Donegal has Ireland’s second highest percentage of large homes, new Census data shows.
13% of all houses in Donegal contain five bedrooms or more.
The county with the highest percentage of large homes is Co Galway at 15%.
The 2022 Census also showed that there are 565 palatial mansions with 10 or more bedrooms across the country. There are more of these in Galway City (57) than in Dublin City (55).
The 2022 Census was the first time people were asked about the number of bedrooms in their home, with the results finding that three bedrooms is the most common (35.7%), followed by four bedrooms (25.7%).
Gamma, a leading location intelligence technology company in Ireland and the UK, has mapped out the new data which shows an increase in the number of households – this has gone up by almost 140,000 – and reveals a shift regarding the number of homes being owned outright.
The number of homes owned outright now stands at 37% – which equates to 679,718 in total and is 112,949 properties more than in 2011. In comparison, in 2011, there were more households that were owned with a mortgage than owned outright. This has been reversed over the last decade with the number of households being owned with a mortgage falling by 51,941. Looking at the rental sector, there are an additional 48,457 households recorded as rentals in the 2022 Census compared to 2016. Meanwhile, there are an additional 63,373 households which are owner occupied.
