More than two-thirds (68%) of all households owned their main residence in 2023, either with or without a mortgage. The median value of the residence was €340,000, an increase of €80,000 or 30.8% from the 2020 value of €260,000. How do we know this? Because you told us.
The information you give us means we can create a very accurate picture of Ireland, our lives and our economy.
The Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) is a voluntary nationwide survey of individuals carried out by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). It is part of an EU-wide programme and has been undertaken by the CSO previously in 2013, 2018, 2020 and 2023.
This survey is vitally important and we depend on your information. If you have been chosen to take part, please do so because your voice matters.
Protecting your confidentiality is at the heart of everything we do. Your confidentiality is guaranteed by law under the Statistics Act, 1993, which means no individual, household or enterprise can be identified from the data we publish. The information you provide is generalised, so nobody is identifiable from the data you provide and it is only used for statistical purposes. We’d like to thank you for your trust in us.
Because confidentiality is so important to our work, we have developed a Trust & Transparency page.
If you have any questions about your participation, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Email: CSOTakePart@cso.ie
Phone: 021 453 5110
Learn about how the CSO work with data, the protections we have in place, and our approach to ethics and transparency
Learn about our data and confidentiality safeguards, and the steps we take to produce statistics that can be trusted by all.