Table 4.1 Private households by type of central heating by county, 20161 | ||||||
% of row | number | |||||
Region and county | Oil | Natural gas | Electricity | Peat (incl. turf) | Other | Total |
Border | 66.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 8.0 | 18.1 | 143,888 |
Cavan | 69.8 | 7.5 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 15.2 | 26,806 |
Donegal | 64.2 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 11.4 | 20.9 | 58,305 |
Leitrim | 64.7 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 8.9 | 18.6 | 12,404 |
Monaghan | 76.3 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 13.3 | 21,612 |
Sligo | 60.5 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 10.9 | 18.6 | 24,761 |
Midland | 46.2 | 12.4 | 6.0 | 23.6 | 11.7 | 102,958 |
Laois | 42.4 | 25.0 | 3.6 | 16.1 | 12.9 | 28,997 |
Longford | 55.3 | 1.9 | 8.5 | 20.8 | 13.5 | 15,092 |
Offaly | 41.0 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 37.9 | 8.4 | 27,184 |
Westmeath | 49.9 | 10.1 | 7.7 | 19.6 | 12.7 | 31,685 |
West | 56.8 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 18.6 | 11.4 | 164,263 |
Galway City | 50.3 | 15.3 | 20.7 | 1.4 | 12.3 | 28,827 |
Galway County | 58.1 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 23.0 | 9.5 | 62,729 |
Mayo | 60.0 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 19.1 | 13.5 | 48,745 |
Roscommon | 54.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 26.6 | 11.1 | 23,962 |
Dublin | 11.0 | 68.2 | 14.2 | 0.1 | 6.5 | 479,159 |
Dublin City | 5.8 | 63.4 | 22.1 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 211,591 |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 12.1 | 74.2 | 9.2 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 78,568 |
Fingal | 17.4 | 69.8 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 5.5 | 96,607 |
South Dublin | 15.2 | 72.5 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 92,393 |
Mid-East | 44.8 | 37.0 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 9.7 | 231,577 |
Kildare | 41.2 | 38.6 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 73,348 |
Louth | 46.1 | 40.4 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 45,363 |
Meath | 48.7 | 34.1 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 9.6 | 63,861 |
Wicklow | 43.9 | 35.2 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 13.5 | 49,005 |
Mid-West | 53.9 | 18.8 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 16.2 | 173,441 |
Clare | 59.1 | 12.1 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 16.3 | 43,348 |
Limerick | 45.7 | 28.6 | 8.2 | 2.1 | 15.4 | 71,022 |
Tipperary | 60.0 | 11.9 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 17.1 | 59,071 |
South-East | 56.2 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 20.3 | 152,669 |
Carlow | 54.3 | 23.6 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 16.2 | 20,465 |
Kilkenny | 55.2 | 22.1 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 17.5 | 34,743 |
Waterford | 44.5 | 29.7 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 17.8 | 43,455 |
Wexford | 66.8 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 25.6 | 54,006 |
South-West | 45.5 | 28.7 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 14.8 | 249,710 |
Cork City | 12.1 | 64.6 | 13.9 | 0.1 | 9.4 | 49,370 |
Cork County | 50.6 | 26.5 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 16.0 | 146,052 |
Kerry | 62.4 | 2.0 | 8.1 | 11.3 | 16.2 | 54,288 |
Total | 40.4 | 33.5 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 12.1 | 1,697,665 |
Source: CSO Census of Population | ||||||
1 Private households in permanent housing units. |
Table 4.2 Compliant drinking water schemes by county1, 2017 | ||
% | ||
County | Public schemes | Private schemes |
Border | 99.0 | 98.0 |
Cavan | 98.9 | 98.3 |
Donegal | 98.6 | 94.0 |
Leitrim | 99.7 | 98.5 |
Monaghan | 99.6 | 99.9 |
Sligo | 99.4 | 98.1 |
Midland | 99.7 | 98.1 |
Laois | 99.8 | 97.1 |
Longford | 99.5 | 97.5 |
Offaly | 99.4 | 99.1 |
Westmeath | 99.9 | 100.0 |
West | 99.7 | 98.0 |
Galway City | 100.0 | n/a |
Galway County | 99.9 | 98.4 |
Mayo | 99.8 | 98.6 |
Roscommon | 98.9 | 92.3 |
Dublin | 99.9 | 100.0 |
Dublin City | 99.9 | n/a |
Fingal | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 99.8 | 100.0 |
South Dublin | 99.9 | n/a |
Mid-East | 99.5 | 96.9 |
Kildare | 99.6 | 98.3 |
Louth | 99.5 | 100.0 |
Meath | 99.2 | 98.5 |
Wicklow | 99.5 | 95.3 |
Mid-West | 99.7 | 98.9 |
Clare | 99.6 | 98.5 |
Limerick | 99.8 | 99.6 |
Tipperary | 99.7 | 98.5 |
South-East | 98.2 | 95.5 |
Carlow | 99.6 | 96.5 |
Kilkenny | 99.6 | 97.2 |
Waterford | 96.9 | 95.1 |
Wexford | 98.0 | 93.7 |
South-West | 98.9 | 95.9 |
Cork City | 99.2 | 99.2 |
Cork County | 99.1 | 95.4 |
Kerry | 98.6 | 96.0 |
Total | 99.3 | 97.3 |
Source: EPA | ||
1 Drinking water schemes in compliance with statutory requirements, n/a means not applicable. |
Table 4.3 Blue Flag beaches by county, 2012 and 2018 | ||
Region and county | 2012 | 2018 |
Border | 15 | 14 |
Donegal | 13 | 13 |
Sligo | 2 | 1 |
Midland | 1 | 1 |
Westmeath | 1 | 1 |
West | 29 | 29 |
Galway | 8 | 8 |
Mayo | 13 | 12 |
Clare | 8 | 9 |
Dublin | 5 | 2 |
Mid-East | 6 | 7 |
Louth | 3 | 3 |
Wicklow | 3 | 4 |
Mid-West | 0 | 0 |
South-East | 9 | 14 |
Waterford | 3 | 5 |
Wexford | 6 | 9 |
South-West | 22 | 23 |
Cork | 9 | 9 |
Kerry | 13 | 14 |
Total | 87 | 90 |
Source: An Taisce |
2012 | 2018 | |
Donegal | 13 | 13 |
Sligo | 2 | 1 |
Westmeath | 1 | 1 |
Galway | 8 | 8 |
Mayo | 13 | 12 |
Clare | 8 | 9 |
Dublin | 5 | 2 |
Louth | 3 | 3 |
Wicklow | 3 | 4 |
Waterford | 3 | 5 |
Wexford | 6 | 9 |
Cork | 9 | 9 |
Kerry | 13 | 14 |
Table 4.4 Installation of energy saving products by private households in last 10 years, 2014 | |||||||
% | |||||||
Region | Insulation | Efficient glazing (e.g., double, triple) | Replaced an open fire with a stove | Draught proofing | High efficiency boiler (e.g., boiler upgrade) | Heating controls | Thermal solar panels (heat water) |
Border | 46 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 |
Midland | 49 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 2 |
West | 55 | 33 | 35 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 5 |
Dublin | 43 | 35 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 23 | 2 |
Mid-East | 39 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 4 |
Mid-West | 54 | 24 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 4 |
South-East | 47 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 5 |
South-West | 53 | 32 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 4 |
Total | 48 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 3 |
Source: CSO QNHS Environment module | |||||||
1 Restricted to owner occupied households only |
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