Detached homes
39%
Census 2022
19,195 of 49,332 households. Ireland: 41%. the 24th highest of 26 counties. CSO F2007A.
Driveway gates · Co. Louth
Driveway gates in Louth
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 Louth alone. Louth is a mix: 39% of homes are detached and 54% are semi-detached or terraced. A detached house on its own site and an estate house need different gates, and the entrance decides which.
39%of Louth homes are detached (Census 2022)
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Co. Louth in numbers
Homes and entrances in Louth
The figures that shape a gate job here, from the CSO.
Semis and terraces
54%
Census 2022
26,588 households in semi-detached or terraced houses, and 3,535 in apartments. CSO F2007A.
Outside any town
27%
Census 2022
37,222 of 139,703 people live outside every census town and village. Ireland: 29%. the 23rd highest of 26. CSO F1010.
One-off houses, 2025
127
New homes finished
8% of the 1,539 new homes finished in Louth in 2025, against 16% nationally. 96 more from January to September 2026. CSO NDQ06.
Estate houses, 2025
1,030
New homes finished
Houses finished in estates in 2025 (the CSO's scheme houses), with 382 apartments. CSO NDQ06.
Farms
1,629
Census of Agriculture 2020
Farm holdings in Co. Louth, 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.
What it means
Gates for Louth houses
- Detached houses on their own sites. 39% of homes are detached, the 24th highest share of the 26 counties. A detached house usually has its own entrance with piers, and a pair of swing gates or a sliding gate across a wider opening. New piers are a big line on the quote: gates with pillars.
- Power at the gate. 27% of people in Louth live outside any town or village, where the gate can be a long way from the house. BM Alarm Systems prices running power to a gate with no supply nearby at €200–€600, VAT not stated. If the drive is being dug anyway, lay the duct then.
- New estates. 1,030 estate houses were finished in Louth 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.
Prices
What gates cost in Louth
Irish installers' own published ranges, installed. None of them is a Louth-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 Louth
In Louth the planning authority is Louth County Council. Gates up to 2 m at a house are usually exempt under Class 5 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001; a new or wider entrance onto a public road needs permission. For a formal answer, ask Louth County Council for a Section 5 declaration.
The planning rules in full: Class 5 word for word, entrances, walls and piers, and how a Section 5 declaration works.
Where
Towns in Louth
The largest towns in Co. Louth 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.
- Drogheda44,135 people
- Dundalk43,112 people
- Ardee5,478 people
- Clogherhead2,275 people
- Dunleer2,143 people
- Termonfeckin1,983 people
FAQ
Gates in Louth: questions
How much do electric gates cost in Louth?
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. Louth is a mix: 39% of homes are detached and 54% are semi-detached or terraced. A detached house on its own site and an estate house need different gates, and the entrance decides which.
Do I need planning permission for gates in Louth?
Usually not for gates up to 2 m high. A new or wider entrance onto a public road needs permission. In Louth that's decided by Louth County Council.
Do you cover all of Louth?
Yes, all of Co. Louth, from Drogheda, Dundalk, Ardee and Clogherhead 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 Louth are detached?
19,195 of 49,332 households, or 39%, lived in a detached house in Census 2022, against 41% across Ireland. Another 54% were in semi-detached or terraced houses.
Other counties
Gates by county
- Driveway gates Dublin10% detached, 2% outside towns.
- 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 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 (7 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
- Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 600 of 2001)
- 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