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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 September 2022

Wednesday, 14 September 2022

Questions (58)

Paul McAuliffe

Question:

58. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Taoiseach the total number of residential dwellings that have been purchased by households since the formation of the Government by county in tabular form; and the total number of first-time buyers who have purchased residential dwellings. [44104/22]

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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) compiles monthly statistics on the volume of purchases of residential property, together with the monthly Residential Property Price Index (RPPI). The main source of data for these statistics is the electronic stamp duty returns collected by the Revenue, which include all transactions of residential properties. The tables on volume of transactions by the CSO include a breakdown of the number of dwellings purchased by type of buyer.

The latest RPPI statistics available are for June 2022 and the following two tables provide information from January 2020 to June 2022.

Table 1 shows the total number of residential dwellings purchased by households at market prices in 2020, 2021 and in the six months from January to June 2022, broken down by Local Authority area. In the period January 2020 through to June 2022 a total of 104,409 dwellings were purchased by households.

Table 2 shows the total number of residential dwellings purchased by first-time buyers at market prices in 2020, 2021 and in the six months from January to June 2022, broken down by Local Authority area. In the period January 2020 through to June 2022 a total of 33,976 dwellings were purchased by first-time buyers.

More detailed statistics and further information can be found in the CSO’s PXStat table publication service (data.cso.ie/product/RPPI - tables HPM03 and HPA03).

Table 1: Number of residential dwellings purchased by households at market prices from January 2020 to June 2022 classified by year and Local Authority Area

NUTS3 Region

Local Authority

January 2020 - December 2020

January 2021 - December 2021

January 2022 - June 2022

All

All

37,906

46,324

20,179

Border

2,749

3,470

1,480

Cavan

544

711

272

Donegal

1,099

1,317

570

Leitrim

333

418

183

Monaghan

245

282

148

Sligo

528

742

307

Midland

2,079

2,810

1,207

Laois

587

887

322

Longford

287

423

177

Offaly

490

629

341

Westmeath

715

871

367

West

3,357

4,173

1,775

Galway City

597

685

336

Galway County

1,164

1,484

590

Mayo

994

1,260

524

Roscommon

602

744

325

Dublin

11,087

13,244

5,818

Dublin City

3,953

5,045

2,196

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

2,216

2,557

1,073

Fingal

2,706

3,213

1,474

South Dublin

2,212

2,429

1,075

Mid-East

6,608

7,916

3,464

Kildare

2,235

2,788

1,239

Louth

1,029

1,241

585

Meath

1,961

2,217

950

Wicklow

1,383

1,670

690

Mid-West

3,319

4,101

1,762

Limerick

1,397

1,657

707

Clare

897

1,153

460

Tipperary

1,025

1,291

595

South-East

3,438

4,186

1,906

Carlow

365

483

219

Kilkenny

552

739

332

Waterford

1,105

1,292

620

Wexford

1,416

1,672

735

South-West

5,269

6,424

2,767

Cork City

853

1,029

445

Cork County

3,342

4,133

1,754

Kerry

1,074

1,262

568

Table 2: Number of residential dwellings purchased by first-time buyers at market prices from January 2020 to June 2022 classified by year and Local Authority area

NUTS3 Region

Local Authority

January 2020 - December 2020

January 2021 - December 2021

January 2022 - June 2022

All

All

12,601

14,777

6,598

Border

574

715

335

Cavan

154

208

74

Donegal

169

186

88

Leitrim

55

81

45

Monaghan

70

77

51

Sligo

126

163

77

Midland

603

941

426

Laois

225

376

127

Longford

68

120

49

Offaly

149

200

137

Westmeath

161

245

113

West

915

1,102

461

Galway City

168

195

89

Galway County

366

428

189

Mayo

246

313

104

Roscommon

135

166

79

Dublin

4,310

4,736

2,023

Dublin City

1,507

1,796

771

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

691

706

289

Fingal

1,048

1,126

497

South Dublin

1,064

1,108

466

Mid-East

2,608

3,129

1,423

Kildare

979

1,290

598

Louth

318

392

188

Meath

836

924

401

Wicklow

475

523

236

Mid-West

954

1,106

512

Limerick

396

479

213

Clare

260

308

134

Tipperary

298

319

165

South-East

866

1,029

548

Carlow

116

172

83

Kilkenny

178

194

98

Waterford

280

320

187

Wexford

292

343

180

South-West

1,771

2,019

870

Cork City

295

338

142

Cork County

1,235

1,440

625

Kerry

241

241

103

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