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Apartment completions down by one quarter

There were 30,330 new dwelling completions in the whole of 2024, a decrease of 6.7% from 2023, according to CSO data.

The number of apartments completed in 2024 was 8,763, down 24.1% from 2023.

Scheme

There were 16,200 scheme dwelling completions in 2024, a rise of 4.6% from 2023.

There were 5,367 single dwellings completed in 2024, which was a fall of 2.2% from 2023.

In 2024, 53.4% of completions were scheme dwellings, 28.9% were apartments, and 17.7% were single dwellings.

More than half (54.3%) of completions for the full year of 2024 were in Dublin or the Mid-East (Kildare, Louth, Meath, and Wicklow).

By Local Electoral Area, the most completions in 2024 were in Donaghmede in Dublin (1,178).

Over 500 of these completions in Donaghmede were Q4.

There was a fall of 17.4% in seasonally adjusted new dwelling completions from Q3 to Q4 2024.