Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0The median home in Balbriggan sells for €300,000
That is the middle of 814 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.2 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Balbriggan’s cost of living page.
84% of the homes sold in Balbriggan were second-hand
814 market sales in three years: 133 new homes and 681 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 44% more.
median sale · 133 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €420K 51 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +14%
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 681 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €317K 216 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +25%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 814 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €250K–€380K
- Last 12 months
- €343K 260 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
16% 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 Balbriggan’s homes sold for between €250K and €380K
One sale in ten was under €200K and one in ten over €440K. 25% sold for under €250K and 4% for €500K or more.
The median, €300,000, sits in the €300–400K band
814 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 2.2 times as much as in 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €184,700 in 2010 to €325,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
267 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2021, with 341, and the quietest 2011, with 53.
Balbriggan costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Dublin’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 | €185K | €150K | €245K | €325K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | €170K | — | €305K | €420K |
| Second-hand homes | €189K | €143K | €217K | €317K |
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.
16% of the homes sold in Balbriggan in three years were new
133 new homes and 681 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
19% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 43% in 2018.
A new home sold for a median €415,000
against €289,000 for a home sold on, 44% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
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: 133 new and 681 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Folkstown Park is Balbriggan’s busiest street or estate, with 94 sales in three years
41 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 16 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Folkstown Park | 94 | €420,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Hamlet Lane | 60 | €262,500 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Flemington Lane | 19 | €310,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Brecan Close | 16 | €195,200 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Castleland Court | 14 | €252,500 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Hampton Green | 13 | €280,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Brackenwood Avenue | 11 | €220,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Clonard Court | 11 | €285,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Hampton Gardens Close | 11 | €304,400 | Mostly new |
| 10 | Taylor Hill Boulevard | 11 | €460,000 | Mostly new |
| 11 | Bremore Castle | 10 | €260,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Chieftains Way | 10 | €320,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Hampton Woods | 10 | €316,200 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Moylaragh Rise | 10 | €300,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Naul Road | 10 | €275,000 | Mixed |
Taylor Hill Boulevard: €460,000
Castlemill: €191,500
At the median, the dearest costs 2.4 times the cheapest.
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Balbriggan is the 114th most expensive of 118 towns in County Dublin
Balbriggan is one of County Dublin’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Dublin, 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.
Balbriggan’s neighbours
The towns around Balbriggan: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balbriggan | €300K | 814 | +117% | |
| Balrothery | €323K | 19 | – | 2.7 |
| Stamullen | €358K | 95 | – | 5.4 |
| Skerries | €500K | 366 | +76% | 6.1 |
| Lusk | €450K | 530 | +107% | 9.6 |
| Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney | €375K | 587 | +122% | 11.1 |
| Rush | €430K | 547 | +94% | 11.4 |
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 Balbriggan
What is the average house price in Balbriggan?
The median home in Balbriggan sold for €300,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 814 market sales on the Property Price Register (€342,500 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Balbriggan?
The median sale was €312,500 in 2024 and €325,000 in 2025: it went up 4%.
How many homes sell in Balbriggan each year?
267 sales in Balbriggan were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 292 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
How much does a new build cost in Balbriggan?
New homes sold for a median €415,000 over three years, against €289,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 16% of sales.
Is Balbriggan expensive for County Dublin?
Balbriggan is the 112th most expensive of 116 towns of 2,500 or more in County Dublin 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).