Rise in rents and numbers renting as homeownership falls, says CSO

The average weekly rent from a private landlord stood at €273, up 37% on 2016. In Cork, rents rose almost 40%.

The number of households renting in Ireland rose sharply, as did how much they were paying in rent, while the rate of home ownership has fallen, the Central Statistics Office has said.

In the latest of its in-depth publications into the results of Census 2022, the CSO found the increase in the number of homes in Ireland did not keep up with the rise in population since 2016.