Details of the number of empty domestic dwellings in each of the five local authorities in the Tyne and Wear area for 2004 to 2009 are shown in the following table.
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Gateshead 5,488 6,162 5,180 4,989 5,715 5,583 Newcastle upon Tyne 6,141 5,829 5,595 5,710 4,811 4,385 North Tyneside 2,877 2,818 2,841 2,992 3,186 3,209 South Tyneside 1,997 2,282 2,396 2,411 2,389 2,305 Sunderland 4,114 4,477 4,652 4,431 4,440 4,183
The data are both short-term and long-term empty dwellings as reported annually by all billing authorities in England in October of the year. Data are not collected in April.
No estimates of empty non-domestic properties have been published.