Average monthly rent in Kildare has reached €2,071 - survey
The average listed rent in the county now stands at €2,071 per month, more than half (51%) higher than during the Covid-19 pandemic
Monthly rents in Kildare rose by 4.4% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to the latest Daft.ie Rental Report.
The average listed rent in the county now stands at €2,071 per month, more than half (51%) higher than during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nationally, rents increased by an average of 1.6% between April and June – the eighteenth consecutive quarter of rising rents. The average monthly rent across the country is now €2,055, up from just €765 in 2011 and 51% higher than before Covid.
Ronan Lyons, author of the report and Associate Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin, said:
“The average open-market rent nationwide – at a little over €2,000 a month – is twice the rent seen at the Celtic Tiger peak and 50% higher than just before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. The substantial increases in rents are being driven by extreme scarcity of rental housing, relative to underlying need.”
The report shows sharp increases across the country’s main cities, with Limerick again recording the highest rise at 14.9%. Rents rose by 11.8% in Cork city, 12.5% in Waterford, 8.5% in Galway, and 6.5% in Dublin. Outside the five main cities, rents were up an average of 6.2%.
As of August 1st, there were just 2,300 homes available to rent nationwide – 14% fewer than this time last year and less than half the average seen between 2015 and 2019.
Professor Lyons noted that while recent government moves to relax elements of rent control may encourage new investment in housing, “it will be a number of years before any increase in supply is meaningful enough to start addressing the large deficit of rental housing in the country.”
“Since the last report, the government has moved to relax some of the strictest aspects of Ireland’s rent controls. While this is likely to help boost investment in new rental supply, those changes will not take effect until next year. Further, Ireland’s lengthy planning process means that it will be a number of years before any increase in supply is meaningful enough to start addressing the large deficit of rental housing in the country.”
Average market rents, per month, and year-on-year change, 2025 Q2
- Dublin: €2,583, up 6.5%
- Cork city: €2,241, up 11.8%
- Limerick city: €2,422, up 14.9%
- Galway city: €2,295, up 8.5%
- Waterford city: €1,818, up 12.5%
- Rest of the country: €1,670, up 6.2%.