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Matt Treacy ✒ looks at the soaring house prices in Ireland.


A statistical report from Eurostat has shown that Ireland has experienced the highest increase in house prices between 2010 and 2019. Irish house prices are now 80% higher than the EU average, up from being 18% higher in 2010.


Ireland has also witnessed the third highest increase in rents over the period between the first quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2021. During that period, rents have grown by over 60% compared to an average of less than 15% across the whole of the EU.


All of that is both a consequence and a contributing factor to other notable statistics on housing and household demographics. For example, Ireland had the fourth highest drop in the number of house sales in 2020. They fell by 16.4%. A combination of house sales, prices and increasing rents has also seen the average age at which Irish people leave the parental home increase. It is now between the ages of 27 and 30, compared to an EU average of 26.4 years.

Another notable statistic is that Ireland now has one of the highest (8%) proportions of single parent households. None of that of course has been helped by the economic hit delivered by the state’s reaction to Covid-19, and the impact which restrictions have had on employment and income, as well as unquantifiable personal and social consequences. Irish workers saw the numbers of hours spent at work fall by 17% in 2020 compared to an EU average of 12%.

At the height of the lockdown, between April and June last year, the average number of hours worked by people in sales and services fell by over 40%, the third highest after Cyprus and Spain, and reflective of the massive hit taken by the tourist and hospitality sectors.


Matt Treacy has published a number of books including histories of 
the Republican Movement and of the Communist Party of Ireland. 

Massive Increase In Irish House Prices/Rent Above Eu Average ➖ Report

Matt Treacy ✒ looks at the soaring house prices in Ireland.


A statistical report from Eurostat has shown that Ireland has experienced the highest increase in house prices between 2010 and 2019. Irish house prices are now 80% higher than the EU average, up from being 18% higher in 2010.


Ireland has also witnessed the third highest increase in rents over the period between the first quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2021. During that period, rents have grown by over 60% compared to an average of less than 15% across the whole of the EU.


All of that is both a consequence and a contributing factor to other notable statistics on housing and household demographics. For example, Ireland had the fourth highest drop in the number of house sales in 2020. They fell by 16.4%. A combination of house sales, prices and increasing rents has also seen the average age at which Irish people leave the parental home increase. It is now between the ages of 27 and 30, compared to an EU average of 26.4 years.

Another notable statistic is that Ireland now has one of the highest (8%) proportions of single parent households. None of that of course has been helped by the economic hit delivered by the state’s reaction to Covid-19, and the impact which restrictions have had on employment and income, as well as unquantifiable personal and social consequences. Irish workers saw the numbers of hours spent at work fall by 17% in 2020 compared to an EU average of 12%.

At the height of the lockdown, between April and June last year, the average number of hours worked by people in sales and services fell by over 40%, the third highest after Cyprus and Spain, and reflective of the massive hit taken by the tourist and hospitality sectors.


Matt Treacy has published a number of books including histories of 
the Republican Movement and of the Communist Party of Ireland. 
Irish Housing Market Matt Treacy

2 comments:

  1. Steve R5:17 AM, September 03, 2021

    Wait until China works out there's decent Universities in Ireland. Once they send their kids there, they begin to buy property on a big scale send the prices even higher. It happened big time in Australia. The Universities become addicted to the cash that international students bring in VERY quickly.

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  2. Ronan3:38 PM, September 03, 2021

    Many houses on the Dublin 3 road where I reside , rent out a room on a nightly basis for € 80. Weekly rents are € 300.
    Competing against people who hail from Angola to Zimbabwe & have their rent paid by the state makes no sense .
    Since Ireland joined the euro two decades ago, the price of housing has predictably been driven upwards, thanks to inappropriately low interest rates which suit Germany. Ireland's second housing bust is four years away.
    Why are Dublin housing prices double those of Glasgow or Manchester ❓ # Rip 📴 Republic

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