We’ve had a number of queries concerning the rates of vacancy per county. This is not straightforward to calculate for 2009. The vacancy rate for 2006 is reported in the Census, and we know the total number of houses build per county between 2006 and 2009 from DoEHLG. What we don’t know is the vacancy rate for 2006-09 in different counties. Whilst we estimate the rate at 50% at the national scale, we also know that it varies across counties due to demand. It is likely, for example, that the vacancy rate is lower in the cities and surrounding hinterland due to greater demand than in rural counties. What the table below shows then is the total stock in 2006, along with the number of non-principal units, the vacancy rate in 2006, and the number of new builds between 2006-09. So, if we take County Carlow, in 2006 there was a stock 20,135 units of which 2,475 were non-principal residences (vacant or vacant for the majority of the year – 12.3%). Then between 2006-09 an additional 3522 units were built.
County vacancy rates
Justin Gleeson and Rob Kitchin
Ireland after NAMA 
January 22, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Jaysus lads we know that data , we need an update before September 2011 when the next census data is published and knocks the whole country over with a feather.
The popmig series on cso.ie does an estimate of population every year for April , last April 2009
Go forth and project!!!!
January 22, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Come to think of it, can you check Geodirectory vs the Census SAPS in 2006 for number of houses.
Townland of Naran in Donegal.
Is there a discrepancy ??
January 22, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Naran is in Dawros ED , is there a discrepancy between Geodirectory and the Census ED stats ?
Also check Clooney Townland in Maas ED for discrepancy at Geodirectory Townland and SAPS level and Geodirectory ED and Census ED.
January 22, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Found some of it
http://beyond2020.cso.ie/Census/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=109599
ED Occ,Not_Occ,Total
Dawros 247,390,637
Maas 106,79,185
January 24, 2010 at 1:46 pm
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January 24, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Noted. Good stuff from you guys as ever.
However I do not have a copy of that rather expensive Geodirectory to hand and am trying to see whether there is an anomaly on those ED and Townlands I referred to in Donegal.
Perhaps you should look at this link and you will see the anomaly I am trying to check for/against
http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx#V1,571467,899156,6
January 24, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Tom, just to let you know we’ve got your queries and we’ll try to take a look later in the week, assuming that the week quietens down. Things are a little crazy right now. I hope that’s okay. Thanks for taking the time to read the blog and comment. It’s useful to get suggestions and queries, finding the time to answer them is a little more tricky!
January 31, 2010 at 3:58 pm
any chance of a look at geodirectory for those 2 EDs this coming week ???
January 31, 2010 at 6:00 pm
We’ve been swamped by requests and we simply don’t have the capacity to deal with them. We’re sorry that we can’t help, but hope you understand.
February 1, 2010 at 9:06 pm
The reason I picked those two , particularly Maas is that Geodirectory may show a noticeably higher number than the Census figures I inserted mid comments did ( 106 in the census)
That is because the OSI map I linked will show a large cluster of permanent mobile homes divided between the 2 EDS.
On the OSI map you will see a cluster of around 100 mobile homes, many in Maas and all of which are excluded in the Census data whatever Geodirectory may say.
Mobile homes are also excluded from the new RPT even when **permanently pitched** like those ones there on serviced hard stands.
Nor will they appear in ESB connection data as they are privately metered behind a commercial supply.
You had better check your figures to ensure that they have not crept into Geodirectory and created a serious anomaly for you.
Many counties have 1000s of them including Donegal and Wexford.
Focus partularly on Maas.
February 9, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Is there any chance of this lads ???
February 18, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Is there any chance that somebody could check the numbers here for anomalies in the way I described or shall I be forever condemned to plead ???
March 8, 2010 at 1:58 pm
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