2,124,590: the number of houses in Ireland.
166,752: The number of vacant homes, 8% of all houses in the country.
Over 48,000 dwellings that were recorded as vacant in 2016 remained vacant in 2022.
I would imagine that the 48000 would include a lot of houses from the crash. There are other statistics that put vacant properties which have electricity water as a minimum between 95000 and 120,000, again the details of these houses are scant.Census 2022 at a glance: A rundown of Ireland's big count
The Central Statistics Office has released preliminary data about Ireland’s population and housing.www.thejournal.ie
It certainly includes the latter i.e. houses that are temporarily vacant for whatever reason (incl. between rental, up for sale etcForgive my ignorance, but is a holiday home “vacant” or a temporarily vacant house in Ireland where the owners spend a few months in Portugal?
They really didn't say in detail what was included, or I didn't hear it.It certainly includes the latter i.e. houses that are temporarily vacant for whatever reason (incl. between rental, up for sale etcnot sure if it includes holiday homes. Someone from the CSO on the radio yesterday was quite clear on that but I don't recall what he said about holiday homes.
“The Preliminary Results show that the total housing stock on 03 April 2022 was 2,124,590, an increase of 6.0% on the 2016 figure.
There were 16,560 fewer vacant dwellings (-9.0%) in 2022 compared to 2016.
This does not include holiday homes, of which there were 66,135, compared with 62,148 in 2016.
A dwelling being classified as vacant for census purposes does not necessarily imply that it is available for re-use.
Census vacancy is essentially a point in time measure which may be different to other reported measures of vacancy which may focus more on longer term vacancy.
A dwelling is classed as vacant by census enumerators if it is unoccupied for a short or long period around Census night. For example, it may be unoccupied because it is up for sale or rent, under renovation, or if the owner has passed away, or is in a nursing home.
Dwellings under construction and derelict properties are also not included in the Census count of vacant dwellings.”
I would imagine that the 48000 would include a lot of houses from the crash.
Will the findings from #Census2022 dispel the myth that vacant units offer a substantial solution to Ireland’s housing woes?
The results show that there is very little long-term vacancy in areas with the highest demand. Here is share of housing stock vacant in 2016 and 2022.
Yes, on Census night Dublin had c.30k units that were vacant but this mainly reflects natural churn rather than long-term vacancy.
70% of those vacant units were occupied in 2016. And most of the units that were vacant in 2016 were found to be occupied in 2022.
Of Dublin’s 30k vacant units, 4k were for sale, 5k were being renovated, 3k were vacant because the resident(s) were in hospital/care, 3k because the resident was recently deceased and 1k were new builds awaiting their first occupation. Majority will be occupied by Census 2027.
Dublin had 9k rental units that were vacant on Census night. This is around 5% of its rental stock (c.175k units). Represents churn between lettings and most will be re-occupied. Also includes around 1k temporarily vacant social housing units owned by the four local authorities.
After these legitimate (and temporary) reasons for vacancy on Census night there were around 6k units in Dublin that were vacant for other/unknown reasons. Some may have gone in the above categories had it been possible to determine the reason for their vacancy.
On long-term vacancy, Dublin had just 1,335 livable units (0.2% of 2022 stock) that were vacant in each recent census – 2011, 2016 and 2022. In contrast, Mayo had 2,171 (3.2% of its 2022 stock) that were vacant in each census. /end
From the detailed analysis I have seen today and yesterday, this is simply untrue.but as usual finding out why these properties are vacant is almost impossible.
Yet RTE had Lorcan Sirr on Moaning Ireland this morning ignoring and he didn't seem to know any of this, even though he's a lecturer and head of research for the Faculty of the Built Environment in TUD. It's almost as if he was ignoring the facts in order to further an ideological agenda. He might be a great guy but I've no respect for his opinions on housing and housing policy.Seamus Coffey has comprehensively rebutted this theory, in a twitter thread this morning. https://twitter.com/seamuscoffey/status/1540250805739159553?s=20&t=-gDuebrkuNrFzVbOVdYUhg
Here's what he said:
From the detailed analysis I have seen today and yesterday, this is simply untrue.
I believe they are meant to enquire why there is no answer - neighbours, etc. It is more than just a "vacant" box - they have to indicate why it is vacant, eg, resident in Nursing Home, recently deceased, etc. Whether this always happens exhaustively I have no idea.In other words if there is no answer to a knock and/or they can't get a completed form back the Census Enumerator ticks a Vacant Box
I was one of these (apartment in da shmoke) and I was out of the country on that night. I did answer my door and she assured me that she does not need any more information except that I was not in the dwelling on said night.I believe they are meant to enquire why there is no answer - neighbours, etc. It is more than just a "vacant" box - they have to indicate why it is vacant, eg, resident in Nursing Home, recently deceased, etc. Whether this always happens exhaustively I have no idea.
Mea Culpa.I was one of these (apartment in da shmoke) and I was out of the country on that night. I did answer my door and she assured me that she does not need any more information except that I was not in the dwelling on said night.
She was supposed to ask you where you'd be, link that to the entry for your dwelling, and mark you as "away" but not the property as vacant. Vacant properties are exactly that, not dwellings normally occupied but where the residents are away on census night.I was one of these (apartment in da shmoke) and I was out of the country on that night. I did answer my door and she assured me that she does not need any more information except that I was not in the dwelling on said night.
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