Since 2022, we have gathered council tax data at what statisticians term "lower super output area" level. These are small areas containing between 400 and 1,200 housholds (or 1,000-3,000 people). Each approximates a community or neighbourhood unit. In England, there are just over 33,000 of these areas.
Of the 371 local authorities (or equivalent) across England, Scotland and Wales, we got data from 205 – covering 64% of the population of the three nations. We found that large numbers of local authorities have areas in which 5% or more homes are low-use. In 50 of the 205 council areas we looked at, we also found ghost enclaves where at least 20% of properties – and as many as half in some areas – are empty or largely unoccupied.
The UK's coastal 'ghost enclaves' are the result of government failure on low-use homes theconversation.com/the-uks-coas... by Rowland Atkinson et al
Low-use properties maps and LSOA data files figshare.com/s/52019a9bfb... (not #opendata)
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