## 4 Distribution of Abandoned Houses in Gyeongsangnam-do  
### Distribution and Density of Abandoned Houses  
The number of abandoned houses in Gyeongsangnam-do steadily increased from 6021 in 2017 to 7843 in 2018 and 11,966 in 2019. To check the condition of housing abandonment, we analyzed using the unit of submunicipal divisions shown as Table 1.  
As of 2017, there were many abandoned houses in areas with large populations, such as Jinju-si (903) and Changwon-si (858) However, the ratio of abandoned houses to the population was higher in rural areas, in the order of Hapcheon-gun, Namhae-gun, and Goseong-gun. Abandoned houses increased in 2018, mainly in the areas with a high number of abandoned houses such as Changwon-si (986) and Jinju-si (967). In 2019, there were many abandoned houses in Goseong-gun (1394), Changwon-si (1250), and Tongyeong-si (1278). In Goseong-gun and Hapcheon-gun, there were areas where the ratios of abandoned houses to the total number of houses and to the existing number of abandoned houses were both high. We also observed that many cases of abandoned houses were mainly located in the western region in Gyeongnam province, where the general population was decreasing rapidly and the ratio of the elderly population was high.As such, the number of abandoned houses continued to rise, particularly in rural areas, where they remain abandoned unless demolished(Figures 2 and 3). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{3}{*}{
\begin{tabular}{c} **Administative** \\ **Division** \\ \end{tabular} } & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**2017**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**2018**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**2019**} \\ \cline{2-7}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Ratio of**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Ratio of**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Ratio of**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Ratio of**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Abandoned**} \\  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Number**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Abandoned**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Number of**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Abandoned**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Number of**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Abandoned**} \\  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Number of**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**House to Total**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**House to Total**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**House to Total**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**House to Total**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**House to Total**} \\  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Number of**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Houses**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Houses**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Number of**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Number of**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Year**} \\ \hline Changwon-si & 858 & 0.257 & 986 & 0.287 & 1250 & 0.353 & 1.1 \\ \hline Jinju-si & 903 & 0.786 & 967 & 0.814 & 1180 & 0.949 & 2.3 \\ \hline Tongyeong-si & 545 & 1.111 & 725 & 1.419 & 1278 & 2.314 & 2.1 \\ \hline Sachen-si & 127 & 0.281 & 141 & 0.305 & 243 & 0.483 & 6.3 \\ \hline Gimhae-si & 143 & 0.084 & 169 & 0.097 & 282 & 0.156 & 3.4 \\ \hline Miryang-si & 256 & 0.556 & 411 & 0.879 & 763 & 1.591 & 1.3 \\ \hline Geoje-si & 251 & 0.271 & 309 & 0.317 & 384 & 0.379 & 0.3 \\ \hline Yanggan-si & 12 & 0.010 & 18 & 0.014 & 33 & 0.026 & 1.5 \\ \hline Urityorg-gun & 111 & 0.847 & 308 & 2.293 & 656 & 4.374 & 0.8 \\ \hline Haman-gun & 414 & 1.473 & 533 & 1.894 & 581 & 2.036 & -0.6 \\ \hline Changwong-gun & 106 & 0.385 & 154 & 0.558 & 259 & 1.004 & 1.2 \\ \hline Gooseong-gun & 472 & 1.993 & 700 & 2.927 & 1394 & 5.638 & 2.0 \\ \hline Namhae-gun & 455 & 2.049 & 583 & 2.954 & 959 & 4.170 & 1.9 \\ \hline Hading-gun & 162 & 0.810 & 190 & 0.927 & 310 & 1.430 & 3.3 \\ \hline Sancheong-gun & 117 & 0.704 & 170 & 1.019 & 325 & 2.187 & 1.9 \\ \hline Hamyang-gun & 214 & 1.177 & 323 & 1.768 & 501 & 2.568 & 0.6 \\ \hline Geochang-gun & 306 & 1.155 & 414 & 1.523 & 462 & 1.659 & -0.6 \\ \hline Hapcheon-gun & 569 & 2.463 & 742 & 3.192 & 1106 & 4.682 & 1.1 \\ \hline Total & 6021 & 16.411 & 7843 & 22.825 & 11,966 & 35.998 & 1.3 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} Source: aggregated data from cities and counties in Gyeongsangnam-do by year.  
\end{table} 
Table 1: Abandoned houses in Gyeongsangnam-do.