The Central Statistics Office (CSO) have launched a new Housing Hub providing comprehensive housing data.
The Housing Hub has been developed by the CSO to serve as a single source for key housing information using the latest data from the CSO and other public service bodies. This is part of a series of hubs the CSO is developing to improve access to timely and important statistics across key policy areas.
The new Housing Hub provides a wide range of information, broken down into four main themes: Home Building; Home Prices & Rents; Cost of Building Homes, and Housing Features.
This one-stop-shop for housing data means users will be able to easily locate the most up-to-date information on subjects such as planning permissions, housing commencements, new dwelling completions, home prices, rents, consumer prices, cost of construction materials, costs of labour in the construction sector, Building Energy Ratings (BER) and internet coverage.
Amongst some of the key initial findings from the new hub were:
- There was an annual decrease of 2.4% in the total number of homes approved for planning permission in Quarter 2 (Q2) 2024 to 8,513 units, falling from the 8,723 approved in Q2 2023.
- For the first nine months of 2024 (January - September), there were 49,007 home commencements, up from 23,923 for the same period in 2023.
- In the first three quarters of 2024, there were 21,634 new dwelling completions, a decline of 3.1% from the same period in 2023.
- In the 12 months to August 2024, house prices in Dublin rose by 11.6% while apartment prices went up by 7.9%.
- The average price of a home in the 12 months to August 2024 was €345,000.
- In Q1 2024, the top 10 highest average monthly rents were all located in Dublin, with Glenageary being the highest at €2,808, based on Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) data.
- Average hourly earnings in the construction sector were €27.43 in Q2 2024, up from €24.62 from the same quarter in 2023.
- Building Energy Ratings (BER) have generally improved over time, reflecting retrofitting, higher construction standards and shifts in home heating sources.
You can access the Housing Hub here.
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