Offaly has the highest rate of home ownership in the region.
Almost 40% of people own their own home around the country.
Figures from Gamma Lab show the highest rate of outright home ownership in the region is in Offaly, 42%.
Elsewhere in the region, 38% in Longford-Westmeath and 37% in Laois own their house without a mortgage.
In each county in the midlands the rate of total home ownership is higher than a home still with a mortgage.