Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainSince 2015, Ballsbridge’s home prices have lagged the typical Irish town: up 29% against +129%
The median home in Ballsbridge sells for €900,000. That is the middle of 530 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 29% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Ballsbridge’s cost of living page.
86% of the homes sold in Ballsbridge were second-hand
530 market sales in three years: 76 new homes and 454 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 108% more.
median sale · 76 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 454 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €778K 157 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- −5.7%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 530 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €601K–€1.6M
- Last 12 months
- €831K 181 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
14% 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 Ballsbridge’s homes sold for between €601K and €1.6M
One sale in ten was under €445K and one in ten over €2.5M. 0% sold for under €250K and 83% for €500K or more.
The median, €900,000, sits in the €750K–1M band
530 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Prices are up 29% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €492,500 in 2010 to €799,500 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
172 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2016, with 213, and the quietest 2010, with 46.
Ballsbridge costs more 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 | €493K | €618K | €768K | €800K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €493K | €600K | €760K | €778K |
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.
14% of the homes sold in Ballsbridge in three years were new
76 new homes and 454 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
9% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 21% in 2024.
A new home sold for a median €1,716,700
against €825,000 for a home sold on, 108% 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: 76 new and 454 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Lansdowne Place is Ballsbridge’s busiest street or estate, with 67 sales in three years
24 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 7 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lansdowne Place | 67 | €1,725,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Merrion Road | 27 | €937,500 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Shrewsbury | 17 | €1,050,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Shrewsbury Park | 17 | €900,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Lansdowne Park | 12 | €757,500 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Ailesbury Road | 10 | €4,150,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | The Sweepstakes | 10 | €648,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Northumberland Road | 8 | €645,500 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Simmonscourt Road | 8 | €554,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Heytesbury Lane | 7 | €1,575,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Merrion Village | 7 | €380,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Raglan Lane | 7 | €1,535,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Serpentine Avenue | 7 | €750,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Wellington Road | 7 | €2,600,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Clyde Road | 6 | €664,500 | Second-hand |
Ailesbury Road: €4,150,000
Merrion Village: €380,000
At the median, the dearest costs 10.9 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.
Ballsbridge is the 3rd most expensive of 118 towns in County Dublin
Ballsbridge is one of County Dublin’s dearest 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.
Cheaper nearby: Grand Canal Dock, St Stephen's Green and Sandymount.
The towns around Ballsbridge: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballsbridge | €900K | 530 | +29% | |
| Grand Canal Dock | €516K | 24 | – | 1 |
| St Stephen's Green | €473K | 2 | – | 1.2 |
| Sandymount | €675K | 1,112 | +42% | 1.4 |
| Portobello | €640K | 75 | – | 1.6 |
| Rathmines East | €783K | 476 | +71% | 1.8 |
| East Wall | €365K | 178 | +108% | 2 |
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 Ballsbridge
What is the average house price in Ballsbridge?
The median home in Ballsbridge sold for €900,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 530 market sales on the Property Price Register (€831,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Ballsbridge?
The median sale was €950,000 in 2024 and €799,500 in 2025: it went down 16%.
How many homes sell in Ballsbridge each year?
172 sales in Ballsbridge were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 153 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 Ballsbridge?
New homes sold for a median €1,716,700 over three years, against €825,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 14% of sales.
Is Ballsbridge expensive for County Dublin?
Ballsbridge is the 3rd 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).