In the first four months of 2025, 3,945 homes were commenced.
There were 5,938 new dwelling completions in Quarter 1 (Q1) 2025, a rise of 2% on the same three months of 2024.
The national Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) increased by 7.5% in the 12 months to March 2025. Property prices in Dublin rose by 6% and prices outside Dublin were up by 8.7% when compared with a year earlier.
In Q1 2025, the number of workers in construction employment was 177,000. Among these, 60% mainly worked on new housing developments or renovations.
The total number of dwelling units granted planning permission was 6,890 in Q4 2024, down 38% from 11,181 units in Q4 2023.
Average hourly total labour costs for the construction sector were €32.11 in Q4 2024, up from €30.91 in Q4 2023.
In Q3 2024, the top 10 highest average monthly rents by area were all in Dublin, with Foxrock being the highest at €3,546, based on Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) data.
Domestic Building Energy Ratings (BER) audits show that electricity was the main space heating fuel for more than 90% of audited homes constructed between 2020-2024.
The Housing Hub first published by the CSO in November 2024 provides detailed housing data across a range of themes. CSO data in the Hub is updated as new releases are published, whilst data from other sources is automatically updated once it becomes available. The Hub use the CSO's open data portal, data.cso.ie or PxStat, which allows users to search for data relevant to them, download it, and create visuals in a way that suits them best.
The structure of the Hub allows the flexibility to add new data as it becomes available, to include new topics, and to have more regular updates. The CSO welcomes comments and suggestions from users of this platform, which can be sent to housing@cso.ie.
In Q4 2024, the total number of dwelling units approved planning permission was down by 38% to 6,890 units compared with 11,181 units in Q4 2023.
By local authority, the most units commenced in the first four months of 2025 were in Cork City (186), followed by Dun-Laoghaire Rathdown (134) and Donegal (72).
The NDC Q1 data for 2025 shows that:
In Q1 2025, the number of workers in construction employment who mainly worked on new housing developments or renovations was 107,300 compared with 96,700 from the same quarter in the previous year.
In the 12 months to March 2025, house prices in Dublin rose by 6% while apartment prices increased by 6%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Fingal at 8% while South Dublin saw a rise of 5%.
Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 9% and apartment prices rose by 4%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Border (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo) at 13%, while at the other end of the scale, the Mid-East (Kildare, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow) saw a 7% rise.
Dalkey in Dublin was the location with the highest average monthly apartment rents in Q3 2024 at €2,628, based on Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) data.
Looking at the consumer price index, we see a 5.8% percentage change in local authority rents over 12 months to April 2025.
In March 2025, the price of concrete block and bricks rose by 8%, making it the building material with the highest percentage price change over 12 months in the Wholesale Price Index for building and construction materials.
Average hourly earnings for the construction sector were €27.73 in Q4 2024, up from €25.58 from the same quarter in the previous year.
The number of domestic BER audits reported in January to March (Q1) 2025 was 23% higher than in the same quarter of 2024
In 2024, the majority of households have internet access (94%), mainly fixed broadband (86%).
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Housing Hub
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (30 May 2025) published an update to the Housing Hub. This Hub was first published in November 2024, using the latest data from both the CSO and other public service bodies, to provide a comprehensive one-stop-shop for data related to housing in Ireland (See Editor’s Note below for more information).
Commenting on the Housing Hub, Steven Conroy, Statistician in the Housing Division, said: “The purpose of the Housing Hub is to collate statistics on housing in Ireland from the CSO and other public sector organisations in one easy-to-find location. A new section has been added to the Housing Hub, which includes data on employment in the construction sector. Data in this section comes from the CSO's Labour Force Survey (LFS) and it provides information on people employed within the Irish construction sector, and whether they mainly work on new homes, or in other aspects of construction.
The data is broken down into four main themes, Home Building, Property Prices & Rents, Cost of Building Homes and Housing Features. We can zone in on interesting statistics and trends under each of these themes.
For example, for Home Building, the latest new dwelling completions statistics show there were 5,938 new dwelling completions in Q1 2025, a rise of 2% from the same quarter in 2024. Completions increased by 13% for apartments from 1,570 in Q1 2024 to 1,781 in Q1 2025. By local authority, the most units commenced in the first four months of 2025 were in Cork City (186), followed by Dun-Laoghaire Rathdown (134), and Donegal (72).
Under Property Prices & Rents, the most recent data shows that residential property prices rose by 7.5% in the 12 months to March 2025, down from 8% in the year to February 2025.
Looking at Costs of Building Homes and using statistics from the latest CSO Earnings and Labour costs release, we see that average hourly total labour costs for the construction sector were €32.11 in Q4 2024, up from €30.91 in Q4 2023.
For Housing Features, the latest domestic building energy rating (BER) release shows that the number of domestic BER audits reported in Q1 2025 was 23% higher than in the same quarter of 2024 and A ratings were given to more than 95% of audited dwellings built since 2015.
We would encourage everyone to explore the information available on the Hub, which was launched to facilitate a growing need for housing statistics and more timely information. This is a single data resource on our website which gathers and automatically updates statistics on housing as they are published by the CSO and other public sector organisations. The Hub is designed to increase the frequency of updates and simplify the process of finding and accessing data on building, construction and housing in Ireland.
The CSO’s Housing Division extends its appreciation to the various internal divisions in the CSO who helped in the development of this new Housing Hub. We also acknowledge the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) for the use of their data in the Housing Hub."