Number of permanent private households Ireland 2022, by tenure and county
A substantial portion of private permanent households across the counties of Ireland were outright owners in 2022. Dublin, the country's most populous county, was the only exception where privately rented households outnumbered the group of outright owners. Out of the 226,000 households in Dublin, 70,000 were private renters, 59,000 were outright owners, and 48,000 were homeowners with a mortgage.