Kilkenny · report
New homes in Kilkenny
6.8% fewer homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 554
- Per 1,000 residents
- 5.3
Homes granted planning permission in Kilkenny
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Kilkenny
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Kilkenny |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 554 |
| Mar 2026 | 496 |
| Dec 2025 | 469 |
| Sep 2025 | 556 |
| Jun 2025 | 505 |
| Mar 2025 | 475 |
| Dec 2024 | 436 |
| Sep 2024 | 389 |
| Jun 2024 | 537 |
| Mar 2024 | 679 |
| Dec 2023 | 630 |
| Sep 2023 | 584 |
| Jun 2023 | 353 |
| Mar 2023 | 190 |
| Dec 2022 | 596 |
| Sep 2022 | 777 |
| Jun 2022 | 961 |
| Mar 2022 | 1,285 |
| Dec 2021 | 962 |
| Sep 2021 | 850 |
| Jun 2021 | 821 |
| Mar 2021 | 543 |
| Dec 2020 | 499 |
| Sep 2020 | 521 |
| Jun 2020 | 479 |
| Mar 2020 | 492 |
| Dec 2019 | 590 |
| Sep 2019 | 632 |
| Jun 2019 | 588 |
| Mar 2019 | 531 |
| Dec 2018 | 441 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Kilkenny
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 | 521 | 469 |
| 2024 | 502 | 436 |
| 2023 | 552 | 630 |
| 2022 | 421 | 596 |
| 2021 | 325 | 962 |
| 2020 | 383 | 499 |
| 2019 | 289 | 590 |
| 2018 | 217 | 441 |
| 2017 | 194 | — |
| 2016 | 154 | — |
| 2015 | 110 | — |
| 2014 | 103 | — |
| 2013 | 112 | — |
| 2012 | 109 | — |
| 2011 | 228 | — |
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 €368,295. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,479 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
- 35%
Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. 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
- €1,207
- Owning per month
- €1,416
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 7 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q2 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −44.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 57 months
9.0% of the 40,996 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 9.0%
- Empty homes
- 3,687