A spokesperson for the website set up to administer the fee said 4,844 properties had been paid for online, by credit or debit card with direct debits set up for more than 1,200.
The charge was announced in the Budget and must be paid by March 31.
An online system - www.householdcharge.ie- has been set up allowing home owners to register their households and to make payment with a credit or debit card. Payment can also be made by cheque, postal order or at local authority offices.
The Government says the household charge is an interim measure and that a comprehensive and equitable valuation-based property tax will be introduced in about a year's time.
Opponents of the new property tax are stepping up their campaign against it with meetings planned in Cork and Tallaght tonight and a national protest scheduled for ten days time.
