Estimates for vacant dwellings in each London borough since 2002 are tabulated as follows. These include vacancies up to six months and long-term vacancies over six months. These are as reported by local authorities through the Council Tax Base (CTB1) form and present vacant dwellings receiving some or a full discount on council tax.
November 2002 November 2003 November 2004 October 2005 October 2006 London 111,416 102,998 92,597 88,402 86,701 Barking and Dagenham 1,578 1,798 1,623 1,906 2,477 Barnet 5,093 3,512 3,607 3,767 3,486 Bexley 2,064 2,268 2,161 2,157 2,309 Brent 5,559 2,733 3,568 2,762 2,482 Bromley 3,960 4,207 3,825 3,741 3,781 Camden 5,093 3,389 3,049 2,895 2,594 City of London 63 141 165 123 93 Croydon 4,611 4,722 4,647 4,376 4,643 Ealing 3,196 3,308 3,416 2,971 3,024 Enfield 4,350 3,577 4,494 4,301 4,553 Greenwich 3,417 2,922 3,084 3,295 3,530 Hackney 3,783 3,220 3,407 3,626 3,556 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,015 3,526 2,946 2,588 2,211 Haringey 3,433 3,539 1,966 1,678 1,613 Harrow 2,195 2,462 1,484 1,378 1,143 Havering 2,300 2,407 2,568 2,636 2,617 Hillingdon 2,791 3,009 2,532 2,302 2,148 Hounslow 3,510 1,932 2,125 1,865 1,593 Islington 2,908 4,020 2,677 1,970 1,973 Kensington and Chelsea 4,576 3,308 3,064 2,901 2,678 Kingston upon Thames 2,169 2,333 2,394 1,913 2,181 Lambeth 4,488 5,037 3,291 3,015 4,125 Lewisham 2,832 3,084 n/a n/a 1,454 Merton 2,529 2,593 1,362 2,085 2,084 Newham 3,280 2,535 2,645 3,138 4,047 Redbridge 2,301 2,533 1,992 2,276 2,755 Richmond upon Thames 3,497 3,086 2,166 1,966 1,900 Southwark 3,478 4,973 4,439 2,723 2,830 Sutton 2,285 2,234 2,351 2,643 2,528 Tower Hamlets 5,072 2,669 2,047 2,081 2,492 Waltham Forest 1,984 2,144 2,078 1,924 2,092 Wandsworth 5,202 n/a n/a n/a 1,961 Westminster 4,804 4,544 3,974 3,914 3,748 n/a = information not available. Note: Figures for London include estimates for missing local authority data. Source: Council Tax Base (CTB1) return from local authorities.