All-Island AtlasW k h 2Workshop 2

HousingHousing

Justin Gleeson

NIRSA, NUIM, 08/04/14

All-Island Spatial Mapping Toolkits – Census 2011

• INNICCO / INTERREG: Evidence Based Planning• Develop an All Island on line Digital Atlas Tool• Develop an All-Island on-line Digital Atlas Tool

– All-Island – Cross Border specific

L l A th it /L l G t Di t i t– Local Authority/Local Government District • Census Seminars (preliminary analysis) • All-Island 2011 Deprivation Index & All-Island Travel to Work mapping

D t f D i i QGIS k h k h i d id i f d• Data for Decisions QGIS workshops: workshops on using data to support evidence informed planning, funding applications etc

• Digital Atlas Hard Publication S t l l i ( l ti d ti t t h lth h i i t t )– Sectoral analysis (population, education, transport, health, housing, environment etc)

– Expert commentary from NI and RoI academic/policy community – Cross Border case-studies

Outline

• Housing Stockg

• Housing Completions

• Occupancy and Vacancy

• Tenure• Tenure

• Type

• Age of Housing

• Housing Characteristics – Heating, Water Systems,

Sewerage etc

Housing Stock• Total Housing stock in 2011 - 2.75 million units

• 73% in RoI (1.99m)

• 27% in NI (754k)

• Increase of +29.4% from 2001/02 total of 2.12m (+626k)

• +36.6% RoI (02 to 06: +21%)

• +13.7% NI (02 to 06 :+6%)

Housing Stock• Total Housing stock in 2011 - 2.749 million units

• 73% in RoI (1.99m)

• 27% in NI (754k)

• Increase of +29.4% from 2001/02 total of 2.12m

• +36.6% RoI (02 to 06: +21%)

• +13.7% NI (02 to 06 :+6%)

Housing Stock• Total Housing stock in 2011 - 2.749 million units

• 73% in RoI (1.99m)

• 27% in NI (754k)

• Increase of +29.4% from 2001/02 total of 2.12m

• +36.6% RoI (02 to 06: +21%)

• +13.7% NI (02 to 06 :+6%)

Housing Stock• Total Housing stock in 2011 - 2.749 million units

• 73% in RoI (1.99m)

• 27% in NI (754k)

• Increase of +29.4% from 2001/02 total of 2.12m

• +36.6% RoI (02 to 06: +21%)

• +13.7% NI (02 to 06 :+6%)

Housing Stock Growth 2001/02 to 2012

• Highest growth in housing stock (RoI)

• RoI: Commuter counties (Cavan,

Laois, Fingal, Meath.......Longford and

Leitrim)

• RoI: Lowest growth in larger urban

areas – CorkCity, Dublin City, DLR,

South DublinSouth Dublin

• Highest growth in housing stock (NI)

• NI: Ballymoney Craigavon Limavady• NI: Ballymoney, Craigavon , Limavady

(+20%)

• NI: Lowest growth rate in BelfastNI: Lowest growth rate in Belfast

commuter areas (<10% growth)

Housing Stock per Population• Housing stock per 1,000 population 2011

• Highest in more peripheral counties and

Upper Shannon Rural Renewal Scheme areas

• Dublin commuter counties have the lowest

trate

– Tipperary South is also very low

• In contrast to the RoI – highest stock perIn contrast to the RoI highest stock per

population tends to be along east coast and

Belfast commuter areas

• Lowest stock per population in more

peripheral/border parts of NI

– Magherafelt,Newry, Dungannon

Mapping Vacancy• On census night 2011 there were 336,209

vacant properties on the island - Vacant houses,

apartments, holidays homes

• RoI - 14.5%

• NI - 6.2%

• Highest in RoI

• Leitrim, Donegal, Kerry and Mayo >25%

– Highest in NI

• Dungannon, Fermanagh, Foyle 8-10%

– All-Island Mapping – Unoccupied

• Visitors, Vacant House, Vacant Flat, Holiday Homes

Mapping Vacancy

– RoI only– Excluding holiday homes the vacancy

rate is 11 5%rate is 11.5%• Leitrim 22%• Longford 20%• Fingal 6.7%• South Dublin 5.4%

– Housing AgencyHousing Agency• Housing Supply Requirement 2014-

201879 660 id i l i i d• 79,660 residential units required– 15.9 p/a in 2014 to 20.8 p/a in

2018– 47% in Dublin Region

Mapping Vacancy

– RoI only– Excluding holiday homes the vacancy

rate is 11 5%rate is 11.5%• Leitrim 22%• Longford 20%• Fingal 6.7%• South Dublin 5.4%

– Housing AgencyHousing Agency• Housing Supply Requirement 2014-

201879 660 id i l i i d• 79,660 residential units required– 15.9 p/a in 2014 to 20.8 p/a in

2018– 47% in Dublin Region

Mapping Vacancy

– Mapping Holiday homes (Vacant)• 59,395 in 2011• +19% from 2006• +19% from 2006• Half of all of these are within 1km of the

coastline

Housing Tenure

• Tenure analysis based on number of permanent private households

• 2.35 million households on the island in 2011

– Of those 73% are in RoI and 27% in NI

– Households have grown by 29% since 2001

» 36% in RoI and 13.5% in NI

• 68.9% of households are Owner Occupied

• 19.3% rent through the private sector

• 10.6% are in social housing

Housing Tenure – Owner Occupied• 1.6m Owner Occupied homes across the

island (69% of households)

• 48.9% are owned outright

• 51.2% have a mortgage

• NI v RoI split it much the same

– Numbers of Owner Occupiers has

increased by >13% since 2011

• Rate has actually decreased from 2001

due to swelling of rented sector

– Highest rates are in peripheral areas,

lowest rates are in cities

Housing Tenure – Owner Occupied• Owner Occupiers with a Mortgage

• 827,810 in 2011 (35.2%)

• Highest rates are in commuter areas in

RoI

– >45% of households in Kildare,

Meath and Fingal have mortgages

• Highest rates in the north are• Highest rates in the north are

Newtownabbey, Carrickfergus and

Castlereagh – 40-42%g

• Within the large cities (Dublin, Belfast,

Cork, Limerick) less than 25% of

households have mortgages

Housing Tenure – Owner Occupied• Owner Occupiers with No Mortgage

• 792,621 owner occupied homes are

owned outright (33.7%)

• Highest rates are in peripheral counties

h M R K dsuch as Mayo, Roscommon, Kerry and

Leitrim > 40% of households with no

mortgageg g

• Belfast, Derry, Dublin and other main

cities have the lowest rates

Housing Tenure – Owner Occupied

Housing Tenure – Rented Sector

• 703,312 households living in rented accommodation (29% of all tenure)

• 19.3% of households Private Rented (454, 452)( , )

• 10.6% of households in Social Housing (248,860)

– Higher proportion of households are in the rented sector in NIg p p

• NI 32.5% v RoI 28.8

• Much higher proportion of social housing in NI –g p p g

– accounts for 45% of all rented whereas it’s only 30% in RoI

– In the last 10 year rented sector has undergone considerable changey g g

• Rented households increasing by 60%

– Mainly due to growth in RoI +89%Mainly due to growth in RoI +89%

» Doubling of private rented (+102%), large increase in social housing (+63%)

– Much lower rate in NI

» Private rented +114%, decrease in social housing (-21%)

Housing Tenure – Rented Sector• Private Rented

• Highest rates are all in the main cities

– Galway City (37.5%), Dublin (32%), Cork City

(27%)

– Belfast City (19 6%) Craigavon (18%)Belfast City (19.6%), Craigavon (18%)

• Importance of rent supplement data in RoI

– High public expenditure supporting the g p p pp g

sector

– In 2012, there were approx 87k households

in receipt of weekly rent supplement

– Major social housing supple issues

N t H h ld N d f 89 872 i 2013– Net Household Need of 89,872 in 2013

Housing Tenure – Rented Sector

Housing Tenure – Social

• Social Housing

• Social housing is predominantly an urban g p y

phenomenon

• Highest rates are in NI

– Belfast (25.6%) and Derry (22.7%)

– Highest rate in RoI is in Waterford

City (18.8%) and Cork City (16.7%)

– Longford has the 7th highest rate in

the island at 17.7%

Housing Tenure – Social

Housing Type• Housing Type can be separated into 3 main categories

• House/Bungalows (Conventional Housing) - 88.9%

– NI: 88.9%, RoI: 88.4

• Flats/Apartments/Bedsits – 10.8%

– NI: 9.9%, RoI: 11.3

• Caravans/Mobile Homes/Temporary Units - 0.24%

NI 0 2% R I 0 3– NI: 0.2%, RoI: 0.3

Housing Type – Conventional

• The dominant housing type in Ireland

• Number of households living in

houses/bungalows has increased by 21% since

2001

– +25% RoI, +12% NI25% RoI, 12% NI

• Most areas > 95% of house types

• 26 of 60 LAs/UDs have rates > 95%

• Lowest rates are within cities and urban

areas

– Dublin City 65%

– Galway City 77.4%

– Belfast 80%

– DLR 80%

Housing Type – Flats/Apartments• Pretty much the opposite of previous

map......

• It’s mainly an urban housing type

– Highest rates in all cities

• Number of Apartments/Flats increased by

54% since 2001

– +65% in RoI, +32% in NI

» South Dublin +477%

» Fingal +416%

» Kildare +164%

» DLR+120%

Housing Type – Flats/Apartments

Age of Housing - RoI

• Over a quarter of our housing has been built in the last 10 years (26.5%)

• Fingal, Meath, Laois and Cavan all have more than 35% of their stock built since 2001Fingal, Meath, Laois and Cavan all have more than 35% of their stock built since 2001

Age of Housing – 2000 to 2005

Age of Housing – Post 2006

Water Facilities – LA Group Scheme

Water Facilities – Public Scheme

Central Heating - Oil

Central Heating – Natural Gas

Central Heating – Electric

Central Heating – Peat

Central Heating – Wood

On-line Housing Data

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