Photo: Amakuru · CC BY-SA 4.0Since 2015, Dún Laoghaire’s home prices have lagged the typical Irish town: up 40% against +129%
The median home in Dún Laoghaire sells for €620,000. That is the middle of 766 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 40% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Dún Laoghaire’s cost of living page.
98% of the homes sold in Dún Laoghaire were second-hand
766 market sales in three years: 17 new homes and 749 second-hand.
median sale · 749 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €644K 270 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +4.9%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 17 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 766 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €465K–€830K
- Last 12 months
- €690K 241 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 Dún Laoghaire’s homes sold for between €465K and €830K
One sale in ten was under €370K and one in ten over €1.2M. 2% sold for under €250K and 70% for €500K or more.
The median, €620,000, sits in the €500–750K band
766 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 40% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €315,000 in 2010 to €642,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
271 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2017, with 560, and the quietest 2010, with 77.
Dún Laoghaire 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 | €315K | €460K | €520K | €642K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | — | €674K | €550K | — |
| Second-hand homes | €350K | €420K | €514K | €644K |
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 Dún Laoghaire in three years
17 new homes and 749 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 69% in 2018.
Only 17 new homes sold in three years
Against 749 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Dún Laoghaire.
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: 17 new and 749 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Rochestown Avenue is Dún Laoghaire’s busiest street or estate, with 57 sales in three years
41 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 18 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rochestown Avenue | 57 | €601,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Kill Avenue | 43 | €620,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Corrig Avenue | 17 | €421,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Crofton Road | 17 | €525,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Monkstown Farm | 17 | €449,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Pottery Road | 14 | €613,500 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Lower Georges Street | 12 | €535,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Clarinda Park West | 11 | €485,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Findlater Street | 11 | €460,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Georges Place | 11 | €490,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Marine Road | 11 | €690,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Old Dunleary Road | 11 | €760,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Tivoli Terrace South | 11 | €460,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Clarence Street | 10 | €565,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Johnstown Road | 10 | €462,500 | Second-hand |
Royal Terrace West: €1,660,500
Crofton Avenue: €330,500
At the median, the dearest costs 5 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.
Dún Laoghaire is the 25th most expensive of 118 towns in County Dublin
Dún Laoghaire 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: Sallynoggin and Ballybrack.
The towns around Dún Laoghaire: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dún Laoghaire | €620K | 766 | +40% | |
| Sallynoggin | €521K | 43 | – | 0.9 |
| Monkstown | €775K | 192 | +120% | 2 |
| Dalkey | €851K | 416 | +73% | 2.1 |
| Foxrock | €983K | 378 | +48% | 3.1 |
| Blackrock | €785K | 1,036 | +68% | 3.2 |
| Ballybrack | €430K | 96 | +72% | 3.2 |
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 Dún Laoghaire
What is the average house price in Dún Laoghaire?
The median home in Dún Laoghaire sold for €620,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 766 market sales on the Property Price Register (€690,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Dún Laoghaire?
The median sale was €620,000 in 2024 and €642,000 in 2025: it went up 4%.
How many homes sell in Dún Laoghaire each year?
271 sales in Dún Laoghaire were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 312 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Dún Laoghaire expensive for County Dublin?
Dún Laoghaire is the 25th 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).