Average household is worth €674,000
Even allowing for the value of the main family home — which is the prime source of wealth for the vast majority of people — Irish households still enjoy an average fortune of €352,000.
However, the warm glow of pleasure that should accompany such statistics is likely to escape most readers who probably feel more acquainted with another of the report’s findings — namely that average household debt now stands at €127,000.
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