Photo: The original uploader was Suckindiesel at English Wikipedia . · CC BY 2.5Since 2015, Rathfarnham’s home prices have lagged the typical Irish town: up 73% against +129%
The median home in Rathfarnham sells for €617,000. That is the middle of 1,021 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 73% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Rathfarnham’s cost of living page.
95% of the homes sold in Rathfarnham were second-hand
1,021 market sales in three years: 48 new homes and 973 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 53% more.
median sale · 48 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 973 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €680K 341 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +20%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 1,021 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €475K–€788K
- Last 12 months
- €730K 344 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
5% 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 Rathfarnham’s homes sold for between €475K and €788K
One sale in ten was under €370K and one in ten over €982K. 1% sold for under €250K and 71% for €500K or more.
The median, €617,000, sits in the €500–750K band
1,021 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 73% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €375,000 in 2010 to €702,500 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
368 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2025, with 368, and the quietest 2010, with 166.
Rathfarnham 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 | €375K | €405K | €505K | €703K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €375K | €407K | €492K | €680K |
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.
5% of the homes sold in Rathfarnham in three years were new
48 new homes and 973 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
7% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 25% in 2018.
A new home sold for a median €937,500
against €612,000 for a home sold on, 53% 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: 48 new and 973 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Nutgrove Avenue is Rathfarnham’s busiest street or estate, with 23 sales in three years
45 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 | Nutgrove Avenue | 23 | €545,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Stocking Avenue | 22 | €580,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Stocking Lane | 22 | €605,000 | Mixed |
| 4 | Butterfield Avenue | 17 | €795,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Moyville | 17 | €600,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Dodder Park Road | 16 | €730,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Ballyroan Heights | 14 | €978,500 | Mostly new |
| 8 | Butterfield Park | 14 | €860,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Loreto Avenue | 12 | €513,500 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Ballyboden Road | 11 | €528,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Beaufort Downs | 11 | €576,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Castleside Drive | 10 | €386,500 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Grange Road | 10 | €673,800 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Marian Crescent | 10 | €736,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Scholarstown Wood | 10 | €708,800 | Second-hand |
Silverbrook: €1,350,000
Loreto Abbey: €375,000
At the median, the dearest costs 3.6 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.
Rathfarnham is the 26th most expensive of 118 towns in County Dublin
Rathfarnham 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.
Rathfarnham’s neighbours
The towns around Rathfarnham: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathfarnham | €617K | 1,021 | +73% | |
| Ballyboden | €597K | 28 | – | 1.5 |
| Edmondstown | €597K | 0 | – | 1.6 |
| Churchtown | €660K | 293 | +35% | 1.7 |
| Rathgar | €940K | 252 | +36% | 2.4 |
| Ballinteer | €595K | 200 | +51% | 2.5 |
| Templeogue | €680K | 243 | +50% | 2.5 |
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 Rathfarnham
What is the average house price in Rathfarnham?
The median home in Rathfarnham sold for €617,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 1,021 market sales on the Property Price Register (€730,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Rathfarnham?
The median sale was €600,000 in 2024 and €702,500 in 2025: it went up 17%.
How many homes sell in Rathfarnham each year?
368 sales in Rathfarnham were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 333 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 Rathfarnham?
New homes sold for a median €937,500 over three years, against €612,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5% of sales.
Is Rathfarnham expensive for County Dublin?
Rathfarnham is the 26th 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).