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Ireland: Housing cost overburden rate
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Country overview
Ireland
Current reading for Housing cost overburden rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Housing cost overburden rate
Latest value
5.30 Percentage of population
Compared with Europe
-3.0 puntos
Ireland is 3.0 points below the European average.
EU: 8.28
Affected population
5.4M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Housing cost overburden rate
Granularity: Regions
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Eastern and Midland
+32.107.00
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2
Northern and Western
-26.403.90
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3
Southern
-34.003.50
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At a glance
Ireland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Ireland
In Ireland, Housing burden is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 5.3% versus 7.8% in 2025, with a gap of 2.5 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Ireland, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 2.60% in 2021 to 5.30% in 2025. The latest step, from 4.50% in 2024 to 5.30% in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Ireland
In Ireland, Housing burden shows noticeable regional variation. Across 3 comparable regions, Eastern and Midland Ireland records the highest value (7%) and Southern Ireland the lowest (3.5%), a gap of 3.5 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Ireland, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.