Registrations have risen by 13%.
There's been a surge in new car registrations in Kildare.
The Society of the Irish Motor Industry reports that 2,698 new cars have been registered in the county so far this year.
That's a 13% increase on the same period in 2020.
Nationally, over 2,700 new cars were bought last month, compared with just over 1,000 last year.
It's also a large increase on pre-pandemic numbers, as about 1,400 new cars were registered in June 2019.
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New Car Registrations by County Year to Date (January-June 2021) |
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County |
2021 Units |
2020 Units |
% Change |
2021 % Share |
2020 % Share |
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Carlow |
720 |
633 |
13.74 |
1.13 |
1.2 |
|
Cavan |
715 |
627 |
14.04 |
1.12 |
1.19 |
|
Clare |
1359 |
1164 |
16.75 |
2.13 |
2.2 |
|
Cork |
7793 |
6828 |
14.13 |
12.2 |
12.91 |
|
Donegal |
1502 |
1263 |
18.92 |
2.35 |
2.39 |
|
Dublin |
25732 |
19840 |
29.7 |
40.29 |
37.52 |
|
Galway |
2512 |
2193 |
14.55 |
3.93 |
4.15 |
|
Kerry |
1365 |
1185 |
15.19 |
2.14 |
2.24 |
|
Kildare |
2698 |
2382 |
13.27 |
4.22 |
4.5 |
|
Kilkenny |
1208 |
1092 |
10.62 |
1.89 |
2.06 |
|
Laois |
805 |
731 |
10.12 |
1.26 |
1.38 |
|
Leitrim |
248 |
249 |
-0.4 |
0.39 |
0.47 |
|
Limerick |
2257 |
1990 |
13.42 |
3.53 |
3.76 |
|
Longford |
335 |
248 |
35.08 |
0.52 |
0.47 |
|
Louth |
1464 |
1313 |
11.5 |
2.29 |
2.48 |
|
Mayo |
1105 |
1027 |
7.59 |
1.73 |
1.94 |
|
Meath |
2075 |
1726 |
20.22 |
3.25 |
3.26 |
|
Monaghan |
579 |
460 |
25.87 |
0.91 |
0.87 |
|
Offaly |
732 |
706 |
3.68 |
1.15 |
1.33 |
|
Roscommon |
629 |
521 |
20.73 |
0.98 |
0.99 |
|
Sligo |
664 |
576 |
15.28 |
1.04 |
1.09 |
|
Tipperary |
1739 |
1540 |
12.92 |
2.72 |
2.91 |
|
Waterford |
1679 |
1287 |
30.46 |
2.63 |
2.43 |
|
Westmeath |
955 |
777 |
22.91 |
1.5 |
1.47 |
|
Wexford |
1604 |
1323 |
21.24 |
2.51 |
2.5 |
|
Wicklow |
1393 |
1204 |
15.7 |
2.18 |
2.28 |

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