Who owns the empty homes?
County	Local Authority/Borough		Total empty homes	Percentage of homes empty	Local Council2	Housing Association2	Other public body2	Private Landlord2	Private homes empty more than 6 months	Low Demand Dwellings	Number of properties brought back into use (2004/5)
Cleveland	Hartlepool		2216	5.37%	0	111	592	1513	545	3,507	4
	Middlesbrough		2788	4.68%	0	804	0	1984	1,206	8,885	69
	Redcar and Cleveland		1807	2.93%	0	389	0	1418	810	1,527	145
	Stockton-on-Tees		2253	2.83%	322	60	0	1871	992	10,533	89
Cleveland Total		*	9,064	3.74%	322	1,364	592	6,786	3,553	24,452	307
County Durham	Chester-le-Street		294	1.22%	45	2	0	247	50	622	0
	Darlington		#	#	149	37	#	1284	1156	0	134
	Derwentside		1748	4.35%	202	94	0	1452	608	400	24
	Durham		1215	3.20%	149	23	0	1043	658	30	#
	Easington		3544	4.33%	526	216	4	2798	1665	3,101	47
	Sedgefield		1419	3.48%	0	166	0	1253	734	1,590	19
	Teesdale		205	1.75%	51	1	0	153	153	39	0
	Wear Valley		1735	5.92%	186	29	3	1517	585	340	56
County Durham Total		*	10,160	4.50%	1,308	568	7	9,747	5,609	6,122	280
Northumberland	Alnwick		636	4.04%	18	24	276	318	245	101	32
	Berwick-upon-Tweed	*	259	1.83%	1	0	0	258	0	0	0
	Blyth Valley		667	1.85%	31	25	16	595	348	81	1
	Castle Morpeth		930	4.28%	47	6	0	877	487	116#	0
	Tynedale	*	838	3.14%	0	304	0	534	308	65	0
	Wansbeck		1231	4.35%	193	18	0	1020	448	1,386	0
Northumberland Total		*	4,561	3.20%	290	377	292	3,602	1,836	1,633	33
Tyne And Wear	Gateshead		3544	3.93%	526	216	4	2798	1665	3,101	481
	Newcastle upon Tyne		6277	5.16%	1140	334	18	4785	3,923	19,239	232
	North Tyneside		2370	2.57%	503	64	1	1802	571	2,272	88
	South Tyneside		1972	2.89%	373	92	11	1496	838	1,487	46
	Sunderland		4242	3.42%	0	1413	0	2829	1679	1,847	65
Tyne And Wear Total		*	18,405	3.71%	2,542	2,119	34	13,710	8,676	27,946	912
NORTH EAST TOTAL		*	42,190	3.70%	4,462	4,428	925	33,845	19,674	60,153	1,532