Housing cost overburden rate by sex - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Ireland's housing cost overburden rate by sex decreased by 4.3% compared to 2023, reaching 4.50.

Ireland accounts for 54.9% of the EU-27 total of 8.20.

Ireland ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 13.5% (from 5.20 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi160, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.