Detached homes
10%
Census 2022
50,137 of 518,490 households. Ireland: 41%. the 26th highest of 26 counties. CSO F2007A.
Driveway gates · Co. Dublin
Driveway gates in Dublin
Installed driveway gates cost €1,500–€6,000 on Irish installers' own published prices (BM Alarm Systems), VAT not stated. No installer we checked publishes a price for Dublin alone. Only 10% of Dublin homes are detached and 27% are apartments, so most gates here go across the front of semi-detached and terraced houses, where the width of the opening and the room inside for the gate to swing decide the gate.
27%of Dublin homes are apartments (Census 2022)
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Co. Dublin in numbers
Homes and entrances in Dublin
The figures that shape a gate job here, from the CSO.
Semis and terraces
63%
Census 2022
328,078 households in semi-detached or terraced houses, and 139,056 in apartments. CSO F2007A.
Outside any town
2%
Census 2022
26,244 of 1,458,154 people live outside every census town and village. Ireland: 29%. the 26th highest of 26. CSO F1010.
One-off houses, 2025
283
New homes finished
2% of the 13,681 new homes finished in Dublin in 2025, against 16% nationally. 177 more from January to September 2026. CSO NDQ06.
Estate houses, 2025
3,776
New homes finished
Houses finished in estates in 2025 (the CSO's scheme houses), with 9,622 apartments. CSO NDQ06.
Farms
699
Census of Agriculture 2020
Farm holdings in Co. Dublin, out of 135,037 in Ireland. CSO AVA34.
Read 30 October 2026. NDQ06 was updated on 29 October 2026. Shares and rankings are our arithmetic from the CSO's own counts. Dublin's figures add up its four councils.
What it means
Gates for Dublin houses
- Short front gardens. With 63% of homes semi-detached or terraced, the usual job is a single leaf or a pair across a narrow opening. Swing gates need clear room inside for the leaves. Where a car parks just inside, a sliding gate needs a run along the boundary instead. Sliding or swing.
- Apartments. 27% of Dublin households live in apartments. In an apartment scheme the entrance gate is usually a matter for the owners' management company, not one owner.
- New estates. 3,776 estate houses were finished in Dublin in 2025. Kildare County Council gives the example of an estate permission that requires open-plan front gardens, which takes a front wall out of the planning exemption. Check your estate's conditions before you order gates.
- Older entrances. 15% of Dublin homes were built before 1946 (CSO F2007A). Old stone or brick piers may not be sound enough to carry a heavy or electric gate. The installer checks them on the site visit, and rebuilding a pier is priced separately.
Prices
What gates cost in Dublin
Irish installers' own published ranges, installed. None of them is a Dublin-only price.
Manual swing gates
€1,500–€2,500
BM Alarm Systems
Basic, installed. VAT not stated.
Electric swing gates
€2,500–€3,500
BM Alarm Systems
Installed. VAT not stated.
Electric sliding gate
€3,000–€5,000
BM Alarm Systems
Installed. VAT not stated.
Electric sliding, aluminium
€4,200–€7,500+
FÁLÚ
Installed. VAT not stated.
Sources: BM Alarm Systems (4 December 2024) and FÁLÚ (4 December 2025), re-read 28 October 2026. Every published price.
Planning
Who decides in Dublin
Four councils decide planning in Dublin: Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County Council. Three publish their own planning FAQs: Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Fingal. Gates up to 2 m at a house are usually exempt; a new or wider entrance onto a public road is not.
The planning rules in full: Class 5 word for word, entrances, walls and piers, and how a Section 5 declaration works.
Where
Towns in Dublin
The largest towns in Co. Dublin in Census 2022 (CSO F1015). Requests from anywhere in the county, town or countryside, go to one gate installer who covers your county. A town that crosses a county line is counted whole.
- Dublin city1,263,219 people
- Swords40,776 people
- Balbriggan24,322 people
- Malahide18,608 people
- Rush10,875 people
- Portmarnock10,750 people
FAQ
Gates in Dublin: questions
How much do electric gates cost in Dublin?
The same published ranges as the rest of Ireland: €2,500–€3,500 for electric swing gates and €3,000–€5,000 for an electric sliding gate at BM Alarm Systems, and €4,200–€7,500+ for an electric sliding aluminium gate at FÁLÚ, all installed and VAT not stated. Only 10% of Dublin homes are detached and 27% are apartments, so most gates here go across the front of semi-detached and terraced houses, where the width of the opening and the room inside for the gate to swing decide the gate.
Do I need planning permission for gates in Dublin?
Usually not for gates up to 2 m high. A new or wider entrance onto a public road needs permission. In Dublin that's decided by Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County Council.
Do you cover all of Dublin?
Yes, all of Co. Dublin, from Dublin city, Swords, Balbriggan and Malahide to the countryside between them. We pass your request to one gate installer who covers your county, and they ring you.
How many homes in Dublin are detached?
50,137 of 518,490 households, or 10%, lived in a detached house in Census 2022, against 41% across Ireland. Another 63% were in semi-detached or terraced houses.
Other counties
Gates by county
- Driveway gates Cork44% detached, 29% outside towns.
- Driveway gates Galway59% detached, 47% outside towns.
- Driveway gates Limerick45% detached, 35% outside towns.
- Driveway gates Kildare38% detached, 23% outside towns.
- Driveway gates Meath50% detached, 34% outside towns.
- Driveway gates Wicklow44% detached, 24% outside towns.
- Driveway gates Louth39% detached, 27% outside towns.
- Driveway gates Wexford61% detached, 51% outside towns.
- Driveway gates Kerry66% detached, 55% outside towns.
- Driveway gates Clare60% detached, 45% outside towns.
- All counties comparedSide by side, from the CSO.
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Where these numbers come from (9 public sources, checked 28 to 30 October 2026)
- CSO Census 2022, table F2007A: households by type of house and year built
- CSO Census 2022, table F1010: population by size of town
- CSO table NDQ06: new dwelling completions by council and type
- CSO Census of Agriculture 2020, table AVA34: number of farms
- Kildare County Council, exempted development FAQ
- Dublin City Council, planning FAQs
- Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, planning FAQs
- Fingal County Council, planning FAQs
- CSO Census 2022, table F1015: population of towns
Sources (2)
Prices and facts on this page were checked against these published pages. We are not connected to these businesses.
- BM Alarm Systems: bmalarms.ie
- FÁLÚ: falu.ie