Irish population growth exceeds new home delivery by almost 4 to 1

Ireland’s population growth is exceeding the pace of homes being built by almost four to one, according to a new study.

New market analysis by property advisor, Savills Ireland, looks at Ireland in an international context, examining how it compares with eight other advanced western nations across key housing market metrics of population, housing supply, house prices, rents and affordability.

While countries across the world are facing housing shortages, new analysis from Savills demonstrates the extent to which Ireland is an outlier in the severity of its housing supply challenge.

Looking at population growth in comparison to housing delivery between 2015 and 2023, the analysis shows that 3.8 people were added to the population for every one new unit of housing delivered, a ratio of nearly four to one.

This is by far the worst among the countries analysed and 14 per cent higher than the next worst country, Spain, which saw 3.4 new people per one new unit delivered, followed by…