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Property prices in Wicklow · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Wicklow’s median sale runs 54% lower than across New Brunswick’s towns

The middle home was worth $130,000 at the 2021 census, the average $145,000. Assessors valued the median residential property at $74,200 for 2024. From 2019 to 2023, Wicklow issued permits for some 2 new homes a year.

Median home value
$130K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $145K
Median sale price
$110K
CHSP, 2023
25 buyers
Median assessed value
$74K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
2
permits, 2019–2023
3.2 per 1,000 homes
What homes are worth

Three ways to price a home in Wicklow

Each source sits beside its own median for New Brunswick’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.

Census 2021$130K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$145K
Owners
565
New Brunswick’s towns
$187K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$110K

median sale price

Average sale
$117K
÷ buyers’ income
1.4×
Buyers
25
New Brunswick’s towns
$239K
Assessed, 2024$74K

all residential

New Brunswick’s towns
$140K

Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).

By type of home

Wicklow’s detached houses are assessed 30% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Detached houses account for 83% of the 675 properties on Wicklow’s 2024 roll.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Detached houses$126K
Mobile homes$53K
The mix of properties
Detached houses83%
Mobile homes13%
1,460 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (New Brunswick’s towns: 1,415 sq ft)

Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of New Brunswick’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.

The homes

Major repairs needed: 13% of the homes in Wicklow, where New Brunswick’s towns have 7%

The 2021 census counted 625 occupied homes in Wicklow; 92% of them are single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Before 196127%
1961–198028%
1981–200027%
2001–201514%
2016–20212%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses92%
Semi-detached houses2%
Row houses1%
Flats in a duplex2%
Apartments, under 5 storeys1%
Movable dwellings5%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
WicklowNew BrunswickCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%2%8%
Needing major repairs13%7%6%
Too small for the household6%2%3%
Households in core housing need9%4%7%

Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.

New homes

3.2 new homes a year per 1,000 in Wicklow: fewer than New Brunswick’s towns (10.9)

90% were single-unit buildings, beside 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.

Permits by year, 2019–2023

Most in 2021: 3 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
012320192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Wicklow3.2
New Brunswick’s towns10.9
The typical Canadian town13.8
$312K
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023

Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.

Across New Brunswick

Wicklow against New Brunswick’s towns: 30% under the $187,000 median

60 of New Brunswick’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Lower values near Wicklow: Kent

The places around Wicklow at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.

Florenceville-BristolKentWilmotPeelFlorenceville-BristolKentWilmotPeelWicklow
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Wicklow$130K$145K94%
Florenceville-Bristol$180K$195K72%6.2
Kent$120K$163K88%8.6
Wilmot$130K$158K92%14.3
Peel$130K$142K86%14.8

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Wicklow

How many households in Wicklow are in core housing need?

In Wicklow, 9% of households are in core housing need, against 4% for New Brunswick’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.

What is the average house price in Wicklow?

The average sale was $117,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 1.4 times their income.

Is Wicklow expensive for New Brunswick?

No: Wicklow’s census median is below the $187,000 of New Brunswick’s towns.

Can I see individual sales or prices by street?

No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).