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# CSO

This month
March 2023
# Consumer Price Index
Cost-of-living: Annual rate of inflation rises slightly to 8.5%
The CSO Consumer Price Index rose by 8.5% between February 2022 and February 2023.
# CSO
Property prices rise by 6.1% with regional areas rising faster than Dublin
Households paid a median of €305,000 for a residential property in the 12 months to January 2023.
# CSO figures
Domestic economy entered 'technical recession' last year but is still up 8.2%
Despite entering a technical recession, the domestic economy grew by 8.2% using the government’s preferred metric.
# energy poverty
SVP report shows number of people unable to heat their homes more than doubled last year
Using data from the CSO, the new report reveals around 377,000 people lived in homes they were unable to adequately heat last year.
Last month
February 2023
# CSO
Households €551 worse off due to inflation, while risk of poverty rate increases
If COVID-19 income supports were excluded, the at risk of poverty rate last year would have been 20.5% according to the CSO.
# Cost of Living
Cost-of-living: Annual rate of inflation drops again slightly to 7.8%
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 7.8% between January 2022 and January 2023.
# housing figures
24,000 or 30,000 new homes? Leo Varadkar says 30,000 as he backs CSO in housing figures row
Construction Information Services have said that there were only around 24,000 new homes built in 2022. The CSO says it was 30,000.
# Housing
Property prices continue to rise but rate of increase is slowing
New data from the CSO on property prices was published today.
# Crime
Most perpetrators of sexual offences are known to the victim, new figures show
In a one-year period, 15% of suspects were partners or ex-partners.
January
January 2023
# Housing Crisis
Almost one in 20 dwellings in Ireland were vacant in last three months of 2021
Leitrim was the Local Authority with the highest vacancy rate at 10.6% in Q4 2021, while South Dublin had the lowest at 1.%.
# Inflation
Consumer prices have increased by 7.7% in the year to January, CSO estimates
The CSO today published the flash estimate of inflation from the EU HICP for Ireland for January.
# st brigid's day
Brigid, Bridget and Bríd: how popular is the saint's name in modern Ireland?
Ahead of the first St Brigid’s Day bank holiday, the CSO has revealed how the name’s popularity has waned in recent years.
# rising costs
Price of wholesale electricity 93.2% higher than in November, CSO figures show
The price of electricity in December 2022 was 10.4% higher than December 2021.
# Housing Crisis
House prices surpass boom-era peak as properties outside of Dublin shoot up in value
Prices of dwellings outside of Dublin have gone up 9.8% over 12 months.
# Vaccines
Over 70% of workforce have received Covid vaccine and at least one booster, latest data shows
61% of employees have a first booster and 13% of employees in the state had a second booster.
# 2022
Time outdoors, electric cars, and cutbacks: CSO releases the year in numbers
The report covers everything from crime to the environment.
Last year
2022
# Energy prices
Average electricity bills rose 14% from 2020 to 2021
Median gas prices dropped slightly in the same time period.
# Housing
CSO: Property price jumps higher outside of the capital as growth continues to slow
Prices rose by 10.8% nationally in the year to September.
# CSO
There are now more than 62,000 Ukrainian nationals living in Ireland
That’s according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.
# EVs
Number of new electric cars licensed in Ireland jumps by 82% when compared to last year
Between January and October of this year, 14,707 new electric private cars were licensed.
# ESRI
Young people argued with parents and siblings more during first year of the Covid pandemic
The ESRI findings are based on an online survey that was carried out in December 2020.
# Staycation
Domestic overnight trips increase three-fold as post-Covid recovery continues
The CSO said the data demonstrates the ongoing recovery in travel after the disruption caused by Covid-19 restrictions.
# Consumer Price Index
Annual inflation eases again slightly in September after 38-year high in July
Home heating oil was up 83.8% in the year to September.
# CSO
Live register figures increase in every county but Tipperary over 12 months
The seasonally adjusted live register for September was 184,100 people – a decrease of 1,900 from the previous month.
# Ukraine War
Number of Ukrainians arriving in Ireland reaches 54,000
The latest data from the CSO showed more than 1,000 people from Ukraine arrived in one week alone in September.
# ageing population
Population of Ireland aged 65 and over projected to double by 2051
The findings are contained in the newly launched Older Persons Information Hub.
# great outdoors
Great Outdoors: Close to 30% of the public took up a new outdoor activity since the pandemic
Of those, nearly half have taken on more than one new outdoor activity.
# Property Prices
Property Price Index exceeds Celtic Tiger peak but growth slows in July
Residential property prices increased by 13% in the year to July.
# Cost of Living
Annual inflation eases slightly from last month's 38-year high
Home heating oil was up 72.9% in the year to August.
# CSO
Employment at highest level in 24 years with over 2.5 million working
This is the highest rate since the current series of records began in 1998.
# Population
Ireland's population grows at highest rate since 2008 in last 12 months - CSO
The Central Statistics Office estimates Ireland’s population to be 5.1 million.
# Refugees
Four in five Ukrainian arrivals to Ireland are women and children
The LEA with the highest rate of Ukrainians relative to its population is Ennistymon in Clare (7.2%)
# pandemic
Four in five Covid-19 deaths had at least three medical conditions involved
Diseases of the respiratory system were reported in 5,279 (or 98%) of Covid-19 deaths.
# Covid-19
Hundreds of thousands of Long Covid sufferers could cripple health service says Denis Naughten
Denis Naughten TD has called on Government to treat long Covid patients with the same urgency as the initial Covid-19 infections.
# energy use
Detached houses use 82% more gas for heating than apartments, CSO finds
The report found that homes with better energy ratings consume more gas than lower-rated dwellings.
# Inflation
‘Significant’ price hikes faced by Irish dairy, meat and grain producers
Wholesale electricity prices also increased by 91% in 12 months, according to CSO figures.
# Consumer Price Index
Cost-of-living crisis: Inflation hits 9.1% to reach highest level in 38 years
It’s the largest annual increase since 1984.
# factcheck
FactCheck: Are there 16 vacant homes for every homeless person in Ireland?
The claim was made by Cian O’Callaghan last week.
# Safety
Safety concerns given as reason by women for not walking more, survey finds
The survey is the first on travel behaviour carried out by the CSO since the coronavirus pandemic.
# vacant property tax
Census shows 166,000 vacant properties in Ireland, with over 48,000 vacant for six years
Vacant property levels have fallen 9% since 2016.