Roscommon in Census 2011 - Roscommon County Council

Dwellings have more room over the years
A question relating to the number of rooms within each household has traditionally been asked
on the census form. In 2011, the respondent was required to state the number of rooms
excluding bathrooms, toilets, kitchenettes, offices, utility rooms, consulting rooms, shops, halls,
landings and rooms that can only be used for storage such as cupboards.
New homes
In Laois, 18.1 per cent of all occupied dwellings within the county were built since 2006.
Longford (15.8%) and Cavan (15%) came next in the proportion of new homes built since 2006.
12.9 per cent of households in Roscommon were built since 2006.
Limerick City (4.9%) had the lowest rate of increase in homes constructed between 2006 and
2011.
Significant growth in rented households
A total of 474,788 households were in rented accommodation in 2011, a considerable rise of
47 per cent from 323,007 in 2006. The share of households that were renting was 29 per cent
in 2011, up from 22 per cent recorded in 2006.
Despite the number of owner occupied dwellings rising by 5.3 per cent between 2006 and
2011, the strong growth in rented accommodation has caused the overall home ownership
rate to drop sharply from 74.7 per cent to 69.7 per cent.
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