October 2024 Commencements

There were 4,249 homes commenced in October 2024. For the first ten months of 2024 (January – October), 53,256 were homes commenced.

In the last 12 months (November 2023 to October 2024) there have been 59,510 homes commenced.

Of all homes commenced in the first ten months of 2024 (Jan-Oct), 37% were in the four Dublin local authorities. By Local authority, the most homes commenced this year so far have been in Dublin City (6,655) followed by Fingal (5,368) and South Dublin (4,469). The lowest number of homes commenced have been in Leitrim (91), Carlow (197) and Longford (243).

Full data on the number of homes commenced, notices and one-off dwellings on a national level and by local authority from 2014 to October 2024 can be downloaded below.