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)
Avon Bath and North East Somerset   829 1.13% 0 138 0 691 454 0 4
  Bristol   6817 3.85% 453 435 0 5929 2,105 0 228
  North Somerset   # # 0 83 # 2260 1,160 500 10
  South Gloucestershire   # # 129 14 # 1629 498 87 85
Avon Total   * 7,646 3.06% 582 670 0 10,509 4,217 587 327
Cornwall Caradon   655 1.67% 38 11 0 606 575 154 0
  Carrick   1291 3.04% 16 2 0 1273 490 0 15
  Isles of Scilly   3 0.25% 2 0 0 1 0 2 #
  Kerrier   473 1.11% 0 0 0 473 432 0 15
  North Cornwall   1034 2.58% 56 4 75 899 480 30 0
  Penwith   610 1.90% 0 12 0 598 296 0 155
  Restormel   1384 3.11% 0 50 0 1334 426 5 50
Cornwall Total   * 5,450 2.25% 112 79 75 5,184 2,699 191 235
Devon East Devon   768 1.25% 89 10 0 669 442 10 15
  Exeter   # # 17 70 # 1098 410 # 49
  Mid Devon   897 2.80% 30 6 0 861 243 100 104
  North Devon   782 1.86% 0 8 0 774 131 0 9
  Plymouth   3211 2.88% 390 57 5 2759 966 310 96
  South Hams * 745 1.81% 0 2 0 743 377 0 11
  Teignbridge   # # 0 22 # 1631 520 0 111
  Torbay   2003 3.22% 0 50 0 1953 121 # 0
  Torridge   1917 6.76% 45 2 0 1870 258 # 3
  West Devon   846 3.75% 0 18 0 828 336 0 1
Devon Total   * 11,169 2.78% 571 245 5 13,186 3,804 420 399
Dorset Bournemouth   2903 3.59% 67 39 0 2797 716 14 42
  Christchurch   482 2.14% 0 11 0 471 210 # 10
  East Dorset   460 1.20% 0 20 0 440 239 # 0
  North Dorset   214 74.00% 0 7 12 195 195 10 1
  Poole   1124 1.76% 43 11 0 1070 250 21 34
  Purbeck   432 2.05% 0 11 41 380 77 0 0
  West Dorset   1037 2.22% 0 40 0 997 362 4 34
  Weymouth and Portland   778 2.62% 0 74 1 703 371 # 10
Dorset Total   * 7,430 2.23% 110 213 54 7,053 2,420 49 131
Gloucestershire Cheltenham   # # 109 67 # 1150 450 314 50
  Cotswold   1070 2.81% 0 66 25 979 481 100 5
  Forest of Dean * 924 2.66% 0 37 0 887 514 168 18
  Gloucester   1895 3.83% 37 16 0 1842 888 0 0
  Stroud * 1050 2.20% 45 2 0 1003 645 0 46
  Tewkesbury   263 0.77% 0 47 0 216 0 4 17
Gloucestershire Total   * 5,202 2.55% 82 168 25 4,927 2,528 272 86
Somerset Mendip   1319 2.86% 0 56 0 1263 336 0 2
  Sedgemoor * 2067 4.36% 76 10 0 1981 184 # 19
  South Somerset   1609 2.31% 0 177 194 1238 97 96 15
  Taunton Deane   1237 2.64% 21 21 10 1185 361 # 65
  West Somerset * 495 2.91% 2 6 0 487 287 # 0
Somerset Total * 6,727 2.96% 99 270 204 6,154 1,265 96 101
Wiltshire Kennet   1198 3.57% 0 8 233 957 429 31 46
  North Wiltshire   1154 2.10% 0 57 51 1046 483 2 8
  Salisbury   873 1.77% 56 0 135 682 234 0 66
  Swindon   2162 2.62% 166 32 0 1964 925 81 53
  West Wiltshire   1481 2.74% 0 32 55 1394 546 68 6
Wiltshire Total   * 6,868 2.50% 222 129 474 6,043 2,617 182 179
SOUTH WEST TOTAL     50,492 1.83% 1,778 1,774 837 53,056 19,550 1,797 1,458