Ireland's UN SDGs 2019 - Report on Indicators for Goal 1 No Poverty

SDG 1.4.1 Proportion of the Population Living in Households with Access to Basic Services is measured by the Census of Population 2016.

According to the Census of Population only 1.4% of people had no central heating in 2016.  See Table 2.1.

There was no central heating for 1.9% of people in the South-West compared to just 1% in the Border and in the Mid-East.

One in a 1,000 people lived in a household without a piped water supply.

There was no sewerage facility available for one in every 1,000 people in 2016.

Three out of every 1,000 people lived in a mobile home or temporary structure.

SDG 1.4.2 Proportion of Total Adult Population with Secure Tenure Rights to Land is measured by the Census of Population 2016.

Census of Population 2016 results show that nearly seven out of ten people (69%) had secure tenure rights to land in 2016.  In this context secure tenure rights to land is defined as owner-occupiers in the Census 2016 data.  A link to this Census 2016 information is in 2016 Census Results Housing in Ireland. 

The highest rate of secure tenure rights to land was 74% in the Border and Mid-East regions, while the lowest rate was 61% in Dublin.  See Table 2.2.