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Housing affordability (years of income) for every Irish county, ranked from highest to lowest, from official public data.

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Housing affordability (years of income) — every county ranked

Figures as of 2026, published by StatsMapped. Accessed 2026-11-06.

Years of a typical person's disposable income it would take to buy the median-priced home in the county -- median sale price divided by disposable income per person.

Ranked dot strip: 26 areas, highest figure first. Position is the figure itself on a scale from 0.0 years to 14.9 years. The dashed line is the median, 10.5 years. Colour carries no meaning; the table below has every figure.
  1. Meath14.9 years 1stMeath: 14.9 years, ranked 1st of 26
  2. Wicklow14.7 years 2ndWicklow: 14.7 years, ranked 2nd of 26
  3. Dublin14.0 years 3rdDublin: 14.0 years, ranked 3rd of 26
  4. Kildare13.8 years 4thKildare: 13.8 years, ranked 4th of 26
  5. Galway12.6 years 5thGalway: 12.6 years, ranked 5th of 26
  6. Laois12.6 years 6thLaois: 12.6 years, ranked 6th of 26
  7. Clare12.5 years 7thClare: 12.5 years, ranked 7th of 26
  8. Cork12.2 years 8thCork: 12.2 years, ranked 8th of 26
  9. Louth11.4 years 9thLouth: 11.4 years, ranked 9th of 26
  10. Kilkenny11.4 years 10thKilkenny: 11.4 years, ranked 10th of 26
  11. Kerry10.9 years 11thKerry: 10.9 years, ranked 11th of 26
  12. Wexford10.8 years 12thWexford: 10.8 years, ranked 12th of 26
  13. Westmeath10.6 years 13thWestmeath: 10.6 years, ranked 13th of 26
  14. Offaly10.3 years 14thOffaly: 10.3 years, ranked 14th of 26
  15. Limerick10.0 years 15thLimerick: 10.0 years, ranked 15th of 26
  16. Roscommon9.9 years 16thRoscommon: 9.9 years, ranked 16th of 26
  17. Waterford9.8 years 17thWaterford: 9.8 years, ranked 17th of 26
  18. Sligo9.5 years 18thSligo: 9.5 years, ranked 18th of 26
  19. Monaghan9.5 years 19thMonaghan: 9.5 years, ranked 19th of 26
  20. Carlow9.4 years 20thCarlow: 9.4 years, ranked 20th of 26
  21. Cavan9.2 years 21stCavan: 9.2 years, ranked 21st of 26
  22. Leitrim9.0 years 22ndLeitrim: 9.0 years, ranked 22nd of 26
  23. Donegal8.5 years 23rdDonegal: 8.5 years, ranked 23rd of 26
  24. Tipperary8.5 years 24thTipperary: 8.5 years, ranked 24th of 26
  25. Mayo8.4 years 25thMayo: 8.4 years, ranked 25th of 26
  26. Longford8.0 years 26thLongford: 8.0 years, ranked 26th of 26
Housing affordability (years of income), every county ranked
RankCountyHousing affordability (years of income)
1Meath14.9 years
2Wicklow14.7 years
3Dublin14.0 years
4Kildare13.8 years
5Galway12.6 years
6Laois12.6 years
7Clare12.5 years
8Cork12.2 years
9Louth11.4 years
10Kilkenny11.4 years
11Kerry10.9 years
12Wexford10.8 years
13Westmeath10.6 years
14Offaly10.3 years
15Limerick10.0 years
16Roscommon9.9 years
17Waterford9.8 years
18Sligo9.5 years
19Monaghan9.5 years
20Carlow9.4 years
21Cavan9.2 years
22Leitrim9.0 years
23Donegal8.5 years
24Tipperary8.5 years
25Mayo8.4 years
26Longford8.0 years

Before you use these figures

  • Per-person income, not household income: This is median sale price divided by disposable income PER PERSON, not per household. It is not the standard mortgage-affordability ratio lenders use, which is based on household income -- treat it as a rough, comparable measure of relative county affordability, not a lending guideline.
  • Income figure is a modelled county allocation, not a survey count: The income figure (CSO RAA02) is CSO's own modelled allocation of national income to counties, not a direct survey measurement. Its own margin of uncertainty carries through into this ratio.
  • The two figures are about two years apart: The sale price figure is more recent (updated quarterly) than the income figure (RAA02's own annual release, currently 2024). This mirrors every other RAA02-based comparison on this site -- not a per-county misalignment, the same lag applies uniformly to every county.

Cite this ranking:

Housing affordability (years of income), every county ranked
Caveats: Per-person income, not household income; Income figure is a modelled county allocation, not a survey count; The two figures are about two years apart
StatsMapped last confirmed these figures unchanged on 22 Sep 2026.
Source: StatsMapped
https://statsmapped.com/ireland/rankings/housing-affordability-years

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