Local Authority Housing Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 February 2015

Thursday, 5 February 2015

Questions (268)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

268. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government using the most recently available data, if he will provide, in tabular form, the total number of local authority dwellings in each local authority in the State; the proportion of such dwellings in each area which are single bed, two-bed, three-bed, four-bed or more than four-bed; the proportion of such dwellings in each area which are detached, semi-detached, terraced, apartment or other; the proportion of such dwellings in each area which were built prior to 1930, between 1930 and 1949, between 1950 and 1969, between 1970 and 1989, between 1990 and 2000 and after 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5275/15]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

My Department publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics, which includes aggregate data relating to local authority housing stock broken down by county. The statistics are available on my Department’s website at: http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/StatisticsandRegularPublications/HousingStatistics/FileDownLoad,15295,en.xls by clicking “L.A. rented houses units by area 2003+” under the Social Housing Supports contents.

However, the detailed information requested on bedroom number, house type and year of construction is not available in my Department. It may be identified using the CSO 2011 Census data and can be found here: http://www.cso.ie/en/census/index.html.