Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Since 2015, Rathgar’s home prices have lagged the typical Irish town: up 36% against +129%
Homes in Rathgar sell for a median €940,000. That is the middle of 252 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 36% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Rathgar’s cost of living page.
99% of the homes sold in Rathgar were second-hand
252 market sales in three years: 3 new homes and 249 second-hand.
median sale · 249 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €917K 79 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +11%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 3 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 252 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €573K–€1.6M
- Last 12 months
- €1M 81 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
1% 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 Rathgar’s homes sold for between €573K and €1.6M
One sale in ten was under €325K and one in ten over €2.3M. 4% sold for under €250K and 81% for €500K or more.
The median, €940,000, sits in the €750K–1M band
252 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 36% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €472,500 in 2011 to €916,500 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
79 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2018, with 160, and the quietest 2010, with 19.
Rathgar 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 | — | €676K | €938K | €917K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €677K | €936K | €917K |
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: 1% of the homes sold in Rathgar in three years
3 new homes and 249 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 45% in 2018.
Only 3 new homes sold in three years
Against 249 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Rathgar.
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: 3 new and 249 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Brighton Road is Rathgar’s busiest street or estate, with 12 sales in three years
13 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 1 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brighton Road | 12 | €713,500 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Marianella | 9 | €810,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Victoria Road | 9 | €1,700,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Bushy Park Road | 8 | €1,402,900 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Orwell Park | 8 | €2,800,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Orwell Road | 8 | €899,900 | Mixed |
| 7 | Garville Lane | 7 | €745,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Garville Avenue | 6 | €2,075,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Oaklands Drive | 6 | €1,131,200 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Villiers Road | 6 | €1,585,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Frankfort Avenue | 5 | €1,335,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Highfield Road | 5 | €2,725,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Oak Apple Green | 5 | €580,000 | Second-hand |
Orwell Park: €2,800,000
Oak Apple Green: €580,000
At the median, the dearest costs 4.8 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.
Rathgar is the 2nd most expensive of 118 towns in County Dublin
Rathgar 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: Terenure, Rathmines West and Churchtown.
The towns around Rathgar: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathgar | €940K | 252 | +36% | |
| Terenure | €740K | 357 | +46% | 1.4 |
| Rathmines West | €724K | 346 | +48% | 1.4 |
| Churchtown | €660K | 293 | +35% | 1.6 |
| Rathmines East | €783K | 476 | +71% | 1.7 |
| Clonskeagh | €725K | 221 | +62% | 2.3 |
| Rathfarnham | €617K | 1,021 | +73% | 2.4 |
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 Rathgar
What is the average house price in Rathgar?
The median home in Rathgar sold for €940,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 252 market sales on the Property Price Register (€1,017,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Rathgar?
The median sale was €1,002,400 in 2024 and €916,500 in 2025: it went down 9%.
How many homes sell in Rathgar each year?
79 sales in Rathgar were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 93 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Rathgar expensive for County Dublin?
Rathgar is the 2nd 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).