Who owns the empty homes?

Total empty Percentage of Housing Other public Private

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