Photo: Hohenloh · CC BY-SA 3.0Since 2015, Rathmines West’s home prices have lagged the typical Irish town: up 48% against +129%
Homes in Rathmines West sell for a median €723,500. That is the middle of 346 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 48% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Rathmines West’s cost of living page.
99% of the homes sold in Rathmines West were second-hand
346 market sales in three years: 4 new homes and 342 second-hand.
median sale · 342 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €740K 107 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- −18%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 4 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 346 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €421K–€1.3M
- Last 12 months
- €935K 118 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 Rathmines West’s homes sold for between €421K and €1.3M
One sale in ten was under €321K and one in ten over €2.1M. 4% sold for under €250K and 67% for €500K or more.
The median, €723,500, sits in the €500–750K band
346 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 48% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €495,000 in 2010 to €745,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
108 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2016, with 145, and the quietest 2010, with 41.
Rathmines West 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 | €495K | €503K | €545K | €745K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €495K | €365K | €480K | €740K |
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 Rathmines West in three years
4 new homes and 342 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
1% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 16% in 2015.
Only 4 new homes sold in three years
Against 342 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Rathmines West.
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: 4 new and 342 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Cowper Downs is Rathmines West’s busiest street or estate, with 18 sales in three years
18 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 3 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cowper Downs | 18 | €364,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Grove Park | 18 | €1,012,500 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Leinster Road | 12 | €1,505,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Greenwich Court | 9 | €545,000 | Mixed |
| 5 | Gulistan Cottages | 9 | €447,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Belgrave Road | 8 | €1,812,500 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Cowper Village | 8 | €495,500 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Grosvenor Place | 8 | €850,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Leinster Square | 8 | €163,800 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Palmerston Road | 8 | €3,065,800 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Upper Rathmines Road | 7 | €1,415,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Cowper Road | 6 | €2,885,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Grosvenor Lodge | 6 | €386,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Grosvenor Road | 6 | €1,815,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Cambridge Road | 5 | €1,655,000 | Second-hand |
Palmerston Road: €3,065,800
Leinster Square: €163,800
At the median, the dearest costs 18.7 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.
Rathmines West is the 13th most expensive of 118 towns in County Dublin
Rathmines West 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: Portobello, Christchurch and The Liberties.
The towns around Rathmines West: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathmines West | €724K | 346 | +48% | |
| Portobello | €640K | 75 | – | 1.3 |
| Rathmines East | €783K | 476 | +71% | 1.3 |
| Rathgar | €940K | 252 | +36% | 1.4 |
| Terenure | €740K | 357 | +46% | 1.5 |
| Christchurch | €325K | 39 | – | 1.6 |
| The Liberties | €392K | 9 | – | 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 Rathmines West
What is the average house price in Rathmines West?
The median home in Rathmines West sold for €723,500 from 2023 to 2025, across 346 market sales on the Property Price Register (€935,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Rathmines West?
The median sale was €562,000 in 2024 and €745,000 in 2025: it went up 33%.
How many homes sell in Rathmines West each year?
108 sales in Rathmines West were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 121 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Rathmines West expensive for County Dublin?
Rathmines West is the 13th 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).