Median of the housing cost burden distribution by poverty status - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Ireland's median of the housing cost burden distribution by poverty status decreased by 2.6% compared to 2023, reaching 11.2.

Ireland accounts for 80.6% of the EU-27 total of 13.9.

Ireland ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.7% (from 10.8 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi302, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.