Kildare · report
New homes in Kildare
18.3% fewer homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 1,577
- Per 1,000 residents
- 6.4
Homes granted planning permission in Kildare
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Kildare
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Kildare |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1,577 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,406 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,414 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,048 |
| Jun 2025 | 1,106 |
| Mar 2025 | 1,365 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,874 |
| Sep 2024 | 1,990 |
| Jun 2024 | 1,679 |
| Mar 2024 | 1,561 |
| Dec 2023 | 1,006 |
| Sep 2023 | 1,111 |
| Jun 2023 | 1,523 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,441 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,643 |
| Sep 2022 | 1,796 |
| Jun 2022 | 1,365 |
| Mar 2022 | 1,781 |
| Dec 2021 | 1,549 |
| Sep 2021 | 1,163 |
| Jun 2021 | 3,280 |
| Mar 2021 | 3,041 |
| Dec 2020 | 3,446 |
| Sep 2020 | 3,677 |
| Jun 2020 | 2,088 |
| Mar 2020 | 2,196 |
| Dec 2019 | 2,143 |
| Sep 2019 | 2,239 |
| Jun 2019 | 2,440 |
| Mar 2019 | 2,862 |
| Dec 2018 | 3,062 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Kildare
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 | 2,174 | 1,414 |
| 2024 | 1,422 | 1,874 |
| 2023 | 2,706 | 1,006 |
| 2022 | 2,624 | 1,643 |
| 2021 | 2,033 | 1,549 |
| 2020 | 1,661 | 3,446 |
| 2019 | 1,897 | 2,143 |
| 2018 | 1,224 | 3,062 |
| 2017 | 984 | — |
| 2016 | 631 | — |
| 2015 | 577 | — |
| 2014 | 300 | — |
| 2013 | 194 | — |
| 2012 | 207 | — |
| 2011 | 286 | — |
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 €459,804. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,847 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
- 18%
- Payment, one income
- 37%
Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average rent of the tenancies registered with the RTB in the year. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €1,701
- Owning per month
- €1,768
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q1 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −33.7%
- Recovery from the low
- 66 months
5.3% of the 88,997 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 5.3%
- Empty homes
- 4,730