Kerry renters spent over twenty percent of disposable income on rent
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that tenants in County Kerry faced the second-highest average rent burden in Munster during 2024.
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The average tenant in County Kerry spent more than 20% of their disposable income on rent during 2024, Radio Kerry reported. The figures come from the Rental Sector in Ireland 2024 report released by the Central Statistics Office. [1]
According to Radio Kerry, renters in the county spent an average of 22.2% of their disposable income on rent. This represented the second-highest rent burden in the province of Munster, behind only Limerick. [1]
Rent burden varied across local electoral areas within Kerry. Radio Kerry reported that tenants in Tralee paid 26.4% of their disposable income on rent, followed by 22.5% in Kenmare, 20.6% in Killarney, 19.8% in Listowel, 18.3% in Castleisland, and 17.8% in Corca Dhuibhne. [1]
Radio Kerry also highlighted that nearly a quarter of all tenants in Kerry, amounting to 24%, spent 40% or more of their total disposable income on rent in 2024. [1]
In short
- The average renter in Kerry spent 22.2% of their disposable income on rent in 2024.
- Kerry tenants had the second-highest rent burden in Munster behind Limerick.
- Renters in the Tralee local electoral area spent 26.4% of disposable income on rent.
- Nearly 24% of Kerry tenants spent 40% or more of their disposable income on housing.
Sources
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- [1]Average Kerry tenant spends 20% of disposable income on rentradiokerry.ie, 29m ago (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]John Kerry on Wikipedia
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