In the first nine months of 2025, 10,193 homes were commenced.
In the first nine months of 2025 there were 24,325 new dwelling completions, which was an increase of 13% on the same period in 2024.
The national Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) increased by 7.6% in the 12 months to September 2025. Property prices in Dublin rose by 5.3% and prices outside Dublin were up by 9.4% when compared with a year earlier.
In Q3 2025, the number of workers in construction employment was 177,600. Among these, 67% mainly worked on new housing developments or renovations.
The total number of dwelling units granted planning permission was 7,447 in Q2 2025, down 13% from 8,513 units in Q2 2024.
Average hourly total labour costs for the construction sector were €34.22 in Q2 2025, up from €30.85 in Q2 2024.
In Q1 2025, the top 10 highest average monthly rents by area were all in Dublin, with Foxrock being the highest at €3,718, 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 uses 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.
The local authority with the most units commenced in the first nine months of 2025 was Dublin City (1,808), followed by Cork County (956).
The NDC Q3 data for 2025 shows that:
Looking at the consumer price index, there was a 6% percentage increase in local authority rents over 12 months to September 2025.
In the 12 months to September 2025, house prices in Dublin rose by 5.2% while apartment prices increased by 5.9%. The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Dublin City at 6%. Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 9.4% and apartment prices rose by 10%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest growth in house prices was the Midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, and Westmeath) at 13.3%.
On 24 November 2025 at 3.20pm this sentence was updated due to a labelling correction. No data has been changed.
In Q3 2025, the number of workers in construction employment was 177,600 compared with 176,300 from the same quarter in the previous year.
In Q2 2025, the total number of dwelling units approved planning permission was down by 12.5% to 7,447 units compared with 8,513 units in Q2 2024.
In September 2025, the price of plaster rose by 7%, 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 €29.90 in Q2 2025, up from €27.15 from the same quarter in the previous year.
Dalkey in Dublin was the location with the highest average monthly apartment rents in Q1 2025 at €2,665, based on Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) data.
In 2025, the majority of households have internet access (95%), mainly fixed broadband (87%).
Some 94% of dwellings built from 2015-2019 received A ratings, and 99% of those from 2020-2025.
Almost a third of people who bought a dwelling in 2024 were aged 35 or under. Around 11% of purchasers were aged 60 and over.
In Q4 2023, the estimated national vacancy rate was 3.3% based on low electricity consumption. The Local Authorities with the highest vacancy rates this period were Leitrim (8.5%), Roscommon (6.5%), and Mayo (6.4%).
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Housing Hub
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (24 November 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. Since the last press statement, two new sections have been added to the Housing Hub. Data on these new topics come from new housing division frontier series outputs, which were published in September 2025.
Firstly, Residential Vacancy Based on Metered Electricity Consumption presents vacancy numbers and rates among residential dwellings using metered electricity consumption data. Here, a dwelling is defined as vacant when it has very little or no electricity consumption over four consecutive quarters. This definition identifies vacancy over an extended period of time. Secondly, Characteristics of Residential Property Purchasers provides information about the people who purchased residential property in Ireland in recent years. This includes price paid, age, income, employment status, nature of occupancy, household composition, occupation, and citizenship are explored.
The data in the Housing Hub is broken down into four main themes, Home Building, Property Prices & Rents, Cost of Building Homes, and Housing Features. We can analyse interesting statistics and trends under each of these themes.
For example, for Home Building, the latest new dwelling completions statistics show there were 9,235 new dwelling completions in Q3 2025, a rise of 4% from the same quarter in 2024. Completions increased by 3% for apartments from 3,058 in Q3 2024 to 3,160 in Q3 2025.
Under Property Prices & Rents, the most recent data shows that residential property prices rose by 7.6% in the 12 months to September 2025, up from the 7.5% recorded in the year to August 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 €34.22 in Q2 2025, up from €30.85 in Q2 2024.
For Housing Features, the latest Domestic Building Energy Ratings (BER) release shows that as of Q3 2025 the most common main space heating fuel in audited dwellings was mains gas (35%), followed by heating oil (35%), and electricity (25%). For dwellings built since 2015, electricity was the most common space heating fuel.
We 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 the 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."