Number of homes built decreased by 6.7% last year, figures show

Michael Bolton

There were just over 30,000 homes built last year, a decrease of 6.7 per cent compared to 2023, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Figures show there were 30,330 new dwelling completions in the whole of 2024.

The number of apartments completed in 2024 was 8,763, down 24.1 per cent from 2023.

The number of single dwellings built was 5,367, 2.2 per cent lower than in 2023.

In 2024, 53.4 per cent of completions were scheme dwellings, 28.9 per cent were apartments, and 17.7 per cent were single dwellings.

There were 16,200 homes which were built in housing schemes, a rise of 4.6 per cent.

Just over 54 per cent of completions for the full year of 2024 were in Dublin or the Mid-East (Kildare, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow).

The Local Electoral Area with most completions in 2024 was Donaghmede in Dublin with 1,178, with 500 of those completed in the final quarter of the year.

There was a fall of 17.4 per cent in seasonally adjusted new dwelling completions from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.