Photo: Rossographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Carndonagh sell for a median €140,000, 60% below the typical Irish town
The median home in Carndonagh sells for €140,000. That is the middle of 74 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.5 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Carndonagh’s cost of living page.
99% of the homes sold in Carndonagh were second-hand
74 market sales in three years: 1 new homes and 73 second-hand.
median sale · 73 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €148K 32 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 1 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 74 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €110K–€189K
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
1% of the sales were new homes
Market sales on the Property Price Register, 2023–25. The register says whether a home was new or second-hand, not its type or size. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%. A median needs 30 sales.
Half of Carndonagh’s homes sold for between €110K and €189K
One sale in ten was under €80K and one in ten over €234K. 92% sold for under €250K and 0% for €500K or more.
The median, €140,000, sits in the €100–150K band
74 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 2.5 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €68,100 in 2014 to €147,500 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
32 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2014, with 47, and the quietest 2011, with 10.
Carndonagh costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Donegal’s towns of 2,500 or more, and the typical Irish town.
New homes and second-hand, year by year
| 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | — | €60K | — | €148K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €60K | — | €148K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 30 sales of the kind, so a dash is a year with fewer.
Property Price Register: every market sale placed in the town since 2010, VAT included; a year’s median needs 30 sales. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted.
Hardly any new homes: 1% of the homes sold in Carndonagh in three years
1 new homes and 73 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
0% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 25% in 2010.
Only 1 new homes sold in three years
Against 73 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Carndonagh.
Filed without VAT
Most new homes are filed on the register without VAT. Every figure here adds back 13.5%, so new and second-hand compare like for like.
Property Price Register, 2023–25: 1 new and 73 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Carndonagh is the 16th most expensive of 18 towns in County Donegal
Carndonagh is one of County Donegal’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Donegal, by their median home of 2023–25; * marks a routing-key median (fewer than 30 sales in the town). Each links to its own Housing page.
Carndonagh’s neighbours
The towns around Carndonagh: their median home (2023–25), market sales on the Property Price Register in those three years, the change in ten years and the distance.
| Town | Median sale | Sales, 3 years | Since 2015 | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carndonagh | €140K | 74 | +146% | |
| Moville | €172K | 58 | – | 16 |
| Buncrana | €156K | 142 | +100% | 16.6 |
| Greencastle | €233K | 40 | – | 18 |
A routing-key price (fewer than 30 sales in the town) counts for its whole postal area. Rents are each town’s own RTB figure where published, else its district’s, city’s or county’s.
Questions about property prices in Carndonagh
What is the average house price in Carndonagh?
The median home in Carndonagh sold for €140,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 74 market sales on the Property Price Register.
How many homes sell in Carndonagh each year?
32 sales in Carndonagh were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 21 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Carndonagh expensive for County Donegal?
Carndonagh is the 6th most expensive of 6 towns of 2,500 or more in County Donegal by median sale price.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Yes: the Property Price Register publishes every residential sale with its address and price at propertypriceregister.ie. This page shows the town’s medians and counts.
Sales: Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority. House prices by Eircode routing key, RTB rents and household incomes: CSO, CC BY 4.0. Routing-key areas: Autoaddress.
Sources: Property Price Register (PSRA), 2010–2026 · CSO HPA04 house prices by Eircode routing key, 2023–25. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).