Number of households with mortgage loans as a percentage of total households rose 3.19% to 35.6% in Ireland in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of households with mortgage loans as a percentage of total households in Ireland reached an all time high of 36.9% in 2003 and an all time low of 31.3% in 2019.
Ireland has been ranked 9th within the group of 28 countries we follow in terms of number of households with mortgage loans as a percentage of total households, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Households with Mortgage Loans (As % of Total Households) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Australia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Belgium | % | ... | 41.4% | 43.2% | 43.4% | 42.6% | 43.5% | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41.3% | 41.2% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Denmark | % | ... | 47.4% | 47.8% | 46.5% | 46.8% | 45.2% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | 31.0% | 30.9% | 31.8% | 31.8% | 30.1% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.2% | 25.7% | 25.6% | 25.8% | 31.4% | ... | |||||||
| Iceland | % | ... | ... | 63.9% | 58.5% | 57.4% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | ... | 32.4% | 31.8% | 32.4% | 31.3% | 34.5% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | 15.9% | 13.6% | 13.0% | 13.7% | 15.2% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Norway | % | ... | 62.2% | 60.5% | 60.1% | 60.5% | 61.5% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.9% | 29.5% | 29.4% | 28.4% | 30.3% | ... | ||||||||||
| Sweden | % | ... | ... | 54.8% | 52.2% | 51.7% | 51.4% | 52.1% | ... | |||||||||||||
| USA | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | 35.5% | 38.0% | 37.5% | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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