Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Since 2015, Rathcoole’s home prices have lagged the typical Irish town: up 49% against +129%
Homes in Rathcoole sell for a median €415,000. That is the middle of 211 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 49% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Rathcoole’s cost of living page.
91% of the homes sold in Rathcoole were second-hand
211 market sales in three years: 19 new homes and 192 second-hand.
median sale · 192 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €465K 68 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +33%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 19 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 211 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €300K–€558K
- Last 12 months
- €528K 100 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
9% 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 Rathcoole’s homes sold for between €300K and €558K
One sale in ten was under €250K and one in ten over €690K. 9% sold for under €250K and 34% for €500K or more.
The median, €415,000, sits in the €400–500K band
211 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 49% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €317,500 in 2010 to €500,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
81 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2017, with 143, and the quietest 2011, with 39.
Rathcoole 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 | €318K | €335K | €348K | €500K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | €335K | €350K | €427K | — |
| Second-hand homes | — | €235K | €295K | €465K |
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.
9% of the homes sold in Rathcoole in three years were new
19 new homes and 192 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
16% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 77% in 2011.
Only 19 new homes sold in three years
Against 192 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Rathcoole.
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: 19 new and 192 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Main Street is Rathcoole’s busiest street or estate, with 20 sales in three years
9 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 4 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Street | 20 | €272,500 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Rathmill Manor | 17 | €580,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Forest Hills | 13 | €375,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Broadfield Manor | 12 | €382,200 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Broadfield Avenue | 8 | €361,500 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Beechwood Lawns | 7 | €495,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Kilteel Road | 7 | €195,000 | Mostly new |
| 8 | Redgap | 7 | €810,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Stoney Road | 7 | €475,000 | Second-hand |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Rathcoole is the 70th most expensive of 118 towns in County Dublin
Rathcoole 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: Saggart, Jobstown and Tallaght.
The towns around Rathcoole: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathcoole | €415K | 211 | +49% | |
| Saggart | €348K | 300 | +72% | 1.8 |
| Newcastle | €436K | 216 | – | 2.3 |
| Jobstown | €379K | 7 | – | 4.3 |
| Fettercairn | €490K | 106 | – | 4.7 |
| Deansrath | €406K | 3 | – | 6.4 |
| Tallaght | €327K | 1,175 | +102% | 6.7 |
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 Rathcoole
What is the average house price in Rathcoole?
The median home in Rathcoole sold for €415,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 211 market sales on the Property Price Register (€527,500 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Rathcoole?
The median sale was €400,000 in 2024 and €500,000 in 2025: it went up 25%.
How many homes sell in Rathcoole each year?
81 sales in Rathcoole were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 87 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Rathcoole expensive for County Dublin?
Rathcoole is the 69th 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).