Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 October 2019
367. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated home ownership rates; if data in his Department in relation to the trend of home ownership rates in recent years will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40394/19]
View answerIn terms of home ownership, the authoritative data in this regard is the data published as part of each census of population carried out by the Central Statistics Office.
The most recent census undertaken, Census 2016, reported that 67.6% of households owned their own home, with or without a loan or mortgage. This compared to a rate of 69.7% in 2011.
