A CSO Frontier Series Output- What is this?
Across all regions the majority of dwelling purchasers are by people providing an address in that location. This is illustrated in Figure 5.1 which shows the address supplied by property purchasers.
From 2010 to 2019, nearly 9 in 10 property buying individuals in Cork purchased a dwelling in Cork. This was the highest proportion in the Ireland, followed closely by Dublin.
Half of people (50.0%) purchasing a property in Roscommon supplied an address in Roscommon.
From 2010 to 2019 one in four (25.7%) people who bought a property in Donegal gave an address outside Ireland, the largest share in the State. Most of these addresses were in Northern Ireland.
| X-axis label | Unknown Location | Outside Ireland | Different County | Same County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 0.4 | 2.9 | 7.8 | 88.9 |
| Dublin | 0.3 | 2.2 | 11.2 | 86.3 |
| Monaghan | 0.3 | 5.5 | 17.6 | 76.7 |
| Galway | 0.6 | 3.8 | 19 | 76.6 |
| Limerick | 0.3 | 2.4 | 21.9 | 75.4 |
| State | 0.4 | 3.9 | 21.1 | 74.5 |
| Tipperary | 0.2 | 4.3 | 24.4 | 71.1 |
| Louth | 0.2 | 3.8 | 25.1 | 71 |
| Carlow | 0.2 | 2.7 | 26.8 | 70.4 |
| Clare | 0.4 | 4.8 | 26.9 | 67.9 |
| Kilkenny | 0.4 | 2.7 | 29 | 67.9 |
| Cavan | 0.7 | 6.2 | 27.7 | 65.5 |
| Mayo | 0.9 | 11.6 | 22.1 | 65.4 |
| Kerry | 1.3 | 9.1 | 24.2 | 65.3 |
| Offaly | 0.2 | 2.2 | 33 | 64.6 |
| Waterford | 0.7 | 4.9 | 29.9 | 64.5 |
| Kildare | 0.1 | 1.1 | 36.3 | 62.5 |
| Sligo | 0.5 | 6.8 | 30.5 | 62.1 |
| Donegal | 0.9 | 25.7 | 11.5 | 61.9 |
| Westmeath | 0.6 | 2.5 | 35.3 | 61.5 |
| Longford | 0.5 | 3.7 | 35.9 | 59.9 |
| Wicklow | 0.3 | 1.9 | 39.3 | 58.5 |
| Wexford | 0.6 | 6 | 36.7 | 56.7 |
| Laois | 0.3 | 2.2 | 41.6 | 55.9 |
| Meath | 0.1 | 0.8 | 44.1 | 54.9 |
| Leitrim | 0.9 | 11 | 37.3 | 50.8 |
| Roscommon | 0.9 | 10.4 | 38.3 | 50.4 |
More than 2,000 people providing addresses in each of Kildare, Meath and Wicklow bought a property in Dublin between 2010 and 2019. Less than 250 people providing addresses in Leitrim and Longford purchased in Dublin over the same time period, see Figure 5.2.
| X-axis label | Location given during purchase |
|---|---|
| Kildare | 2260 |
| Meath | 2110 |
| Cork | 2090 |
| Wicklow | 1930 |
| Great Britain | 1210 |
| Rest of the World | 1080 |
| Galway | 1030 |
| Cavan | 870 |
| Donegal | 750 |
| European Countries excluding Ireland and the UK | 730 |
| Wexford | 730 |
| Clare | 670 |
| Louth | 660 |
| Mayo | 600 |
| Unknown | 570 |
| Tipperary | 570 |
| Westmeath | 560 |
| Limerick | 540 |
| Kerry | 500 |
| Carlow | 480 |
| Kilkenny | 420 |
| Waterford | 420 |
| North America | 410 |
| Roscommon | 400 |
| Northern Ireland | 360 |
| Sligo | 350 |
| Laois | 340 |
| Monaghan | 300 |
| Offaly | 270 |
| Longford | 240 |
| Leitrim | 220 |
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