Poverty and living standards in Dublin, Ireland: official figures
14.9% of households in Dublin City rented from a local authority or a voluntary housing body in Census 2022, the lowest of 2 cities for social renting (Ireland: 10.4%).
What percentage of people rent in Dublin?
33.3% of households in Dublin City rented from a private landlord in Census 2022, while 27.9% owned their home outright and 22.6% had a mortgage or loan.
Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · saved copyHow many vacant homes are there in Dublin?
Census 2022 found 18,024 vacant dwellings in Dublin City (excluding holiday homes), 7.2% of the housing stock and the highest of 2 cities (Ireland: 7.7%); a further 790 were unoccupied holiday homes.
Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · saved copyHow many one-parent families are there in Dublin?
One-parent families made up 34.3% of families with children in Dublin City in Census 2022, above the national 24.8%.
Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · saved copyCan people in Dublin afford their bills?
In the EU's 2023 quality of life survey, 15% of residents of Dublin said they had difficulty paying their bills at the end of the month most of the time.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyMore figures
- 35.3% of households in Dublin City had no car in Census 2022, above the national 14.4% and the highest of 2 cities. Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · saved copy
- 7.6% of households in Dublin City had no internet connection in Census 2022 (9.5% nationally) and 1.93% had no central heating. Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · saved copy
- 17% of people in Dublin agreed that it is easy to find good housing at a reasonable price (EU quality of life in European cities survey, 2023). Source: Eurostat · saved copy
- 69% of people in Dublin felt safe walking alone at night in the city (EU quality of life in European cities survey, 2023). Source: Eurostat · saved copy
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Sources
- Eurostat: Eurostat dataset urb_percep: Quality of life in European cities survey 2023: perception (cities), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 81bd3e277f3e…)
- Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland: Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (SAPS), all themes, by administrative county and city, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 32250e98c48a…)
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