Photo: Andrew Mcmillan · CC BY 3.0Home prices in Donabate are up 48% on 2015, a slower rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
Homes in Donabate sell for a median €490,000. That is the middle of 584 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 48% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Donabate’s cost of living page.
54% of the homes sold in Donabate were second-hand
584 market sales in three years: 268 new homes and 316 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 9% more.
median sale · 268 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €480K 145 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- −4%
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 316 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €510K 117 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +15%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 584 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €419K–€550K
- Last 12 months
- €490K 316 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
46% 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 Donabate’s homes sold for between €419K and €550K
One sale in ten was under €295K and one in ten over €625K. 6% sold for under €250K and 39% for €500K or more.
The median, €490,000, sits in the €400–500K band
584 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 48% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €296,200 in 2010 to €490,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
262 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2019, with 284, and the quietest 2011, with 33.
Donabate 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 | €296K | €330K | €395K | €490K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | — | €340K | €435K | €480K |
| Second-hand homes | €326K | €305K | €350K | €510K |
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.
46% of the homes sold in Donabate in three years were new
268 new homes and 316 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
55% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 63% in 2019.
A new home sold for a median €499,500
against €460,000 for a home sold on, 9% 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: 268 new and 316 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Semple Woods is Donabate’s busiest street or estate, with 71 sales in three years
24 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 15 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semple Woods | 71 | €500,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Hampden Hill | 42 | €500,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Beresford Drive | 37 | €550,000 | Mostly new |
| 4 | Turvey Walk | 29 | €315,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Balmoston | 27 | €499,500 | Mostly new |
| 6 | New Road | 19 | €475,500 | Mostly new |
| 7 | Ballisk Court | 18 | €260,500 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Turvey Woods | 18 | €225,500 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Ballisk Park | 16 | €452,500 | Mostly new |
| 10 | Beresford Avenue | 15 | €550,000 | Mostly new |
| 11 | Beaverstown Road | 12 | €570,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Carrs Mill | 12 | €465,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | The Strand | 12 | €428,500 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Beverton Court | 10 | €266,900 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Portrane Road | 10 | €642,500 | Second-hand |
Portrane Road: €642,500
Turvey Woods: €225,500
At the median, the dearest costs 2.8 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.
Donabate is the 43rd most expensive of 118 towns in County Dublin
Donabate is in the middle of County Dublin’s 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: Lusk, Rush and Swords.
The towns around Donabate: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donabate | €490K | 584 | +48% | |
| Portrane | €548K | 18 | – | 2.5 |
| Lusk | €450K | 530 | +107% | 4.1 |
| Malahide | €720K | 865 | +63% | 5.1 |
| Rush | €430K | 547 | +94% | 5.4 |
| Kinsealy-Drinan | €533K | 231 | +85% | 6.3 |
| Swords | €416K | 1,525 | +59% | 6.5 |
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 Donabate
What is the average house price in Donabate?
The median home in Donabate sold for €490,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 584 market sales on the Property Price Register (€490,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Donabate?
The median sale was €475,000 in 2024 and €490,000 in 2025: it went up 3%.
How many homes sell in Donabate each year?
262 sales in Donabate were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 176 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 Donabate?
New homes sold for a median €499,500 over three years, against €460,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 46% of sales.
Is Donabate expensive for County Dublin?
Donabate is the 42nd 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).