Photo: Ridiculopathy · CC0Home prices in Drumcondra are up 59% on 2015, a slower rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
Homes in Drumcondra sell for a median €536,500. That is the middle of 544 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 59% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Drumcondra’s cost of living page.
98% of the homes sold in Drumcondra were second-hand
544 market sales in three years: 9 new homes and 535 second-hand.
median sale · 535 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €555K 177 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +5.7%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 9 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 544 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €400K–€720K
- Last 12 months
- €550K 149 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
2% 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 Drumcondra’s homes sold for between €400K and €720K
One sale in ten was under €315K and one in ten over €935K. 4% sold for under €250K and 57% for €500K or more.
The median, €536,500, sits in the €500–750K band
544 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 59% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €305,000 in 2010 to €555,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
177 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2016, with 211, and the quietest 2010, with 68.
Drumcondra 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 | €305K | €350K | €435K | €555K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €305K | €340K | €430K | €555K |
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: 2% of the homes sold in Drumcondra in three years
9 new homes and 535 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 28% in 2016.
Only 9 new homes sold in three years
Against 535 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Drumcondra.
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: 9 new and 535 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Griffith Avenue is Drumcondra’s busiest street or estate, with 19 sales in three years
31 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 11 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Griffith Avenue | 19 | €885,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Clonliffe Road | 18 | €580,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Grace Park Road | 17 | €825,000 | Mixed |
| 4 | Walsh Road | 17 | €484,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Grace Park Heights | 16 | €540,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | St Alphonsus Road | 15 | €660,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Ferguson Road | 14 | €519,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Gracepark Manor | 11 | €450,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Gracepark Road | 11 | €820,000 | Mixed |
| 10 | Distillery Road | 10 | €305,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Hollybank Road | 10 | €918,800 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Botanic Avenue | 9 | €568,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Clonturk Park | 8 | €685,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Millmount Avenue | 8 | €608,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Richmond Road | 8 | €439,400 | Second-hand |
Hollybank Road: €918,800
Whiteworth Road: €143,300
At the median, the dearest costs 6.4 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.
Drumcondra is the 37th most expensive of 118 towns in County Dublin
Drumcondra 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: Ballybough, Summerhill and Whitehall.
The towns around Drumcondra: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumcondra | €537K | 544 | +59% | |
| Ballybough | €365K | 43 | – | 1.1 |
| Glasnevin | €550K | 515 | +77% | 1.1 |
| Marino | €557K | 103 | +53% | 1.4 |
| Summerhill | €341K | 8 | – | 1.7 |
| Whitehall | €454K | 191 | +51% | 1.8 |
| Parnell Square | €343K | 0 | – | 1.9 |
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 Drumcondra
What is the average house price in Drumcondra?
The median home in Drumcondra sold for €536,500 from 2023 to 2025, across 544 market sales on the Property Price Register (€550,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Drumcondra?
The median sale was €550,000 in 2024 and €555,000 in 2025: it held flat.
How many homes sell in Drumcondra each year?
177 sales in Drumcondra were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 179 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Drumcondra expensive for County Dublin?
Drumcondra is the 36th 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).