Accommodation Of relevance to this TAP is the changing pattern of Traveller accommodation nationally, highlighted in Figure 3 and as evidenced in the Census 2022 data. This illustrates that permanent houses are the predominant form of Traveller accommodation. In addition, apartments now play an increasingly important role in permanent housing provision, while the number of households living in temporary housing, in the form of caravans and mobiles homes, has declined from 12% in 2016 to 7% in 2022. The Annual Traveller Count 7 provides more granular detail in this respect, highlighting that Local Authority Accommodation or Assistance accounted for 66% of Traveller household accommodation in 2022, rising to 68% in 2023. This high figure highlights the importance of the TAP in supporting Traveller families in our community.
A trend, however, is evident in the last 4 years of figures which indicates an increase in the percentage of families living on unauthorised halting sites from 4% to 5%, and a decrease in families living in private rental housing from 19% to 12%. The percentage of households living in shared housing remained relatively constant at 8%, while households accommodated using their own resources fluctuated from 5% to 8% and back to 7% between 2020 and 2023.
Figure 3 Accommodation Type of Traveller Households Nationally 2011 – 2022 (based on CSO Table F5064)
7 Household figures differ in 2022 Annual Count from 2022 Census so percentages are used here.
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Cork City Council | Traveller Accommodation Programme 2025-2029
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