Housing

Table 1.2 compares the nature of housing occupancy for the two most common

family units with children – headed by a married couple or a one-parent mother – in

2011 and 2022. The overall trends are similar for both Census years with owner-

occupied housing the most common for married couples with children: 56% (2011)

and 51% (2022) with a mortgage and 29% without a mortgage (both years). In

contrast, rented accommodation was the most common type of occupancy for one-

parent mothers – 47% in both 2011 and 2022. Potentially of note is the increase in

the ‘other’ category (combining ‘occupied free of rent’ and ‘not stated’) across time:

although remaining small overall, the proportion of families in that group doubled

between 2011 and 2022 for both married and one-parent groups.

children’ or ‘one-parent mother with children’

Table 1.2: Nature of housing occupancy in 2011 and 2022 for family units described as ‘married couple with

Source: CSO Table F3078

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