50%
of all those assessed as in need of housing are living in just 6
local authority areas: Local Authority
Waiting List (2013)
Dublin City
16,171
Cork City
6,440
South Dublin
6,217
Fingal
6,020
Kildare
5,454
Cork County
4,804
Total
45,106
By contrast, the bottom 6 counties contain just 3.7% of those in need of housing: Local Authority
Waiting List (2013)
Sligo
770
Cavan
741
Monaghan
696
Longford
597
Roscommon
252
Leitrim
251
Total
3,307
The population of the bottom 4 counties (195,346) is roughly equal to that of County Kildare (210,312), yet Kildare alone has over 3 times the number of people waiting for housing (1,796 versus 5,454) There are clear crisis points around the country.
Percentage Population awaiting housing in each Local Authority Housing Authority*
Total on waiting lists
Population (2011)
Population %
Cork City
6,440
119,230
5.40%
Galway City
2,471
75,529
3.27%
Louth
3,809
122,897
3.09%
Dublin City
16,171
527,612
3.06%
Kerry
4,112
145,502
2.82%
Kildare
5,454
210,312
2.59%
South Dublin
6,217
265,202
2.34%
Fingal
6,020
273,991
2.19%
Westmeath
1,893
86,164
2.19%
Carlow
1,043
54,612
1.90%
Wicklow
2,428
136,640
1.77%
Kilkenny
1,670
95,419
1.75%
Clare
2,032
117,196
1.70%
DĂşn Laoghaire Rathdown
3,406
206,261
1.65%
Waterford
1,877
113,795
1.65%
Longford
597
39,000
1.53%
Offaly
1,177
76,687
1.53%
Limerick
2,810
191,809
1.46%
Wexford
2,087
145,320
1.43%
Meath
2,502
184,135
1.36%
Tipperary
1,987
158,754
1.25%
Cork County
4,804
399,802
1.20%
Galway County
2,099
175,124
1.20%
Laois
902
80,559
1.20%
Sligo
770
65,393
1.17%
Monaghan
696
60,483
1.15%
Mayo
1,479
130,638
1.13%
Cavan
741
73,183
1.00%
Donegal
1,675
161,137
1.00%
Leitrim
251
31,798
0.79%
Roscommon
252
64,065
0.39%
State
89,872
4,588,452
1.96%