How everyday household costs have changed since 2019
From food and rent to energy, transport and education, the cost of family life in Ireland has risen across several essential categories. This animated graph tracks the pressure over time using verifiable Irish data sources, showing where household budgets have been hit hardest and how the burden has shifted year by year.
Year 2019
Baseline: CSO households with children, 2022 to 2023
Cost pressure index, 2019 = 100
Selected family-relevant costs, animated by year.
Headline numbers
Shown for the selected year.
2019
€0Estimated monthly household spend
0%Change vs 2019
-Fastest-rising category
100All-items CPI index
Estimated monthly family bill
CSO household spending baseline, CPI-adjusted by category.
What rose fastest?
Change since 2019.
Data notes
Sources: CSO Consumer Price Index annual average changes and CSO Household Budget Survey 2022 to 2023, households with children. CPI and HBS categories are matched using closest available proxy categories.
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