IE · 2021 · tessi174
Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey
Ireland, 2021
In 2021, Ireland's overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation decreased by 4.1% compared to 2020, reaching 4.70.
Ireland accounts for 24.1% of the EU-27 total of 19.5.
Ireland ranks 25th 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 24.2% (from 6.20 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi174, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.