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Who owns the empty homes?

Percentage Private homes

Total Empty of homes Other public Privately empty more
Local Authority Homes empty Local council Housing association body Owned than 6 months
Alnwick 705 4.40% 17 41 0 647 245
Berwick-upon-Tweed 585 4.13% 17 10 0 558 585
Blyth Valley 791 2.16% 41 157 0 593 369
Castle Morpeth 939 4.29% 0 54 14 871 285
Chester-le-Street 782 3.24% 0 49 0 733 467
Darlington UA 1,575 3.30% 86 12 0 1,477 405
Derwentside 1,484 3.57% 0 160 0 1,324 518
Durham 1,999 5.13% 75 23 0 1,901 896
Easington 2,096 4.88% 145 33 0 1,918 1,265
Gateshead 3,720 4.05% 733 183 127 2,677 1,628
Hartlepool UA 1,795 4.35% 0 236 83 1,476 617
Middlesbrough UA 2,666 4.43% 0 752 0 1,914 929
Newcastle upon Tyne 4,450 3.64% 899 312 0 3,239 2,014
North Tyneside 2,523 2.72% 378 61 0 2,084 584
Redcar and Cleveland UA 1,833 2.95% 0 149 0 1,684 851
Sedgefield 1,782 4.38% 142 24 0 1,616 903
South Tyneside 2,103 3.05% 254 55 6 1,788 844
Stockton-on-Tees UA 2,706 3.34% 192 99 0 2,415 1,116
Sunderland 5,343 4.30% 0 1,483 0 3,860 2,376
Teesdale 229 1.95% 0 32 0 197 16
Tynedale 565 2.09% 2 4 1 558 397
Wansbeck 1,257 4.35% 0 144 0 1,113 471
Wear Valley 2,040 6.73% 46 40 3 1,951 598
North East 43,968 3.76% 3,027 4,113 234 36,594 18,379
Allerdale 1,226 2.73% 0 46 0 1,180 811
Barrow-in-Furness 1,005 3.03% 45 5 0 955 859
Blackburn with Darwen UA 3,217 5.41% 2 200 1 3,014 1,547
Blackpool UA 3,322 4.79% 141 47 5 3,129 1,451
Bolton 2,831 2.37% 314 110 0 2,407 1,348
Burnley 2,686 6.62% 0 128 28 2,530 940
Bury 3,515 4.35% 213 39 13 3,250 1,357
Carlisle 1,700 3.49% 0 212 0 1,488 1,098
Chester 1,608 2.91% 3 104 16 1,485 957
Chorley 1,407 3.12% 0 94 0 1,313 419
Congleton 1,153 2.85% 0 56 0 1,097 714
Copeland 1,572 4.83% 0 262 0 1,310 783
Crewe and Nantwich 1,949 3.74% 0 167 0 1,782 853
Eden 517 2.08% 0 138 0 379 332
Ellesmere Port & Neston 761 2.15% 48 8 0 705 369
Fylde 1,403 3.93% 0 21 0 1,382 843
Halton UA 1,611 2.99% 2 255 0 1,354 853
Hyndburn 2,041 5.62% 0 174 0 1,867 1,299
Knowsley 2,422 3.76% 0 726 68 1,628 498
Lancaster 2,387 3.93% 46 15 0 2,326 850
Liverpool 14,459 6.81% 0 2,669 95 11,695 8,358
Macclesfield 2,772 3.93% 6 140 4 2,622 1,706
Manchester 13,251 6.19% 1,500 1,088 3 10,660 7,179
Oldham 5,360 5.79% 809 97 0 4,454 3,273
Pendle 2,757 6.96% 0 51 0 2,706 2,085
Preston 2,056 3.44% 0 316 0 1,740 1,507
Ribble Valley 819 3.33% 0 11 0 808 333
Rochdale 3,247 3.61% 153 86 0 3,008 1,811
Rossendale 1,606 5.26% 0 72 0 1,534 562
Salford 5,788 5.55% 733 165 0 4,890 2,664
Sefton 7,652 6.16% 211 265 0 7,176 2,829
South Lakeland 1,819 3.53% 23 4 1 1,791 1,298
South Ribble 1,227 2.62% 0 40 0 1,187 260
St. Helens 2,697 3.43% 0 524 0 2,173 1,194
Stockport 4,075 3.26% 145 97 0 3,833 2,403
Tameside 3,894 3.98% 0 354 0 3,540 1,755
Trafford 3,274 3.42% 0 265 0 3,009 2,266
Vale Royal 1,337 2.46% 0 47 0 1,290 461
Warrington UA 1,985 2.29% 200 85 0 1,700 192
West Lancashire 526 1.11% 49 31 0 446 229
Wigan 5,198 3.77% 273 161 5 4,759 2,914
Wirral 3,979 2.75% 0 708 4 3,267 2,381

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Wyre 962 1.95% 0 102 0 860 850

North West 129,073 4.15% 4,916 10,185 243 113,729 66,691
Barnsley 4,006 3.89% 427 84 12 3,483 1,410
Bradford 9,441 4.61% 0 1,087 0 8,354 4,986
Calderdale 5,392 5.88% 0 1,029 90 4,273 1,835
Craven 915 3.56% 2 30 1 882 276
Doncaster 5,138 3.96% 300 33 0 4,805 2,835
East Riding of Yorkshire UA 5,086 3.44% 109 29 8 4,940 2,200
Hambleton 1,734 4.49% 0 62 0 1,672 506
Harrogate 2,430 3.52% 26 14 16 2,374 1,080
Kingston upon Hull, City of UA 8,640 7.50% 1,307 109 0 7,224 2,795
Kirklees 6,785 3.87% 333 39 0 6,413 4,937
Leeds 17,557 5.35% 1,979 281 0 15,297 6,851
North East Lincolnshire UA 2,930 4.13% 0 473 0 2,457 1,068
North Lincolnshire UA 2,023 2.86% 0 192 28 1,803 863
Richmondshire 505 2.32% 42 2 101 360 291
Rotherham 2,405 2.19% 348 29 146 1,882 1,208
Ryedale 871 3.68% 0 20 6 845 319
Scarborough 2,058 3.79% 0 84 0 1,974 940
Selby 1,370 3.90% 26 11 0 1,333 446
Sheffield 5,733 2.46% 933 538 4 4,258 2,816
Wakefield 5,712 3.96% 0 507 0 5,205 3,151
York UA 1,678 1.99% 90 48 29 1,511 486
Yorkshire & the Humber 92,409 4.06% 5,922 4,701 441 81,345 41,299
Amber Valley 1,930 3.60% 3 49 7 1,871 925
Ashfield 1,770 3.46% 193 32 0 1,545 1,210
Bassetlaw 2,706 5.48% 113 14 3 2,576 594
Blaby 1,324 3.45% 49 2 0 1,273 217
Bolsover 788 2.34% 10 37 0 741 741
Boston 946 3.44% 0 93 0 853 710
Broxtowe 1,086 2.24% 26 5 6 1,049 543
Charnwood - # 132 33 .. 738 620
Chesterfield 1,478 3.08% 196 15 8 1,259 680
Corby 250 1.01% 115 2 0 133 47
Daventry 864 2.69% 0 47 0 817 420
Derby UA 3,864 3.70% 275 198 0 3,391 1,821
Derbyshire Dales 1,400 4.34% 0 31 0 1,369 792
East Lindsey 2,599 4.04% 0 65 88 2,446 852
East Northamptonshire 1,084 2.97% 0 6 0 1,078 1,042
Erewash 1,069 2.18% 0 149 0 920 120
Gedling 2,125 4.26% 116 13 0 1,996 718
Harborough 631 1.85% 0 35 0 596 444
High Peak - # 28 16 .. 1,152 659
Hinckley and Bosworth 1,063 2.32% 41 14 0 1,008 495
Kettering 915 2.27% 69 20 5 821 595
Leicester UA 5,585 4.51% 340 404 13 4,828 3,091
Lincoln 1,480 3.57% 67 13 0 1,400 665
Mansfield 2,260 4.83% 240 81 0 1,939 1,113
Melton 460 2.16% 37 11 0 412 116
Newark and Sherwood 694 1.38% 38 20 0 636 636
North East Derbyshire 1,092 2.67% 99 35 0 958 358
North Kesteven 1,653 3.60% 80 13 240 1,320 610
North West Leicestershire 780 1.97% 86 27 0 667 54
Northampton 3,366 3.74% 191 35 1 3,139 1,242
Nottingham UA 6,303 4.94% 602 536 30 5,135 2,953
Oadby and Wigston 332 1.48% 11 5 0 316 220
Rushcliffe 1,301 2.79% 0 71 64 1,166 682
Rutland UA 809 5.19% 28 1 0 780 166
South Derbyshire 970 2.52% 16 5 0 949 437
South Holland 683 1.82% 45 1 0 637 339
South Kesteven 1,545 2.68% 69 23 0 1,453 624
South Northamptonshire 690 1.95% 0 18 0 672 367
Wellingborough 499 1.54% 0 123 0 376 362
West Lindsey 2,091 5.30% 1 61 111 1,918 815
East Midlands 62,584 3.25% 3,316 2,359 576 56,333 29,095
Birmingham 11,340 2.72% 839 1,114 91 9,296 6,086
Bridgnorth 763 3.40% 30 0 0 733 333
Bromsgrove 294 0.76% 0 18 0 276 205
Cannock Chase 1,077 2.64% 32 75 0 970 504
Coventry 4,221 3.23% 13 718 4 3,486 2,376
Dudley 3,801 2.88% 565 90 21 3,125 1,493
East Staffordshire 1,777 3.78% 0 68 0 1,709 530
Herefordshire, County of UA 1,905 2.37% 0 112 42 1,751 858

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Lichfield 1,187 2.83% 0 64 3 1,120 525

Malvern Hills 1,077 3.28% 0 32 0 1,045 348
Newcastle-under-Lyme 1,729 3.24% 0 90 0 1,639 766
North Shropshire 0 0.00% 0 0 0 0 0
North Warwickshire 344 1.29% 11 7 0 326 326
Nuneaton and Bedworth 2,142 4.03% 511 16 0 1,615 941
Oswestry 193 1.11% 13 2 0 178 118
Redditch 497 1.43% 48 9 1 439 138
Rugby 604 1.44% 41 68 0 495 234
Sandwell 4,957 3.92% 335 88 0 4,534 1,742
Shrewsbury and Atcham 603 1.38% 0 81 0 522 307
Solihull 2,519 2.87% 214 11 16 2,278 1,360
South Shropshire 894 4.45% 0 32 0 862 605
South Staffordshire 618 1.38% 0 109 2 507 290
Stafford 1,758 3.17% 0 91 0 1,667 1,667
Staffordshire Moorlands 1,196 2.81% 0 55 0 1,141 843
Stoke-on-Trent UA 6,677 5.96% 400 143 0 6,134 3,941
Stratford-on-Avon 1,575 2.95% 0 104 14 1,457 900
Tamworth 698 2.19% 80 9 0 609 237
Telford and Wrekin UA 1,767 2.62% 0 122 26 1,619 516
Walsall 4,447 4.09% 0 878 0 3,569 2,102
Warwick 2,641 4.46% 368 100 0 2,173 695
Wolverhampton 4,495 4.29% 624 107 3 3,761 1,843
Worcester 1,370 3.25% 0 66 10 1,294 520
Wychavon 1,106 2.17% 0 45 0 1,061 507
Wyre Forest 2,057 4.65% 0 89 0 1,968 655
West Midlands 72,329 3.09% 4,124 4,613 233 63,359 34,511
Babergh 1,158 3.04% 37 8 0 1,113 733
Basildon 1,024 1.39% 124 37 7 856 422
Bedford 2,294 3.54% 0 227 13 2,054 1,002
Braintree 2,378 3.90% 12 85 0 2,281 889
Breckland 1,147 2.07% 0 52 0 1,095 626
Brentwood 513 1.64% 21 15 14 463 219
Broadland 651 1.20% 0 16 0 635 472
Broxbourne 769 2.00% 12 71 1 685 225
Cambridge 371 0.80% 161 138 0 72 72
Castle Point 1,014 2.76% 11 9 0 994 649
Chelmsford 1,697 2.43% 8 215 58 1,416 759
Colchester 2,227 3.07% 66 44 0 2,117 883
Dacorum 1,509 2.53% 163 65 14 1,267 673
East Cambridgeshire 1,014 3.04% 0 20 7 987 599
East Hertfordshire 1,288 2.25% 0 124 10 1,154 627
Epping Forest 1,308 2.45% 81 22 4 1,201 540
Fenland 661 1.59% 0 45 0 616 549
Forest Heath 316 1.15% 0 16 0 300 67
Great Yarmouth 1,671 3.67% 80 19 0 1,572 794
Harlow 554 1.58% 45 40 0 469 95
Hertsmere 1,033 2.55% 2 88 0 943 354
Huntingdonshire 1,286 1.85% 0 150 166 970 492
Ipswich 1,502 2.64% 66 82 11 1,343 394
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 3,901 5.73% 0 54 0 3,847 1,161
Luton UA 2,047 2.71% 63 55 0 1,929 1,060
Maldon 860 3.24% 0 86 0 774 460
Mid Bedfordshire 950 1.72% 0 85 180 685 685
Mid Suffolk 818 2.03% 30 8 0 780 532
North Hertfordshire 934 1.74% 1 99 7 827 410
North Norfolk 1,448 2.79% 1 40 5 1,402 848
Norwich - # 198 69 .. 1,670 659
Peterborough UA 2,191 2.94% 0 182 86 1,923 858
Rochford 896 2.62% 0 67 0 829 492
South Bedfordshire 1,471 2.89% 42 49 0 1,380 386
South Cambridgeshire 1,642 2.78% 163 33 13 1,433 558
South Norfolk 1,523 2.92% 0 68 0 1,455 657
Southend-on-Sea UA 2,620 3.46% 243 16 0 2,361 1,391
St Albans 1,446 2.55% 93 17 11 1,325 407
St Edmundsbury - # 0 85 .. 996 341
Stevenage 338 0.97% 64 73 5 196 164
Suffolk Coastal 1,691 2.96% 0 63 0 1,628 802
Tendring 2,786 4.18% 47 10 2 2,727 1,269
Three Rivers 578 1.61% 7 57 0 514 357
Thurrock UA 1,800 2.83% 93 6 0 1,701 679
Uttlesford 1,118 3.70% 24 1 0 1,093 224
Watford 946 2.67% 16 132 0 798 297

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Waveney 934 1.72% 65 16 0 853 853

Welwyn Hatfield 713 1.58% 69 54 0 590 291
East of England 64,054 2.59% 2,108 3,013 614 58,319 27,976
Barking and Dagenham 1,178 1.68% 516 66 0 596 411
Barnet 3,627 2.67% 103 88 291 3,145 1,967
Bexley 1,609 1.70% 0 183 0 1,426 811
Brent 3,332 3.09% 152 591 9 2,580 1,426
Bromley 3,537 2.65% 0 338 0 3,199 573
Camden 2,215 2.24% 308 26 0 1,881 491
City of London 62 1.06% 3 3 20 36 37
Croydon 3,576 2.52% 163 227 1 3,185 2,085
Ealing 2,457 1.96% 407 112 16 1,922 1,470
Enfield 2,358 1.98% 287 64 48 1,959 1,223
Greenwich 4,272 4.22% 629 164 0 3,479 1,307
Hackney 2,830 2.92% 1,139 524 0 1,167 815
Hammersmith and Fulham 1,954 2.43% 325 146 16 1,467 832
Haringey 2,046 2.04% 188 2 0 1,856 1,008
Harrow 940 1.11% 34 99 53 754 484
Havering 2,824 2.86% 442 233 3 2,146 656
Hillingdon 2,543 2.48% 124 65 185 2,169 577
Hounslow 1,564 1.68% 271 67 60 1,166 473
Islington 1,654 1.77% 203 218 2 1,231 164
Kensington and Chelsea 2,512 2.92% 56 212 21 2,223 1,121
Kingston upon Thames 1,114 1.75% 50 134 0 930 169
Lambeth 3,496 2.71% 1,058 507 5 1,926 1,270
Lewisham 3,549 3.08% 126 272 0 3,151 392
Merton 1,173 1.48% 87 30 3 1,053 566
Newham 2,897 2.88% 698 318 0 1,881 421
Redbridge 1,911 1.94% 185 139 1 1,586 995
Richmond upon Thames 1,908 2.37% 5 119 15 1,769 598
Southwark 3,947 3.22% 1,054 393 0 2,500 494
Sutton 2,371 3.00% 83 72 0 2,216 579
Tower Hamlets 2,960 2.99% 222 530 4 2,204 1,007
Waltham Forest 2,715 2.81% 168 172 0 2,375 1,444
Wandsworth 3,612 2.76% 179 57 1 3,375 774
Westminster 3,584 3.02% 238 184 166 2,996 1,737
London 82,327 2.51% 9,503 6,355 920 65,549 28,377
Adur 640 2.34% 12 21 0 607 193
Arun 1,161 1.68% 13 3 2 1,143 1,003
Ashford 1,986 4.10% 83 6 0 1,897 594
Aylesbury Vale 1,707 2.46% 9 120 63 1,515 430
Basingstoke and Deane 1,710 2.52% 0 100 0 1,610 807
Bracknell Forest UA 1,057 2.32% 141 128 9 779 336
Brighton and Hove UA 2,531 2.05% 153 99 1 2,278 1,140
Canterbury 1,668 2.66% 45 21 0 1,602 180
Cherwell 1,654 2.85% 0 38 0 1,616 687
Chichester 1,382 2.62% 0 51 0 1,331 176
Chiltern 981 2.57% 0 43 6 932 493
Crawley 714 1.73% 17 19 7 671 565
Dartford 1,409 3.60% 31 16 0 1,362 428
Dover 1,816 3.67% 108 10 18 1,680 870
East Hampshire 1,424 2.98% 0 87 50 1,287 542
Eastbourne 1,133 2.43% 88 67 0 978 354
Eastleigh 1,245 2.43% 0 242 2 1,001 581
Elmbridge 1,773 3.25% 3 226 10 1,534 671
Epsom and Ewell 426 1.43% 0 10 0 416 226
Fareham 698 1.49% 17 35 2 644 286
Gosport 272 0.75% 80 1 0 191 39
Gravesham 1,141 2.79% 114 4 0 1,023 422
Guildford 1,156 2.08% 121 35 39 961 460
Hart 739 2.03% 0 7 0 732 453
Hastings 2,544 6.09% 0 64 0 2,480 880
Havant 831 1.63% 5 5 0 821 272
Horsham 1,374 2.48% 0 73 1 1,300 441
Isle of Wight UA 1,780 2.67% 0 93 0 1,687 146
Lewes 1,080 2.55% 11 22 0 1,047 438
Maidstone 1,610 2.55% 0 102 0 1,508 724
Medway UA 2,953 2.74% 38 225 4 2,686 1,444
Mid Sussex 2,372 4.10% 0 245 56 2,071 641
Milton Keynes UA 2,985 3.04% 175 109 40 2,661 957
Mole Valley 987 2.72% 2 138 20 827 285
New Forest 1,465 1.86% 32 21 24 1,388 378
Oxford 1,711 2.99% 99 82 57 1,473 574

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Portsmouth UA 3,230 3.77% 56 60 98 3,016 1,107

Reading UA 2,153 3.34% 88 37 0 2,028 428
Reigate and Banstead 1,477 2.65% 0 114 0 1,363 597
Rother 1,066 2.44% 0 2 0 1,064 550
Runnymede 759 2.28% 117 18 7 617 264
Rushmoor 557 1.51% 0 129 198 230 148
Sevenoaks 1,044 2.19% 0 68 1 975 417
Shepway 1,536 3.22% 22 14 0 1,500 809
Slough UA 984 2.00% 151 71 0 762 328
South Bucks 771 2.85% 0 25 0 746 127
South Oxfordshire 1,160 2.08% 0 100 20 1,040 437
Southampton UA 2,220 2.21% 199 211 0 1,810 938
Spelthorne 1,038 2.58% 0 57 0 981 452
Surrey Heath 1,183 3.43% 0 31 115 1,037 584
Swale 1,443 2.46% 0 162 0 1,281 341
Tandridge 936 2.73% 38 7 0 891 424
Test Valley 260 0.55% 0 41 2 217 0
Thanet - # 22 33 .. 2,974 1,492
Tonbridge and Malling 1,024 2.13% 0 146 0 878 261
Tunbridge Wells 1,574 3.36% 0 123 0 1,451 756
Vale of White Horse 342 0.69% 0 30 .. 312 0
Waverley 1,673 3.30% 102 58 2 1,511 994
Wealden 1,502 2.36% 66 45 1 1,390 480
West Berkshire UA 1,041 1.64% 0 116 7 918 435
West Oxfordshire 698 1.56% 0 12 40 646 267
Winchester 430 0.96% 60 20 0 350 350
Windsor and Maidenhead UA 1,588 2.68% 0 96 11 1,481 817
Woking 919 2.31% 38 17 19 845 732
Wokingham UA 1,328 2.16% 39 20 0 1,269 576
Worthing 837 1.77% 0 20 0 817 380
Wycombe 1,157 1.70% 237 17 0 903 56
South East 91,074 2.52% 2,632 4,468 932 83,042 34,663

Bath and North East Somerset 813 1.09% 0 123 0 690 533
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Bournemouth UA 2,690 3.27% 60 43 0 2,587 813
Bristol, City of UA 6,973 3.84% 481 324 49 6,119 1,982
Caradon - # 42 0 .. 1,248 728
Carrick 1,580 3.69% 48 1 3 1,528 847
Cheltenham 581 1.11% 57 86 0 438 55
Christchurch 322 1.42% 0 5 0 317 230
Cotswold 1,385 3.58% 0 89 42 1,254 670
East Devon 1,151 1.83% 27 12 0 1,112 509
East Dorset 920 2.37% 0 23 0 897 287
Exeter - # 23 78 .. 1,032 580
Forest of Dean 1,010 2.85% 0 21 0 989 142
Gloucester 2,050 3.99% 32 83 3 1,932 1,071
Isles of Scilly 10 0.84% 1 0 0 9 9
Kennet 904 2.64% 0 49 0 855 398
Kerrier 936 2.14% 0 1 0 935 570
Mendip 1,406 2.98% 0 62 0 1,344 572
Mid Devon 914 2.77% 25 11 0 878 250
North Cornwall 1,403 3.39% 23 0 37 1,343 714
North Devon 1,275 2.98% 0 44 0 1,231 430
North Dorset 235 0.79% 0 4 12 219 219
North Somerset UA 1,248 1.40% 0 104 0 1,144 355
North Wiltshire 1,131 1.99% 0 80 151 900 567
Penwith 1,039 3.13% 0 39 0 1,000 250
Plymouth UA 2,913 2.51% 261 61 101 2,490 1,046
Poole UA 1,109 1.69% 25 14 0 1,070 250
Purbeck 498 2.32% 0 9 41 448 48
Restormel 1,383 3.00% 0 20 0 1,363 505
Salisbury 140 0.28% 0 11 4 125 7
Sedgemoor - # 17 9 .. 1,245 326
South Gloucestershire UA 2,173 2.03% 4 127 18 2,024 786
South Hams 1,512 3.61% 0 73 18 1,421 572
South Somerset 1,051 1.47% 0 72 0 979 985
Stroud 1,218 2.51% 54 6 0 1,158 809
Swindon UA 1,958 2.29% 161 74 0 1,723 713
Taunton Deane 1,511 3.16% 55 59 0 1,397 352
Teignbridge 1,670 2.95% 0 44 11 1,615 762
Tewkesbury 943 2.66% 0 73 0 870 275
Torbay UA 2,360 3.73% 0 0 0 2,360 100
Torridge 873 3.01% 0 22 0 851 317

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West Devon 764 3.32% 0 63 0 701 222

West Dorset 1,157 2.42% 0 0 0 1,157 478
West Somerset 212 1.24% 0 30 0 182 134
West Wiltshire 1,349 2.43% 0 129 119 1,101 424
Weymouth and Portland 773 2.57% 0 54 0 719 402
South West 59,237 2.54% 1,396 2,232 609 55,000 22,294

Who owns the empty homes?

Private homes
Total Empty Percentage of Other public Privately empty more than 6
Region Homes homes empty Local council Housing association body owned months
North East 43,968 3.76% 3,027 4,113 234 36,594 18,379
North West 129,073 4.15% 4,916 10,185 243 113,729 66,691
Yorkshire & the Humber 92,409 4.06% 5,922 4,701 441 81,345 41,299
East Midlands 62,584 3.25% 3,316 2,359 576 56,333 29,095
West Midlands 72,329 3.09% 4,124 4,613 233 63,359 34,511
East of England 64,054 2.59% 2,108 3,013 614 58,319 27,976
London 82,327 2.51% 9,503 6,355 920 65,549 28,377
South East 91,074 2.52% 2,632 4,468 932 83,042 34,663
South West 59,237 2.54% 1,396 2,232 609 55,000 22,294
ENGLAND 697,055 3.10% 36,944 42,039 4,802 613,270 303,285

* Figures in italics are based

Regional totals as supplied by DCLG may differ from individual boroughs due to additional cross-referencing with other bodies such as Government
departments and the Housing Corporation
Regional totals have been grossed for missing values

Notes:
1 Empty homes statistics above are taken from DCLG HSSA statistics, compiled from the following: local authority, other government departments and bodies.

2 'Local council' is the local authority, e.g. borough council, district council, metropolitan borough council; 'housing associations' are organisations which
provide social housing; 'other public body' refers to Government departments and organisations such as the NHS, Highways Agency, Ministry of Defence,
etc; 'private landlords' can be individuals or private developers

LA data are reported figures. # indicates figures not supplied

Regions' totals include estimated values for missing data
Hence summing LA figures wouldnot yet yield region's figure.
England total is sum of all region's figures with estimates .
"-" indicates not applicable or non derivable.
".." indicates not available

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