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Housing stock in Ireland

Occupancy, building type and age of the housing stock from Census 2021.

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings2,108,065
Occupied1,832,472
Unoccupied275,59313.1 %

Building type

One-dwelling building84.8 %
Two-dwelling building2.5 %
3+ dwelling building10.2 %

Construction period

Before 19197.4 %
1919–19455.4 %
1946–19606.3 %
1961–198016.5 %
1981–200021.5 %
2001–201021.4 %
2011–20152.3 %
2016 and after4.4 %
EUROSTAT · STOCK

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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