Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council

4.2 The roof over our heads -
Roscommon
Permanent, private households
There were 23,601 permanent dwellings in Roscommon in 2011, an increase of 14.4 per cent
over 2006.
Vacant housing stock
Vacant dwellings in the census are split into holiday homes, vacant houses and vacant
apartments. Looking at all vacant dwellings combined, there were 92 towns with a vacancy rate
of 35 per cent or more, of which fifteen were in Donegal, thirteen each in Kerry and Cork
County, while Wexford, Clare and Mayo had nine towns each.
The seaside town of Mullaghmore in County Sligo had the largest vacancy rate, with four-fifths
of housing units in the town recorded as vacant on Census Night.
When holiday homes are excluded Tulsk (51%) and Frenchpark (44%), both in Roscommon, had
the highest vacancy rates. Four of the seven towns with highest vacancy rates are located in
Roscommon, which seems to have been particularly affected by vacancy in April 2011.
Towns in Roscommon with a vacancy rate of over 35 per cent in April 2011:
30. Tulsk 52.7%
47. Frenchpark 45.2%
58. Roosky 43.3%
66. Ballinlough 41.5%
67. Termonbarry 40.7%
76. Ballaghaderreen 38.0%
85. Ballintober 36.3%
On Census night, 24.9% (or 7,875) of the 31,585 total permanent dwellings in Roscommon
were unoccupied.
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