Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council

4.1 The roof over our heads -
nationwide
Irish housing stock
In April 2011 there were 1,994,845 permanent dwellings or housing units in the State.
The overall vacancy rate in 2011, including holiday homes, was 14.5 per cent or 289,252
properties. If holiday homes are excluded from the housing stock the vacancy rate drops to
11.5 per cent.
A total of 59,395 housing units were classified as vacant holiday homes. The remaining 230,056
were vacant houses and apartments, of which 168,427 were vacant houses and 61,629 were
vacant apartments.
121,974
Households in rural
areas connected to
public sewerage
schemes in 2011
11.8%
The percentage
increase in rural
households having
access to the public
sewerage network
between 2006 and
2011.
Vacant housing stock
Between 1991 and 1996 the vacant housing stock remained largely unchanged (105,142
compared with 105,250). However, the construction boom that occurred in Ireland from 1996
onwards coincided with a sharp rise in the number of vacant dwellings.
Vacant housing units increased by 36 per cent from 105,250 to 143,418 between 1996 and
2002, and rose a further 86 per cent to 266,322 in 2006. The most recent inter-censal period
has seen a 9 per cent growth culminating in 289,451 vacant dwellings recorded in 2011.
Of the 289,451 vacant dwellings, 151,273 (52%) were located in rural areas while 138,178
(48%) were in the urban towns and cities.
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