Census Profile · Laois · 2022

County Laois — Home ownership — first in Ireland

Laois ranks first of Ireland's 31 counties for home ownership rate at 83.1%. The national average is 76.2% — a gap of 6.9pp that places Laois at the top of this ranking. Census 2022 data mapped at electoral division level shows the figure is not distributed evenly within the county.

Laois is +6.9pp vs national on home ownership rate.

Key statistics — County Laois

Home ownership
83.1%
#1 of 31 counties
National Average
76.2%
home ownership rate
Employment Rate
57.4%
National: 55.2%
Third-Level
51.2%
National: 52.6%

Top electoral divisions — Owner Occupied in Laois

The electoral divisions within County Laois with the highest owner occupied rate, Census 2022.

Electoral DivisionOwner Occupied Rate
1. MONEYMORE 95.8%
2. LACKA 94.7%
3. ROSSMORE 93.8%
4. SHAEN 93.7%
5. REARYMORE 93.1%

Explore Laois data on the map

Every electoral division in County Laois is mapped. Hover to inspect Census 2022 figures or ask the AI analyst for a plain-language explanation.

County Laois — census data context

County-level figures aggregate all electoral divisions within Laois. The map reveals the internal variation those county averages suppress — the gap between the most and least deprived EDs in Laois is typically far wider than the county-to-national difference highlighted above. View the full Laois area guide →

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Data: CSO Census 2022 · County Laois · Electoral Division averages · cso.ie/census