Wicklow · report
New homes in Wicklow
33.9% more homes were granted planning permission in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Permitted, 12 months
- 1,874
- Per 1,000 residents
- 12.0
Homes granted planning permission in Wicklow
Homes granted planning permission over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Wicklow
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Wicklow |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 1,874 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,973 |
| Dec 2025 | 2,506 |
| Sep 2025 | 2,296 |
| Jun 2025 | 1,782 |
| Mar 2025 | 1,693 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,137 |
| Sep 2024 | 880 |
| Jun 2024 | 609 |
| Mar 2024 | 450 |
| Dec 2023 | 410 |
| Sep 2023 | 727 |
| Jun 2023 | 1,253 |
| Mar 2023 | 1,371 |
| Dec 2022 | 1,769 |
| Sep 2022 | 2,026 |
| Jun 2022 | 1,865 |
| Mar 2022 | 1,871 |
| Dec 2021 | 1,756 |
| Sep 2021 | 1,347 |
| Jun 2021 | 1,216 |
| Mar 2021 | 1,211 |
| Dec 2020 | 1,765 |
| Sep 2020 | 1,964 |
| Jun 2020 | 1,704 |
| Mar 2020 | 1,536 |
| Dec 2019 | 1,000 |
| Sep 2019 | 671 |
| Jun 2019 | 956 |
| Mar 2019 | 964 |
| Dec 2018 | 794 |
Homes finished and licensed each year in Wicklow
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 | 1,378 | 2,506 |
| 2024 | 1,338 | 1,137 |
| 2023 | 1,427 | 410 |
| 2022 | 1,538 | 1,769 |
| 2021 | 747 | 1,756 |
| 2020 | 1,038 | 1,765 |
| 2019 | 1,114 | 1,000 |
| 2018 | 585 | 794 |
| 2017 | 478 | — |
| 2016 | 352 | — |
| 2015 | 293 | — |
| 2014 | 155 | — |
| 2013 | 138 | — |
| 2012 | 149 | — |
| 2011 | 218 | — |
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.
Other reports for Wicklow
At the average sale price, a home costs €541,626. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €2,175 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
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 48%
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
- €1,730
- Owning per month
- €2,083
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 8 times since 2010. The deepest began in Q1 2010.
- Deepest fall
- −38.2%
- Recovery from the low
- 63 months
7.2% of the 59,629 homes counted in the 2022 census were unoccupied: vacant, or holiday homes.
- Empty, 2022 census
- 7.2%
- Empty homes
- 4,320