Revealed: How much of people's income is spent on rent in Mayo
The CSO released figures on how much of income is spent on rent.
The average person renting in Mayo is paying over 20 per cent of their income on rent, figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show.
In 2024, the average tenant was spending 21.2 per cent of their income on rent in Mayo.
This varied per Local Electoral Area (LEA) in Mayo, with Ballina the most expensive at 25.6 per cent of people's income spent on rent. The next most expensive area in Mayo was Castlebar, with 23.1 per cent of the average person's income.
21.8 per cent of people's money was spent on rent in Belmullet, while 21.7 per cent of the average person's income in Westport.
In Swinford, 20.7 per cent of the average person's income was spent on rent, while this was the case of 18.3 per cent of people renting in Claremorris.
The four highest Rent Burdens were in Dublin – Tallaght South (33.7 per cent), Balbriggan (32.9 per cent), Ongar (27.1 per cent), and Ballyfermot-Drimnagh (30.5 per cent). Outside of Dublin, the highest Rent Burdens were in Dundalk-Carlingford (30.8 per cent) Athy (29.6 per cent) and Arklow (29.5 per cent).
In Mayo, 23 per cent of people pay 40 per cent or more of their disposable income on rent.
Belmullet had the LEA with the lowest amount of people spending 40 per cent or more of their income on rent in the country, with 10.3 per cent.
However, there is significantly more across Mayo, with 36.5 per cent of people in Castlebar spending 40 per cent or more of their disposable income on rent.
This was the case for 34 per cent of people in Ballina, and 28.2 per cent of people renting in Swinford. In Claremorris, 24.8 per cent of people are spending 40 per cent or more of their income on rent.
The LEAs with the highest percentage of private tenants paying 40% or more of their disposable income of rent were Balbriggan (71 per cent), Tallaght South (69.9 per cent), and Arklow, Wicklow (66.7 per cent) in 2024
