| 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) | |
| Bedfordshire | Bedford | 2387 | 3.73% | 0 | 139 | 0 | 2248 | 942 | 139 | 29 | |
| Luton | 2523 | 3.09% | 83 | 39 | 0 | 2401 | 1,211 | 149 | 11 | ||
| Mid Bedfordshire | * | 672 | 1.25% | 0 | 81 | 0 | 591 | 477 | 77 | 15 | |
| South Bedfordshire | 1224 | 2.49% | 55 | 24 | 0 | 1145 | 490 | 396 | 10 | ||
| Bedforshire Total | * | 6,806 | 2.82% | 138 | 283 | 0 | 6,385 | 3,120 | 761 | 65 | |
| Cambridgeshire | Cambridge | 318 | 0.69% | 127 | 119 | 0 | 72 | 31 | 30 | 15 | |
| East Cambridgeshire | 524 | 1.58% | 0 | 23 | 0 | 501 | 432 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Fenland | 935 | 2.34% | 58 | 9 | 0 | 868 | 511 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Huntingdonshire | 1630 | 2.39% | 0 | 123 | 101 | 1406 | 701 | 104 | 64 | ||
| Peterborough | 1869 | 2.58% | 0 | 136 | 143 | 1590 | 648 | 145 | 50 | ||
| South Cambridgeshire | * | 1468 | 2.55% | 120 | 36 | 23 | 1289 | 828 | 3 | 0 | |
| Cambridgeshire Total | * | 6,744 | 2.12% | 305 | 446 | 267 | 5,726 | 3,151 | 290 | 148 | |
| Essex | Basildon | 1679 | 2.30% | 203 | 124 | 9 | 1343 | 408 | 55 | 44 | |
| Braintree | * | 2219 | 3.73% | 207 | 17 | 12 | 1983 | 808 | 1 | 41 | |
| Brentwood | 642 | 2.08% | 28 | 10 | 27 | 577 | 396 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Castle Point | 950 | 2.38% | 8 | 4 | 0 | 938 | 596 | 200 | 0 | ||
| Chelmsford | * | 1637 | 2.38% | 0 | 159 | 32 | 1446 | 540 | 1 | 62 | |
| Colchester | 2276 | 3.26% | 97 | 97 | 253 | 1829 | 494 | 2 | 36 | ||
| Epping Forest | 1619 | 3.06% | 79 | 11 | 3 | 1526 | 931 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harlow | 534 | 1.53% | 102 | 3 | 0 | 429 | 30 | # | 0 | ||
| Maldon | 808 | 3.09% | 0 | 59 | 0 | 749 | 375 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rochford | 996 | 2.96% | 36 | 45 | 0 | 915 | 463 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Southend-on-Sea | 3653 | 4.79% | 216 | 37 | 0 | 3400 | 1,166 | 103 | 14 | ||
| Tendring | * | 2809 | 4.28% | 83 | 21 | 2 | 2703 | 1,164 | 0 | 3 | |
| Thurrock | 1349 | 2.16% | 98 | 16 | 0 | 1235 | 601 | 323 | 68 | ||
| Uttlesford | * | 936 | 3.13% | 48 | 15 | 0 | 873 | 538 | 33 | 0 | |
| Essex Total | * | 22,107 | 2.81% | 1,205 | 618 | 338 | 19,946 | 8,510 | 812 | 269 | |
| Hertfordshire | Broxbourne | 783 | 2.11% | 18 | 78 | 4 | 683 | 296 | 8 | 1 | |
| Dacorum | * | 1632 | 2.77% | 230 | 10 | 0 | 1392 | 931 | 450 | 6 | |
| East Hertfordshire | 1268 | 2.28% | 0 | 106 | 5 | 1157 | 615 | 42 | 6 | ||
| Hertsmere | 1069 | 2.69% | 1 | 36 | 0 | 1032 | 406 | 56 | 7 | ||
| North Hertfordshire | 907 | 1.69% | 0 | 106 | 7 | 794 | 815 | 30 | 2 | ||
| St Albans | 421 | 0.75% | 54 | 17 | 11 | 339 | 184 | 71 | 6 | ||
| Stevenage | 664 | 1.95% | 103 | 98 | 3 | 460 | 126 | 130 | 10 | ||
| Three Rivers | * | 971 | 2.77% | 80 | 18 | 0 | 873 | 212 | # | 6 | |
| Watford | 860 | 2.48% | 107 | 74 | 1 | 678 | 288 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Welwyn Hatfield | 1115 | 2.55% | 98 | 20 | 8 | 989 | 348 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Hertfordshire Total | * | 9,690 | 2.69% | 691 | 563 | 39 | 8,397 | 4,221 | 842 | 62 | |
| Norfolk | Breckland | 1367 | 2.51% | 0 | 79 | 0 | 1288 | 828 | 83 | 11 | |
| Broadland | * | # | # | 0 | 52 | # | 869 | 497 | 0 | 6 | |
| Great Yarmouth | 1244 | 2.78% | 100 | 31 | 0 | 1113 | 550 | 206 | 102 | ||
| Kings Lynn and West No | # | # | 50 | 23 | # | 1981 | 1,021 | 7 | 2 | ||
| North Norfolk | 827 | 1.47% | 6 | 84 | 337 | 400 | 276 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Norwich | 2040 | 3.41% | 250 | 59 | 31 | 1700 | 720 | 12 | 25 | ||
| South Norfolk | 1322 | 2.62% | 0 | 66 | 0 | 1256 | 601 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Norfolk Total | * | 6,800 | 2.56% | 406 | 394 | 368 | 8,607 | 4,493 | 308 | 157 | |
| Suffolk | Babergh | * | 1167 | 3.13% | 77 | 4 | 0 | 1086 | 303 | 75 | 8 |
| Forest Heath | * | 261 | 1.00% | 0 | 48 | 0 | 213 | 55 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ipswich | 1794 | 3.29% | 74 | 105 | 0 | 1615 | 491 | 94 | 11 | ||
| Mid Suffolk | 1620 | 4.18% | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1558 | 829 | 0 | 2 | ||
| St Edmundsbury | 938 | 2.10% | 0 | 73 | 38 | 827 | 147 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Suffolk Coastal | 1557 | 2.79% | 8 | 68 | 0 | 1481 | 766 | 28 | 8 | ||
| Waveney | 1768 | 3.30% | 139 | 10 | 0 | 1619 | 910 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Suffolk Total | * | 9,105 | 2.93% | 360 | 308 | 38 | 8,399 | 3,501 | 237 | 47 | |
| EASTERN TOTAL | 61,252 | 2.53% | 3,105 | 2,612 | 1,050 | 57,460 | 26,996 | 3,250 | 748 | ||
*
Figures in italics are based on incomplete figures provided by local authorities
and are, therefore, lower than actual totals
Regional totals as supplied by ODPM 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 Each year the Department of Transport, Local Governments and the Regions collects data on the number of empty homes from each local authority in England and from other Government departments and bodies