GeoDirectory Records 39% Drop In New Buildings In Offaly In 2011
Thursday, 26 January 2012
TWO hundred and thirty new residential and commercial buildings were identified in Offaly in 2011, according to figures released this week by GeoDirectory.
This represents a year-on-year decrease of 39% compared to 2010 when 380 new buildings were recorded in the county.
GeoDirectory was jointly established by An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) to create and manage Ireland's only complete database of commercial and residential buildings. The figures were recorded by 5,600 An Post delivery staff working with experts from OSi.
Across the country, GeoDirectory recorded 12,237 new buildings, composed of 10,284 residential buildings, 1,661 commercial buildings, and 292 dual-purpose buildings with both residential and commercial components. The new additions in 2011 bring the total number of buildings in the Republic of Ireland to 1,885,785.
Of the 230 new buildings recorded by GeoDirectory in Offaly, 189 were residential buildings, 33 were commercial buildings, and 8 were dual-purpose buildings with both residential and commercial space. These new additions bring the total number of buildings in Offaly to 31,545.
The decrease in new building additions in Offaly of 39% compared to 2010 is a larger decrease than the 30% drop recorded nationally.
Sligo, where 217 new buildings were identified, showed the largest decrease in new building additions with a 63% drop compared to 2010. Several counties (Cavan, Dublin, Kildare, Limerick and Waterford) bucked the national trend showing small increases in new building additions compared to 2010. The average increase recorded across these counties was 12%, with the largest increase of 34% being recorded in Kildare, where 483 new buildings were identified.
While showing a year-on-year decrease of 40% in new building additions, Cork City and County still recorded the largest number of additions for 2011, with 1,543 new buildings identified. In contrast, Leitrim, showing a year-on-year decrease of 53% in new additions, recorded the smallest increase with 154 new buildings identified.
Commenting on the new figures, GeoDirectory General Manager, Dara Keogh said: "While figures for the first six months of 2011 showed a return to growth in eleven counties, only five of these sustained this growth through to the end of the year. The overall national picture continues to show a year-on-year decline in building additions.
This downward trend follows a peak in 2007 when 96,000 buildings were added to the GeoDirectory database. Since then, the number of additions to the database has continued to fall resulting in a drop of 87% in new building additions over the last five years."
GeoDirectory will release figures for the first six months of 2012 in early July.
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