Louth sees rise in dwelling completions

There was an increase in the third quarter of this year (Q3) in the number of new dwelling completions in Louth, compared to the third quarter of last year, according to figures released today by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

362 new homes were completed in Louth in Q3 of this year, up from 275 in Q3 of 2023. Of the 362 new homes, 93 were apartments, 241 were scheme houses, and 28 were single houses.

Looking at the figures at a Local Electoral Area (LEA) level, in Dundalk-Carlingford 35 new homes were completed in the LEA in the third quarter of this year, up from 34 in the third quarter of last year.

Dundalk South has seen an increase in the number of new completions, with 65 in Q3 of this year, up from 50  last year. 

Additionally there were 13 dwelling completions in Ardee, 148 in Drogheda Rural and 101 in Drogheda Urban.

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Nationally, There were 8,939 new dwelling completions in Quarter 3 (Q3) 2024, an increase of 6.3% on the same three months of 2023.

There were 4,489 scheme dwelling completions in Q3 2024, up 23.2% from Q3 2023.

Apartment completions fell 7.2% in the 12 months to Q3 2024, to 3,096, while single dwellings were down 5.3% to 1,354 in Q3 2024.

Over half (50.2%) of completions in Q3 2024 were scheme dwellings, 34.6% were apartments, and 15.1% were single dwellings.

There was a rise in completions from Q3 2023 to Q3 2024 for five of the eight regions of Ireland, including a 53.7% rise in the South-East, while decreases occurred in the Border, West, and Mid-East.