Number of homes built in Portlaoise this year down 23%

The number of homes built so far this year in the Portlaoise Local Electoral Area is down by 23%, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

In the first nine months of this year, a total of 486 houses and apartments were completed in Laois compared to 496 during the same period in 2023, a two per cent drop. 

The figures are broken down into each Local Electoral Area (LEA) showing that in the Portlaoise LEA up to the end of September 253 homes had been built compared to 328 over this period in 2023. 

While Portlaoise has seen the figures substantial drop there has been a spike in the number of homes built in the Borris-in-Ossory - Mountmellick LEA. Over this period in 2024, 112 homes were built in this area of the county compared to just 63 in the first nine months of 2023, a jump of 77%. 

House completions in the Graiguecullen-Portarlington LEA have remained similar year-on-year with 121 completed up to the end of September 2024 compared to 105 in 2023. 

Nationally in the first nine months of this year, a total of 21,634 houses and apartments were completed compared to 22,325 in the same period in 2023. Last year there were 32,548 homes built across the country. 

Five of the eight regions of Ireland saw a rise in completions from Q3 2023 to Q3 2024. The region with the largest relative increase in completions at 53.7% was the South-East (Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford), followed by the Mid-West (Clare, Limerick, Tipperary) at 45.8%. Completions rose by 33.5% in the South-West (Cork City, Cork County, Kerry), by 17.4% in the Midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath) and by 4.8% in Dublin. 

The most completions by LEA between July and September were in Clondalkin (622), followed by Tallaght Central (393).