This release is categorised as a CSO Frontier Series Output. Particular care must be taken when interpreting the statistics in this release as it may use new methods which are under development and / or data sources which may be incomplete, for example new administrative data sources.
The Residentially Zoned Land Prices 2025 release includes revised estimates for the years 2018 to 2024, reflecting changes in the availability and use of MyPlan.ie zoning data.
For the Residentially Zoned Land Prices 2025 release, the CSO used an updated MyPlan dataset downloaded on 02 September 2026, which provided more comprehensive zoning information than was available for the 2024 release. This updated dataset was used primarily for transactions from 2023 onwards. For earlier years, older MyPlan datasets were generally used to reflect the zoning information applicable at the time of the transactions.
For the Residentially Zoned Land Prices 2024 release, the availability of updated zoning information was more limited, and a combination of newer and older MyPlan datasets was used to identify residentially zoned land in all periods, including older zoning plans where updated information was unavailable.
These differences in the availability and selection of zoning data have resulted in revisions to the previously published estimates for 2018 to 2024. The revised historical figures are available in the Residentially Zoned Land Prices 2025 release.
The median price per acre of Residentially Zoned Land was €258,716 in 2025, up 11% compared with the figure of €233,210 in 2024.
The total recorded value of Residentially Zoned Land sold in 2025 amounted to €217.9 million.
Individuals were the vendors in 72.3% of transactions, accounting for 38.6% of the value and 62.5% of the volume of Residentially Zoned Land sold.
Dublin and the South-West (Cork and Kerry) had the highest median prices per acre in 2025, at €721,288 and €469,061 respectively. The Border region had the lowest regional median, at €122,300 per acre.
The Mid-East recorded the highest volume of Residentially Zoned Land sold in 2025, at 103.3 acres, while the Midlands recorded the lowest volume, at 24.6 acres.
Construction companies were the purchasers in 34.9% of transactions, accounting for 68.5% of the value and 59.7% of the volume of land sold.
In 2025, land subject to the Residentially Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) had a median price per acre of €329,896, compared with €184,421 for land not subject to the tax, a difference of approximately 79%. This is a descriptive comparison and does not establish that the tax caused the price difference.
This Frontier publication has been designed to fill a significant knowledge gap in relation to the price of Residentially Zoned Land. To provide insight into the prices per acre over time, the accompanying series presents data from 2018 through to 2025.
The value and volume of transactions in this release do not include all Residentially Zoned Land sales. Only transactions where the land area could be verified at the time of sale are included. Verification rates may vary over time. As a result, comparisons across years of the number of transactions, total area sold and overall value are not reliable indicators of changes in market activity.
The Dept. of Housing, Local Government and Heritage’s website MyPlan.ie does not include up-to-date zoning plans for all 31 local authorities for each year between 2018 and 2025. Where updated plans were unavailable for a specific local authority, the most recent plans were used instead for that local authority. This may have led to the exclusion of some transactions involving Residentially Zoned Land if zoning designations had changed between plan versions. For the year 2025, we use the MyPlan zoning dataset that was downloaded on 02 September 2026. At the time of analysis:
For the years before 2025, we used either the above-mentioned MyPlan dataset that was downloaded on 02 September 2026 or we used older MyPlan datasets that were downloaded before 2026.
For the analysis of Residentially Zoned Land Prices to be completed and published for 2026 and beyond, the CSO will need to continue to receive quarterly updates of registration data from the Property Registration Authority of Ireland (PRAI) and regular updates of zoning information through the MyPlan.ie system.
In 2025, 575.1 acres of Residentially Zoned Land were recorded as sold in Ireland, with a median price of €258,716 per acre. The mean price per acre, calculated as the total value of land sold divided by the total area sold, was €378,919.
The total recorded value of land sold was €217.9 million (See Figure 1.1 and Table 1.1).
In 2025, individuals were the vendors for 72.3% of Residentially Zoned Land transactions, representing 38.6% of the total value and 62.5% of the volume of land sold.
Construction companies were the vendors for 14.0% of Residentially Zoned Land transactions, representing 49.1% of the value and 26.6% of the volume (See Table 1.2).
In 2025, construction companies were the purchasers for 34.9% of Residentially Zoned Land transactions, representing 68.5% of the value and 59.7% of the volume sold.
Individuals were purchasers for 43.5% of transactions, accounting for 7.4% of the value and 19.7% of the volume.
Councils were purchasers for 6.8% of transactions, accounting for 3.2% of the value and 8.0% of the volume (See Table 1.3).
This section splits the Residentially Zoned Land sold in 2025 into land subject to the Residentially Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) and land not subject to the tax. RZLT is a 3% annual tax on the market value of land that is zoned for residential use, serviced (i.e. has access to infrastructure such as roads and water), but remains undeveloped.
Nationally, land subject to RZLT had a median price per acre of €329,896, approximately 79% higher than the €184,421 median for land not subject to the tax. The median was higher for RZLT land in five of the seven NUTS3 regions where both medians are published; the exceptions were the South-West and the Mid-East. The Midlands non-RZLT median was suppressed for confidentiality, so the comparison cannot be made for that region (See Figure 1.2 and Table 1.4).
Land subject to RZLT accounted for €147.3 million, or approximately 68% of the total recorded value of Residentially Zoned Land sales in 2025, and 168 of the 292 recorded transactions (See Figure 1.3 and Table 1.4).
The median price is calculated by ordering the transactions by price per acre and taking the midpoint. The mean price per acre is calculated by dividing the total value of land sold by the total volume of land sold.
Neither mean nor median price is suitable for measuring price evolution between time periods, as the mix of Residentially Zoned Land sold can change over time.
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (10 November 2026) published Residentially Zoned Land Prices 2025.
Commenting on the release, Nicola Ciccarelli, Statistician in the Prices Division, said: “In 2025, 575.1 acres of Residentially Zoned Land were included in the recorded sales, across 292 transactions. The national median price per acre was €258,716 in 2025, compared with €233,210 in 2024.
At regional level, Dublin recorded the highest median price at €721,288 per acre, followed by the South-West (Cork and Kerry) at €469,061. The Border region (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, and Sligo) had the lowest median price at €122,300 per acre.
The greatest recorded volume of land sold was in the Mid-East (Kildare, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow) at 103.3 acres.
Individuals accounted for 72.3% of vendors by number of transactions in 2025, while construction companies accounted for 68.5% of the value of land purchased.
Land subject to Residentially Zoned Land Tax (RZTL) had a higher median price per acre than land not subject to the tax, at €329,896 compared with €184,421.”