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

In 2024, Ireland's housing cost overburden rate by income quintile decreased by 16.6% compared to 2023, reaching 13.6.

Ireland accounts for 48.9% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.

Ireland ranks 26th 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 18.1% (from 16.6 in 2019).

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