The CSO, through Ireland's Institute for SDGs (IIS), supports reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals.
SDG 1.4.1 Households with access to basic services is measured using data from the Census of Population 2022, and also the publication developed by the CSO SDG division titled 'Measuring Distance to Everyday Services in Ireland'.
The SDG Indicators Metadata Repository defines SDG 1.4.1 metadata as:
The proportion of population living in households with access to basic services is defined as the proportion of population using public service provision systems that meet basic human needs including drinking water, sanitation, hygiene, energy, mobility, waste collection, health care, education and information technologies. The basic services indicator is therefore based on 9 components. These components are captured in various standalone indicators of the SDGs, which means that the concepts and definitions of SDG indicator 1.4.1 will be derived from or are the same as those of these specific SDG indicators.
The CSO publication, Measuring Distance to Everyday Services in Ireland, analyses how close or far away people in Ireland live from everyday facilities (such as schools, hospitals, public transport and post offices) and provides insights on the differences in service accessibility at regional and local level. Click on the publication for detailed information.
The project was developed by the CSO’s SDG division in partnership with the Ordnance Survey Ireland (now Tailte Eireann).
According to the Census of Population data 4,813 (0.3%) households had no sewerage facility in 2022. See Table 5.1.
Census reports that 2,681 (0.1%) households had no piped water in 2022. See Table 5.2.
CSO data also show that 21,254 (1.2%) households had no central heating in 2022. Oil or gas heating accounted for around 71.6% of households' heating. Oil was the most common type of heating accounting for 38.9% of households, while gas accounted for 32.7% of household heating. See Table 5.3 and Figure 5.1.
| Type of heating, 2022 | No Entry Here | No Entry Here | No Entry Here | No Entry Here | No Entry Here | |
| Natural Gas | 32.7 | |||||
| Electricity | 11.8 | |||||
| Oil | 38.9 | |||||
| No central heating | 1.2 | |||||
| Other fuels incl LPG and Wood | 3.2 | |||||
| Not stated | 5 | |||||
| Coal and Peat | 7.2 |
There was no central heating in 21,254 households in 2022 - the highest areas being 3,949 in Dublin City Council and 2,351 Cork County Council. See Table 5.4.
Map 5.1 shows the percentage of private households using oil to heat their homes in 2022, Monaghan had the highest at 74.8% while Dublin City had the lowest rate at 4.4%.
SDG 1.4.2 Population with secure tenure rights is measured by the CSO, Census of Population and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
The SDG Indicators Metadata Repository defines SDG 1.4.2 metadata as:
Indicator 1.4.2 measures the relevant part of Target 1.4 (ensure men and women have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to …, ownership of and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources). It measures the results of policies that aim to strengthen tenure security for all, including women and other vulnerable groups.
According to the Home Ownership and Rent chapter of the Census of Population 2022 Profile 2 - Housing in Ireland report, the trend in home ownership and renting between 2016 and 2022 was similar to the trend between 2011 to 2016. Home ownership rates fell as the total number of households living in rental accommodation increased to over half a million.
The proportion of owner occupied dwellings was 66% in 2022, down from 68% in 2016.
The number of dwellings owned with a mortgage or loan fell by 1% to 531,207. In contrast, between 2011 and 2016, the decrease in this category was 8%.
Overall, the number of dwellings owned without a mortgage or loan was up 11% to 679,718, from 611,877 in 2016.
The total number of occupied rental properties in the 2022 census was 513,704 up from 469,671 in 2016. This includes properties rented from a private landlord (330,632), local authority (153,192) or voluntary/co-operative housing body (29,880).
In the 2016 to 2022 period, the number of occupied dwellings rented from a private landlord increased by 7% from 309,728 to 330,632. See Table 5.5.
A total of 1,210,925 houses were owner occupied with/without a loan or mortgage in 2022. Meath and Galway County had the highest percentage of owner occupied houses (with/without a loan or mortgage) at 75.2%. Galway City had the lowest rate at 46.1%, followed closely by Dublin City at 47.3%. See Table 5.6 and Map 5.2.
The number of homeless persons decreased by 196 (or 1.5%) from 13,514 in November to 13,318 in December 2023. There were 9,356 homeless adults and 3,962 homeless dependants in December 2023 according to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regional classifications. Dublin had the highest number of homeless persons with 6,754 adults and 3,020 dependants. The North-West had the lowest number of homeless persons with 142 adults and 48 dependants.
See data for December in Table 5.7 and data for November in Table 5.8.
Dublin had the highest number of homeless adults at 6,754 while Cavan/Monaghan had the lowest as 12 homeless adults each. See Map 5.3.
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