ENERGY POVERTY

Home energy poverty in Ireland

Inability to keep the home adequately warm, its trend and relation to building age.

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
2025 · ILC_MDES01

Unable to keep home warm

Ireland : 4.5 % · EU-27 : 8.8 %

20142025

Difficulty heating by building age

1960 and before5.4 %
1961–19805.6 %
1981–20003.5 %
2001–20103.7 %
2011 and after2.7 %
EUROSTAT · POVERTY

Key reading note

Reference years differ by source: heating systems are measured in 2023, several housing-condition indicators in 2025, and housing-stock structure in Census 2021. Percentages from different blocks should therefore not be added together.

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