Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile - EU-SILC survey

In 2021, Ireland's housing cost overburden rate by income quintile decreased by 44.4% compared to 2020, reaching 8.00.

Ireland accounts for 25.8% of the EU-27 total of 31.0.

Ireland ranks 25th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 50.9% (from 16.3 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi162, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.