Some 179 new homes were completed in Donegal in the third quarter of this year, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CEO).
The figure represents just 2% of the national total.
The Local Electoral Area (LEA) in Donegal with the highest number of completions during the period was Lifford-Stranorlar with 46. This was followed by Donegal (28), Milford (26), Glenties (25), Letterkenny (20), Buncrana (19) and 15 in Carndonagh.
Across the country, just under 9,000 new homes were completed during the same period. That’s an increase of 6.3% on the same quarter last year.
The CSO uses new connections to the electricity network as the basis for statistics on new dwelling completions.
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 Mid-East (Kildare, Louth, Meath, Wicklow) (-20.7%), West (Galway City, Galway County, Mayo, Roscommon) (-14.7%) and Border (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, Sligo) (-7.5%) regions all saw decreases over the same period.
More than three-quarters (78.5%) of apartment completions in Q3 2024 were in Dublin. In Dublin City, 94.8% of completions in this quarter were apartments. The most scheme completions were in Dublin while the West (Galway City, Galway County, Mayo, Roscommon) had the most single completions in Q3 2024.
