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Location of Purchasers

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Where are buyers in my county from?

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 labelUnknown LocationOutside IrelandDifferent CountySame County
Cork0.42.97.888.9
Dublin0.32.211.286.3
Monaghan0.35.517.676.7
Galway0.63.81976.6
Limerick0.32.421.975.4
State0.43.921.174.5
Tipperary0.24.324.471.1
Louth0.23.825.171
Carlow0.22.726.870.4
Clare0.44.826.967.9
Kilkenny0.42.72967.9
Cavan0.76.227.765.5
Mayo0.911.622.165.4
Kerry1.39.124.265.3
Offaly0.22.23364.6
Waterford0.74.929.964.5
Kildare0.11.136.362.5
Sligo0.56.830.562.1
Donegal0.925.711.561.9
Westmeath0.62.535.361.5
Longford0.53.735.959.9
Wicklow0.31.939.358.5
Wexford0.6636.756.7
Laois0.32.241.655.9
Meath0.10.844.154.9
Leitrim0.91137.350.8
Roscommon0.910.438.350.4

Who is buying in Dublin?

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 labelLocation given during purchase
Kildare2260
Meath2110
Cork2090
Wicklow1930
Great Britain1210
Rest of the World1080
Galway1030
Cavan870
Donegal750
European Countries excluding Ireland and the UK730
Wexford730
Clare670
Louth660
Mayo600
Unknown570
Tipperary570
Westmeath560
Limerick540
Kerry500
Carlow480
Kilkenny420
Waterford420
North America410
Roscommon400
Northern Ireland360
Sligo350
Laois340
Monaghan300
Offaly270
Longford240
Leitrim220

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