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Housing in Portobello · Property Price Register

At a median €640,000, homes in Portobello cost 83% more than in the typical Irish town

Homes in Portobello sell for a median €640,000. That is the middle of 75 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Portobello’s cost of living page.

Median sale
€640K
75 sales in 3 years
Sold in 12 months
23
to the end of September 2026
New builds
1%
of sales in 3 years
What sells · 2023–25

99% of the homes sold in Portobello were second-hand

75 market sales in three years: 1 new homes and 74 second-hand.

Second-hand homes€647K

median sale · 74 sold in 3 years

the typical Irish town
€326K
Fewer sales

New homes: 1 sold

Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.

All homes€640K

median sale · 75 sold in 3 years

Middle half
€525K–€863K
the typical Irish town
€350K
The mix

1% of the sales were new homes

New homes1%
Second-hand homes99%

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.

Price range

Half of Portobello’s homes sold for between €525K and €863K

One sale in ten was under €422K and one in ten over €1.2M. 0% sold for under €250K and 80% for €500K or more.

Sales by price · 2023–25

The median, €640,000, sits in the €500–750K band

0112233€250–300K: 3 sold€250–300K€300–400K: 3 sold€300–400K€400–500K: 9 sold€400–500K€500–750K: 33 sold€500–750K€750K–1M: 14 sold€750K–1M€1M+: 13 sold€1M+

75 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.

New builds

Hardly any new homes: 1% of the homes sold in Portobello in three years

1 new homes and 74 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.

New-build share of sales

0% of the homes sold in 2025 were new

2012: 0%’122013: 0%2014: 0%2015: 0%’152016: 0%2017: 5.9%2018: 0%’182019: 0%2020: 0%2021: 11%’212022: 0%2023: 0%2024: 4%’242025: 0%’25

Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 11% in 2021.

New against second-hand · 3 years

Only 1 new homes sold in three years

Against 74 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Portobello.

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: 1 new and 74 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.

Streets

Lennox Street is Portobello’s busiest street or estate, with 9 sales in three years

4 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025.

#Street or estateSalesMedianHomes
1Lennox Street9€600,000Second-hand
2Lennox Place7€510,000Second-hand
3Martin Street6€682,500Second-hand
4St Kevins Road6€845,000Second-hand

Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.

Across County Dublin

Portobello is the 23rd most expensive of 118 towns in County Dublin

Portobello is one of County Dublin’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.

Median sale, 2023–25

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: Christchurch, Temple Bar and The Liberties.

The towns around Portobello: their median home (2023–25), market sales on the Property Price Register in those three years, the change in ten years and the distance.

ChristchurchTemple BarRathmines WestThe LibertiesSt Stephen's GreenRathmines EastChristchurchTemple BarRathmines WestThe LibertiesSt Stephen's GreenRathmines EastPortobello
Prices next door
TownMedian saleSales, 3 yearsSince 2015km
Portobello€640K75–
Christchurch€325K39–0.7
Temple Bar€400K33–1.2
Rathmines West€724K346+48%1.3
The Liberties€392K9–1.3
St Stephen's Green€473K2–1.5
Rathmines East€783K476+71%1.6

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 Portobello

What is the average house price in Portobello?

The median home in Portobello sold for €640,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 75 market sales on the Property Price Register.

How many homes sell in Portobello each year?

23 sales in Portobello were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 22 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.

Is Portobello expensive for County Dublin?

Portobello is the 23rd 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).