Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 July 2023
329. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the total number of residential dwellings purchased since July 2020; and the total number of first-time buyers who have purchased residential dwellings, by county, in tabular form. [37045/23]
View answerThe 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 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 May 2023 and the following two tables provide information from July 2020 to May 2023.
Table 1 shows the total number of residential dwellings purchased at market prices in the six months from July 2020 to December 2020, 2021, 2022 and the five months between January and May 2023. In the period July 2020 through to May 2023 a total of 170,220 dwellings were purchased.
Table 2 shows the total number of residential dwellings purchased by first-time buyers at market prices in the six months from July 2020 to December 2020, 2021, 2022 and the five months between January and May 2023. In the period July 2020 through to May 2023 a total of 44,693 dwellings were purchased by first-time buyers.
Table 1: Number of residential dwellings purchased at market prices from July 2020 to May 2023 classified by year and county.
|
County |
July 2020 - December 2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
January 2023 - May 2023 |
|
All Counties |
29,171 |
58,057 |
62,999 |
19,993 |
|
Carlow |
320 |
717 |
664 |
217 |
|
Dublin |
9,537 |
18,050 |
20,767 |
6,605 |
|
Kildare |
1,753 |
3,660 |
4,289 |
1,251 |
|
Kilkenny |
442 |
911 |
905 |
287 |
|
Laois |
418 |
1,086 |
1,044 |
437 |
|
Longford |
212 |
552 |
485 |
156 |
|
Louth |
823 |
1,735 |
1,713 |
543 |
|
Meath |
1,376 |
2,560 |
2,819 |
833 |
|
Offaly |
355 |
744 |
882 |
274 |
|
Westmeath |
502 |
1,044 |
1,128 |
373 |
|
Wexford |
1,124 |
2,026 |
2,218 |
728 |
|
Wicklow |
1,063 |
2,122 |
2,332 |
714 |
|
Clare |
600 |
1,270 |
1,277 |
408 |
|
Cork |
2,932 |
5,872 |
6,322 |
2,181 |
|
Kerry |
787 |
1,568 |
1,549 |
450 |
|
Limerick |
1,039 |
2,131 |
2,342 |
652 |
|
Tipperary |
737 |
1,438 |
1,536 |
488 |
|
Waterford |
795 |
1,633 |
1,777 |
568 |
|
Galway |
1,324 |
2,585 |
2,645 |
897 |
|
Leitrim |
245 |
488 |
499 |
143 |
|
Mayo |
668 |
1,387 |
1,360 |
397 |
|
Roscommon |
374 |
808 |
818 |
256 |
|
Sligo |
362 |
861 |
870 |
245 |
|
Cavan |
388 |
857 |
810 |
253 |
|
Donegal |
799 |
1,560 |
1,478 |
477 |
|
Monaghan |
196 |
392 |
470 |
160 |
Table 2: Number of residential dwellings purchased by first-time buyers at market prices from July 2020 to May 2023 classified by year and county
|
County |
July 2020 - December 2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
January 2023 - May 2023 |
|
All Counties |
7,510 |
14,780 |
16,584 |
5,819 |
|
Carlow |
62 |
172 |
178 |
48 |
|
Dublin |
2,559 |
4,736 |
5,241 |
1,872 |
|
Kildare |
653 |
1,291 |
1,563 |
624 |
|
Kilkenny |
108 |
194 |
238 |
89 |
|
Laois |
125 |
376 |
355 |
154 |
|
Longford |
39 |
120 |
102 |
44 |
|
Louth |
200 |
392 |
503 |
158 |
|
Meath |
515 |
924 |
999 |
299 |
|
Offaly |
87 |
200 |
268 |
88 |
|
Westmeath |
91 |
246 |
278 |
107 |
|
Wexford |
169 |
344 |
454 |
150 |
|
Wicklow |
309 |
523 |
646 |
164 |
|
Clare |
144 |
308 |
306 |
113 |
|
Cork |
888 |
1,778 |
1,897 |
718 |
|
Kerry |
130 |
241 |
260 |
105 |
|
Limerick |
233 |
479 |
552 |
193 |
|
Tipperary |
162 |
319 |
387 |
121 |
|
Waterford |
160 |
320 |
403 |
149 |
|
Galway |
310 |
623 |
685 |
243 |
|
Leitrim |
35 |
81 |
84 |
18 |
|
Mayo |
150 |
313 |
267 |
77 |
|
Roscommon |
77 |
166 |
182 |
64 |
|
Sligo |
77 |
163 |
180 |
46 |
|
Cavan |
80 |
208 |
199 |
66 |
|
Donegal |
114 |
186 |
230 |
67 |
|
Monaghan |
33 |
77 |
127 |
42 |
