New dwelling completions — every local electoral area ranked

Name: New dwelling completions
Creator: CSO PxStat
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

New dwelling completions by type: Single house·Scheme house·Apartment

Figures as of Q2 2026, published by CSO PxStat. Accessed 2026-09-03.

Colour shows the 12-month change in new dwelling completions, published by CSO for each local authority and, at a finer level, for each local electoral area.

Names below aren't links — there is no single page on this site for one local electoral area on its own yet.

New dwelling completions, every local electoral area ranked
Rank	Local electoral area	New dwelling completions
1	Cabra-Glasnevin	465
2	Swords	372
3	Lucan	284
4	Artane-Whitehall	265
5	Drogheda Rural	255
6	Rush-Lusk	249
7	Killiney-Shankill	247
8	Clondalkin	198
9	Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart	196
10	North Inner City	194
11	Cork City North East	183
12	Donaghmede	164
13	Cobh	145
14	Newbridge	127
15	Trim	123
16	Howth-Malahide	120
17	Navan	107
17	Portlaoise	107
19	Athy	106
20	Dundalk South	94
21	Wexford	89
22	Cork City South East	87
23	Gorey	83
24	Midleton	82
25	Bandon - Kinsale	81
25	Leixlip	81
27	Ardee	79
27	Naas	79
29	Ratoath	78
30	Graiguecullen -Portarlington	75
30	Mullingar	75
32	Tullamore	74
33	Clane	73
34	Firhouse-Bohernabreena	72
35	Killarney	71
36	Tullow	69
37	Ballyfermot-Drimnagh	68
37	Wicklow	68
39	Piltown	67
40	Cork City North West	66
41	Kells	64
42	Monaghan	58
43	Bailieborough - Cootehill	57
44	Gort-Kinvara	55
45	Shannon	54
46	Laytown Bettystown	53
46	Letterkenny	53
48	Waterford City East	52
49	Athlone (Westmeath)	51
49	Cashel-Tipperary	51
51	Kildare	49
51	Sligo-Drumcliff	49
53	Celbridge	48
54	Castlebar	47
54	South East Inner City	47
56	Cappamore-Kilmallock	46
56	Edenderry	46
56	Loughrea	46
59	Kilkenny	45
60	Carrigaline	43
61	Greystones	42
61	Waterford City South	42
63	Ennistimon	40
63	Macroom	40
65	Enniscorthy	39
65	Kenmare	39
65	Limerick City West	39
68	Dundalk-Carlingford	38
69	Ashbourne	36
69	Athenry-Oranmore	36
69	Callan-Thomastown	36
69	Mallow	36
69	Roscommon	36
69	Tralee	36
75	Ballymun-Finglas	35
75	Castleknock	35
75	Cork City South West	35
75	Galway City West	35
75	Longford	35
80	Ballymote-Tobercurry	34
80	Carndonagh	34
80	Ennis	34
80	Glenties	34
80	Newcastle West	34
85	Baltinglass	31
85	Lifford-Stranorlar	31
85	Nenagh	31
88	Bray West	29
88	Conamara South	29
88	Maynooth	29
88	Sligo-Strandhill	29
88	Tuam	29
93	Athlone (Roscommon)	28
93	Corca Dhuibhne	28
93	Kilrush	28
93	Stillorgan	28
97	Birr	27
98	Cavan - Belturbet	26
98	Ongar	26
100	Ballyjamesduff	25
100	Limerick City East	25
100	Rosslare	25
100	Skibbereen-West Cork	25
104	Castlecomer	24
104	Moate	24
104	New Ross	24
104	Thurles	24
108	Borris-In-Ossory -Mountmellick	23
108	Conamara North	23
108	Limerick City North	23
111	Balbriggan	22
111	Killaloe	22
113	Donegal	21
113	Kanturk	21
115	Granard	20
115	Portlaw-Kilmacthomas	20
117	Ballinasloe	19
117	Claremorris	19
117	Cork City South Central	19
117	Fermoy	19
117	Westport	19
122	Adare-Rathkeale	18
122	Carrickmacross-Castleblayney	18
122	Kinnegad	18
122	Roscrea-Templemore	18
126	Arklow	17
126	Bantry-West Cork	17
126	Newport	17
129	Ballybay-Clones	16
129	Blackrock	16
129	Buncrana	16
129	Carlow	16
129	Dungarvan	16
134	Milford	15
134	South West Inner City	15
136	Manorhamilton	14
136	Swinford	14
136	Tallaght South	14
136	Tramore-Waterford City West	14
140	Clonmel	13
140	Muinebeag	13
142	Ballina	12
142	Carrick-On-Shannon	12
142	Clontarf	12
142	Dundrum	12
146	Bray East	11
146	Castleisland	11
148	Boyle	10
148	Drogheda Urban	10
148	Kilmuckridge	10
148	Pembroke	10
152	Ballymahon	9
153	Carrick-On-Suir	8
153	Listowel	8
155	Cahir	7
155	Lismore	7
157	Ballinamore	6
158	Belmullet	5
158	Kimmage-Rathmines	5
160	Galway City East	4
160	Rathfarnham-Templeogue	4
162	Dún Laoghaire	3
163	Galway City Central	2
163	Glencullen-Sandyford	2
165	Tallaght Central	1
166	Palmerstown-Fonthill	0

Two or more areas with the same figure share a rank -- the next rank is skipped (e.g. two areas tied for 1st means the next entry is ranked 3rd, not 2nd).

Before you use these figures

A completion means an ESB connection: CSO counts a dwelling as complete when it is connected to the ESB network for the first time. This is a proxy, and it has edge cases: a home vacant long enough to be disconnected can appear as a completion when it is reconnected, and a finished dwelling not yet connected does not appear.
A single scheme can dominate an LEA's quarter: A Local Electoral Area is far smaller than a county, so one apartment or housing scheme finishing can multiply a quarter's total on its own. Percentage changes at this level are large and ordinary, and describe construction scheduling more than housing policy.
Seasonal — compare year on year: Completions cluster toward the end of the year, so quarter-to-quarter movement largely tracks the building calendar. Only year-on-year change is meaningful to compare.
This LEA figure may not sum exactly to its council's own total: Summing every LEA in a county for a quarter does not always equal that council's own published completions total for the same quarter (checked directly across the full published history: it matches exactly about 70% of the time). Most mismatches are within 1-2 dwellings, plausibly a boundary-area completion geocoded to a different LEA than its county tabulation uses; a handful of quarters differ by dozens. Both figures are CSO's own published data, evidently produced by independent processes that do not always agree — neither is adjusted to match the other here.

Cite this ranking:

New dwelling completions, every local electoral area ranked
StatsMapped last confirmed these figures on 3 Sep 2026.
Source: CSO PxStat, via statsmapped.com
https://statsmapped.com/ireland/rankings/completions?level=lea

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