 291 28,312 9,769 2,939
Outer London Barking and Dagenham 1,717 2.46% 654 44 0 1,019 340 317
Barnet 3,323 2.47% 94 106 192 2,931 1,912 568
Bexley 2,320 2.47% 0 130 0 2,190 1,144 52
Brent 2,999 2.81% 258 298 14 2,429 1,359 650
Bromley 3,106 2.34% 0 381 0 2,725 504 194
Croydon 3,393 2.41% 135 125 7 3,126 1,957 604
Ealing 2,247 1.81% 316 61 15 1,855 1,123 619
Enfield 2,739 2.31% 250 110 55 2,324 1,504 582
Greenwich 4,269 4.25% 604 161 0 3,504 37 274
Harrow 1,349 1.60% 38 39 33 1,239 604 652
Havering 2,705 2.76% 345 42 0 2,318 1,244 282
Hillingdon 3,139 3.07% 160 81 120 2,778 585 396
Hounslow 1,036 1.13% 215 74 18 729 614 318
Kingston upon Thames 447 0.71% 44 118 0 285 100 117
Merton 994 1.26% 58 30 1 905 317 87
Redbridge 2,367 2.42% 22 54 28 2,263 1,301 ..
Richmond upon Thames 2,034 2.53% 8 169 12 1,845 645 95
 Sutton 2,146 2.75% 139 28 0 1,979 697 396
Waltham Forest 2,885 3.01% 103 100 # 2,682 1,681 356
Outer London Total 45,215 2.39% 3,443 2,151 495 39,126 17,668 6,559
LONDON TOTAL 83,576 2.57% 9,846 5,506 786 67,438 27,437 9,498

Who owns the empty homes?

Private Number of
homes properties
Total Percentage Other empty more brought back
empty of homes Local Housing public Private than 6 into use
County Local Authority/Borough homes empty Council2 Association2 body2 Landlord2 months (2006/7)
Berkshire Bracknell Forest 907 2.01% 177 37 9 684 279 72
Reading 2,218 3.46% 104 162 0 1,952 924 0
Slough 848 1.76% 74 11 0 763 323 3
West Berkshire 1,372 2.18% 0 82 52 1,238 818 0
Windsor and Maidenhead 1,982 3.38% 0 242 12 1,728 759 46
Wokingham 547 0.90% 51 21 0 475 382 6
Berkshire Total 7,874 2.32% 406 555 73 6,840 3,485 127
Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale 1,692 2.47% 0 93 99 1,500 385 19
Chiltern 986 2.61% 0 51 4 931 540 102
Milton Keynes 2,638 2.75% 269 133 6 2,230 639 48
South Bucks 512 1.90% 0 46 6 460 444 14
Wycombe 1,167 1.73% 220 17 0 930 107 10
Buckinghamshire Total 6,995 2.36% 489 340 115 6,051 2,115 193
East Sussex Brighton and Hove 2,434 1.98% 154 77 2 2,201 1,258 151
Eastbourne 1,118 2.41% 58 63 0 997 393 41
Hastings 2,362 5.70% 0 68 0 2,294 801 78
Lewes 1,071 2.53% 21 7 0 1,043 469 21
Rother 1,082 2.53% 0 21 0 1,061 511 ..
Wealden 853 1.35% 71 41 0 741 514 ..
East Sussex Total 8,920 2.49% 304 277 2 8,337 3,946 291
Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane 1,578 2.38% 0 101 0 1,477 689 15
East Hampshire 859 1.82% 0 15 77 767 562 11
Eastleigh 1,357 2.69% 0 98 2 1,257 264 89
Fareham 728 1.58% 32 28 2 666 120 9
Gosport 1,558 4.37% 272 56 168 1,062 281 259
Hart 599 1.67% 0 16 0 583 317 18
Havant 844 1.67% 22 22 0 800 241 5
New Forest 1,304 1.67% 24 18 30 1,232 313 99
 Portsmouth 2,836 3.34% 181 32 75 2,548 953 20
Rushmoor 827 2.27% 0 51 402 374 232 69
Southampton 2,612 2.63% 190 221 0 2,201 922 105
Test Valley 954 2.00% 0 38 75 841 205 96
Winchester 230 0.49% 130 100 0 0 0 12
Hampshire Total 16,286 2.24% 851 796 831 13,808 5,099 807
Isle of Wight Isle of Wight 1,590 2.42% 0 56 0 1,534 243 56
Isle of Wight Total 1,590 2.42% 0 56 0 1,534 243 56
Kent Ashford 1,922 4.01% 59 63 0 1,800 555 59
Canterbury 1,395 2.25% 43 10 0 1,342 712 6
Dartford 982 2.54% 17 10 0 955 412 11
Dover 1,835 3.74% 144 38 51 1,602 775 44
Gravesham 542 1.35% 110 52 # 380 162 ..
Maidstone 1,564 2.52% 0 141 0 1,423 664 32
Medway 3,127 2.92% 35 257 5 2,830 1,480 82
Sevenoaks 742 1.57% 0 46 5 691 111 ..
Shepway 1,557 3.31% 42 15 0 1,500 400 34
Swale 1,365 2.38% 0 232 0 1,133 465 141
Thanet 1,312 2.27% 22 17 # 1,273 944 85
Tonbridge and Malling 933 1.98% 0 56 6 871 269 21
Tunbridge Wells 1,127 2.43% 0 83 0 1,044 439 10
Kent Total 18,403 2.59% 472 1,020 67 16,844 7,388 525
Oxfordshire Cherwell 1,263 2.20% 0 45 0 1,218 453 1
Oxford 1,762 3.12% 132 114 # 1,516 138 6
South Oxfordshire 1,135 2.05% 0 100 20 1,015 421 79
Vale of White Horse 328 0.67% 0 22 # 306 306 67
West Oxfordshire 358 0.82% 0 5 10 343 215 3
Oxfordshire Total 4,846 1.85% 132 286 30 4,398 1,533 156
Surrey Elmbridge 1,660 3.08% 3 157 11 1,489 535 54
Epsom and Ewell 775 2.63% 0 30 30 715 298 66
Guildford 996 1.81% 75 19 25 877 602 33
Mole Valley 809 2.24% 55 9 7 738 261 #
Reigate and Banstead 1,454 2.65% 0 94 1 1,359 590 45
Runnymede 803 2.42% 36 7 0 760 430 12
Spelthorne 326 0.81% 0 60 0 266 266 90
Surrey Heath 992 2.88% 0 9 14 969 474 2
Tandridge 951 2.82% 24 19 0 908 274 2
 Waverley 1,756 3.49% 99 25 19 1,613 925 0
Woking 1,327 3.36% 47 63 17 1,200 614 46
Surrey Total 11,849 2.57% 339 492 124 10,894 5,269 350
West Sussex Adur 576 2.12% 14 18 0 544 181 71
Arun 623 0.91% 12 10 10 591 491 10
Chichester 1,588 3.04% 0 58 0 1,530 196 38
Crawley 700 1.74% 50 49 7 594 258 #
Horsham 1,368 2.49% 6 214 0 1,148 480 67
Mid Sussex 1,091 1.91% 0 116 26 949 653 55
Worthing 1,036 2.21% 0 41 0 995 518 80
West Sussex Total 6,982 2.01% 82 506 43 6,351 2,777 321
SOUTH EAST TOTAL 83,745 2.35% 3,075 4,328 1,285 75,057 31,855 2,826

Who owns the empty homes?

Private Number of
homes properties
Total Percentage Other empty more brought back
empty of homes Local Housing public Private than 6 into use
County Local Authority/Borough homes empty Council2 Association2 body2 Landlord2 months (2006/7)
Bristol Bristol 6,926 3.86% 622 146 0 6,158 2,080 237
Bristol Total 6,926 3.86% 622 146 0 6,158 2,080 237
Cornwall Caradon 894 2.31% 43 1 0 850 600 0
Carrick 1,503 3.53% 29 7 4 1,463 677 13
Isles of Scilly 12 1.02% 0 0 0 12 10 #
Kerrier 876 2.03% 0 2 0 874 457 6
North Cornwall 1,345 3.31% 32 8 150 1,155 557 81
Penwith 462 1.43% 0 53 0 409 239 298
Restormel 1,188 2.65% 0 40 0 1,148 370 88
Cornwall Total 6,280 2.58% 104 111 154 5,911 2,910 486
Devon East Devon 1,664 2.68% 54 17 0 1,593 478 26
Exeter 1,151 2.33% 18 78 # 1,055 483 31
Mid Devon 921 2.83% 26 4 0 891 250 59
North Devon 856 2.02% 0 32 0 824 445 4
Plymouth 2,431 2.15% 370 31 0 2,030 984 93
South Hams 775 1.86% 0 27 0 748 529 43
Teignbridge 1,698 3.03% 0 0 12 1,686 844 65
Torbay 2,370 3.78% 0 0 0 2,370 100 7
Torridge 652 2.27% 4 5 0 643 355 15
West Devon 586 2.57% 0 17 0 569 171 1
Devon Total 13,104 2.56% 472 211 12 12,409 4,639 344
Dorset Bournemouth 2,022 2.46% 91 56 0 1,875 615 47
Christchurch 322 1.42% 0 5 0 317 230 ..
East Dorset 237 0.62% 0 47 0 190 18 3
North Dorset 185 0.63% 0 5 8 172 172 10
Poole 1,129 1.74% 43 16 0 1,070 250 35
Purbeck 445 2.09% 0 18 41 386 48 0
West Dorset 1,099 2.33% 0 42 0 1,057 426 4
Weymouth and Portland 580 1.95% 0 31 0 549 390 7
Dorset Total 6,019 1.79% 134 220 49 5,616 2,149 106
Gloucestershire Cheltenham 569 1.10% 93 86 0 390 390 37
Cotswold 1,063 2.77% 0 64 21 978 441 4
Forest of Dean 1,222 3.49% 0 27 0 1,195 370 65
Gloucester 1,845 3.66% 16 43 0 1,786 585 61
South Gloucestershire 1,946 1.84% 0 120 0 1,826 553 99
Stroud 1,112 2.31% 78 6 0 1,028 709 84
Tewkesbury 1,148 3.29% 0 32 0 1,116 467 1
Gloucestershire Total 8,905 2.44% 187 378 21 8,319 3,515 351
Somerset Somerset 830 1.13% 0 138 0 692 483 479
Mendip 1,346 2.89% 0 54 0 1,292 486 16
North Somerset 1,551 1.79% 0 69 0 1,482 441 21
Sedgemoor 1,832 3.85% 62 9 0 1,761 416 22
South Somerset 1,696 2.41% 0 5 91 1,600 0 12
Taunton Deane 1,353 2.87% 19 18 9 1,307 410 125
West Somerset 531 3.12% 3 5 0 523 355 4
Somerset Total 9,139 2.35% 84 298 100 8,657 2,591 679
Wiltshire Kennet 1,058 3.14% 0 19 175 864 355 31
North Wiltshire 1,492 2.67% 0 47 193 1,252 598 8
Salisbury 1,135 2.27% 56 19 0 1,060 308 ..
Swindon 2,139 2.54% 188 33 0 1,918 778 104
West Wiltshire 1,406 2.57% 0 106 114 1,186 442 48
Wiltshire Total 7,230 2.59% 244 224 482 6,280 2,481 191
SOUTH WEST TOTAL 57,603 2.50% 1,847 1,588 818 53,350 20,365 2,394

Who owns the empty homes?

 Private Number of
homes properties
Total Percentage Other empty more brought back
empty of homes Local Housing public Private than 6 into use
County Local Authority/Borough homes empty Council2 Association2 body2 Landlord2 months (2006/7)
Herefordshire Herefordshire 1,843 2.33% 6 168 34 1,635 772 52
Herefordshire Total 1,843 2.33% 6 168 34 1,635 772 52
Shropshire Bridgnorth 698 3.11% 31 0 0 667 1 1
North Shropshire 366 1.42% 25 5 # 336 2 3
Oswestry 283 1.64% 13 6 0 264 264 9
Shrewsbury and Atcham 787 1.82% 0 74 0 713 264 ..
South Shropshire 704 3.53% 0 31 0 673 454 4
Telford & Wrekin 1,546 2.31% 0 372 26 1,148 466 161
Shropshire Total 4,384 2.24% 69 488 26 3,801 1,451 178
Staffordshire Cannock Chase 767 1.90% 41 11 0 715 492 7
East Staffordshire 1,800 3.90% 0 91 0 1,709 14 53
Lichfield 551 1.32% 0 100 3 448 130 0
Newcastle-under-Lyme 1,064 2.00% 0 103 0 961 464 122
South Staffordshire 769 1.73% 0 88 4 677 61 3
Stafford 1,317 2.40% 0 147 0 1,170 1,170 6
Staffordshire Moorlands 1,250 2.96% 0 19 0 1,231 852 20
Stoke-on-Trent 7,474 6.72% 191 138 0 7,145 3,673 173
Tamworth 725 2.29% 48 10 0 667 125 1
Staffordshire Total 15,717 3.37% 280 707 7 14,723 6,981 385
Warwickshire North Warwickshire 212 0.81% 15 0 0 197 197 9
Nuneaton and Bedworth 1,693 3.20% 96 12 0 1,585 924 43
Rugby 974 2.38% 86 21 # 867 557 8
Stratford-on-Avon 2,316 4.36% 0 0 0 2,316 800 60
Warwick 1,739 2.97% 19 93 0 1,627 885 2
Warwickshire Total 6,934 2.99% 216 126 0 6,592 3,363 122
West Midlands Birmingham 11,079 2.66% 1,152 360 39 9,528 6,370 156
Coventry 4,225 3.26% 14 617 5 3,589 2,423 62
Dudley 3,757 2.86% 438 90 39 3,190 1,624 61
Sandwell 4,312 3.45% 239 101 0 3,972 1,584 241
Solihull 2,872 3.30% 261 7 12 2,592 731 34
Walsall 4,918 4.53% 0 1,685 0 3,233 1,748 112
Wolverhampton 5,194 4.99% 467 88 4 4,635 1,686 125
West Midlands Total 36,357 3.30% 2,571 2,948 99 30,739 16,166 791
Worcestershire Bromsgrove 354 0.92% 0 17 0 337 215 8
Malvern Hills 931 2.85% 0 30 0 901 330 4
Redditch 753 2.18% 66 19 2 666 415 0
Worcester 1,299 3.10% 0 34 5 1,260 416 46
Wychavon 1,489 2.93% 0 36 1 1,452 451 44
Wyre Forest 2,074 4.70% 0 74 0 2,000 511 21
Worcestershire Total 6,900 2.85% 66 210 8 6,616 2,338 123
WEST MIDLANDS TOTAL 72,135 3.11% 3,208 4,647 174 64,106 31,071 1,651

Who owns the empty homes?

Private Number of
homes properties
Total Percentage Other empty more brought back
empty of homes Local Housing public Private than 6 into use
County Local Authority/Borough homes empty Council2 Association2 body2 Landlord2 months (2006/7)
Cheshire Chester 1,956 3.54% 3 299 35 1,619 1,133 57
Congleton 1,285 3.20% 0 232 0 1,053 783 17
Crewe and Nantwich 2,012 3.92% 0 197 0 1,815 956 59
Ellesmere Port and Neston 798 2.26% 50 12 0 736 347 61
Halton 1,339 2.52% 2 278 0 1,059 602 2
Macclesfield 2,393 3.41% 3 92 4 2,294 988 24
Vale Royal 1,053 1.95% 0 96 12 945 393 107
Warrington 2,635 3.09% 165 106 0 2,364 1,309 29
Cheshire Total 13,471 3.03% 223 1,312 51 11,885 6,511 356
Cumbria Allerdale 1,647 3.75% 0 160 0 1,487 831 25
Barrow-in-Furness 1,119 3.39% 38 2 0 1,079 760 4
Carlisle 1,712 3.55% 0 26 0 1,686 913 246
Copeland 1,012 3.12% 0 162 0 850 700 0
Eden 301 1.22% 0 7 0 294 294 2
South Lakeland 1,734 3.38% 44 11 1 1,678 1,224 25
Cumbria Total 7,525 3.22% 82 368 1 7,074 4,722 302
Greater Manchester Bolton 2,799 2.37% 336 56 0 2,407 1,227 89
Bury 2,988 3.72% 181 41 101 2,665 1,353 39
Manchester 12,500 6.00% 1,830 908 10 9,752 4,986 380
Oldham 5,314 5.72% 668 61 0 4,585 2,472 105
Rochdale 3,255 3.63% 184 414 0 2,657 1,571 ..
Salford 5,264 5.18% 695 217 0 4,352 2,595 416
Stockport 4,247 3.40% 197 65 0 3,985 2,198 70
Tameside 4,998 5.14% 0 542 0 4,456 1,497 56
 Trafford 2,485 2.61% 0 276 0 2,209 903 20
Wigan 4,603 3.39% 324 134 10 4,135 2,388 56
Greater Manchester Total 48,453 4.24% 4,415 2,714 121 41,203 21,190 1,231
Lancashire Blackburn with Darwen 3,424 5.80% 2 271 0 3,151 1,312 110
Blackpool 3,221 4.68% 178 27 0 3,016 1,437 34
Burnley 3,008 7.47% 0 109 0 2,899 1,630 ..
Chorley 451 1.01% 0 42 0 409 409 13
Fylde 1,673 4.71% 0 13 0 1,660 837 11
Hyndburn 2,307 6.36% 0 207 0 2,100 1,318 87
Lancaster 2,197 3.64% 37 76 0 2,084 735 46
Pendle 2,617 6.65% 0 76 0 2,541 1,815 19
Preston 2,659 4.50% 0 316 389 1,954 1,426 45
Ribble Valley 921 3.77% 5 7 0 909 365 20
Rossendale 1,668 5.54% 0 90 0 1,578 763 35
South Ribble 1,181 2.52% 0 38 0 1,143 237 36
West Lancashire 560 1.19% 60 27 0 473 258 18
Wyre 1,794 3.68% 0 44 0 1,750 514 19
Lancashire Total 27,681 4.32% 282 1,343 389 25,667 13,056 493
Merseyside Knowsley 1,366 2.12% 0 499 17 850 435 131
Liverpool 14,825 7.02% 1,072 2,071 0 11,682 10,396 909
Sefton 7,510 6.06% 367 265 0 6,878 2,466 95
St Helens 2,418 3.10% 0 447 0 1,971 1,033 46
Wirral 5,744 3.99% 0 591 0 5,153 1,641 120
Merseyside Total 31,863 5.13% 1,439 3,873 17 26,534 15,971 1,301
NORTH WEST TOTAL 128,993 4.18% 6,441 9,610 579 112,363 61,450 3,683

Who owns the empty homes?

 Private Number of
Percentag homes properties
e of Housing empty brought
homes Local Associatio Other public Private more than back into
Region Total empty homes empty Council2 n2 body2 Landlord2 6 months use (2006/7)
North East 43,686 3.76% 4,311 3,826 949 34,600 17,960 3,039
Yorkshire & the
Humber 78,850 3.49% 5,777 3,809 327 68,937 36,401 4,031
East Midlands 63,308 3.33% 3,962 2,216 601 56,529 26,498 1,116
East of England 61,028 2.50% 2,496 2,648 1,035 54,849 26,244 1,783
London 83,576 2.57% 9,846 5,506 786 67,438 27,437 9,498
South East 83,745 2.35% 3,075 4,328 1,285 75,057 31,855 2,826
South West 57,603 2.50% 1,847 1,588 818 53,350 20,365 2,394
West Midlands 72,135 3.11% 3,208 4,647 174 64,106 31,071 1,651
North West 128,993 4.18% 6,441 9,610 579 112,363 61,450 3,683
ENGLAND 672,924 3.02% 40,963 38,178 6,554 587,229 279,281 30,021