Galway County · report
New homes in Galway County
17.4% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 1,192
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.2
Homes granted planning permission in Galway County
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Galway County
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Galway County |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1,192 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,131 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,450 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,493 |
| Jun 2025 | 1,301 |
| Mar 2025 | 1,359 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,086 |
| Sep 2024 | 1,005 |
| Jun 2024 | 974 |
| Mar 2024 | 658 |
| Dec 2023 | 606 |
| Sep 2023 | 599 |
| Jun 2023 | 738 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,027 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,078 |
| Sep 2022 | 1,204 |
| Jun 2022 | 1,127 |
| Mar 2022 | 885 |
| Dec 2021 | 991 |
| Sep 2021 | 903 |
| Jun 2021 | 967 |
| Mar 2021 | 863 |
| Dec 2020 | 740 |
| Sep 2020 | 718 |
| Jun 2020 | 895 |
| Mar 2020 | 975 |
| Dec 2019 | 905 |
| Sep 2019 | 1,179 |
| Jun 2019 | 1,012 |
| Mar 2019 | 1,152 |
| Dec 2018 | 1,250 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Galway County
Homes completed (columns) against homes granted planning permission (line), each year since 2011. CSO.
- Homes finished
- Homes licensed
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| Year | Homes finished | Homes licensed |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,059 | 1,450 |
| 2024 | 962 | 1,086 |
| 2023 | 955 | 606 |
| 2022 | 895 | 1,078 |
| 2021 | 745 | 991 |
| 2020 | 846 | 740 |
| 2019 | 789 | 905 |
| 2018 | 532 | 1,250 |
| 2017 | 483 | — |
| 2016 | 388 | — |
| 2015 | 338 | — |
| 2014 | 263 | — |
| 2013 | 261 | — |
| 2012 | 311 | — |
| 2011 | 420 | — |
Planning permission is permission to build, not a finished home: most homes are completed one to three years later, and some never are. The CSO counts the houses and apartments in the permissions granted each quarter: Ireland's since 1975, its regions' and councils' since 2018.
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At the average sale price, a home costs €376,471. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,512 a month. Ireland sets no cap on the payment; the Central Bank limits most mortgages to four times gross income for first-time buyers and 3.5 times for others.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 35%
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q3 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −43.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 75 months
15.9% of the 82,337 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 15.9%
- Empty homes
- 13,089