Median of the housing cost burden distribution by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey

In 2019, Ireland's median of the housing cost burden distribution by degree of urbanisation increased by 8.8% compared to 2018, reaching 12.4.

Ireland accounts for 76.5% of the EU-27 total of 16.2.

Ireland ranks 16th 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 3.1% (from 12.8 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi303, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.