Data from Census 2011 show that 28.8 per cent of households rent their accommodation. The Census also shows that, between 2006 and 2011, there was a dramatic increase in the share of households in private rented accommodation. Between 2006 and 2011 the number of households in Ireland increased by 187,000 or almost 13 per cent, to 1,649,000, while the number of households renting increased by 160,000. As a result of this change in tenure pattern, according to the 2011 Census, 18.5 per cent of households were in private rented accommodation, compared with 9.9 per cent in 2006
