Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0A market of new homes: 35% of Athenry’s sales, at a median €389,000
The median home in Athenry sells for €353,500. That is the middle of 352 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.6 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Athenry’s cost of living page.
65% of the homes sold in Athenry were second-hand
352 market sales in three years: 123 new homes and 229 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 25% more.
median sale · 123 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €430K 45 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 229 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €363K 82 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +34%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 352 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €278K–€405K
- Last 12 months
- €390K 99 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
35% 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 Athenry’s homes sold for between €278K and €405K
One sale in ten was under €190K and one in ten over €450K. 18% sold for under €250K and 4% for €500K or more.
The median, €353,500, sits in the €300–400K band
352 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 2.6 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €185,000 in 2010 to €389,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
127 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2023, with 134, and the quietest 2011, with 25.
Athenry costs about what the typical Irish town does
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Galway’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 | €185K | €150K | €248K | €389K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | €190K | €145K | — | €430K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €155K | €220K | €363K |
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.
35% of the homes sold in Athenry in three years were new
123 new homes and 229 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
35% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 61% in 2010.
A new home sold for a median €389,000
against €310,000 for a home sold on, 25% 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: 123 new and 229 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Cluain Na Cathrach is Athenry’s busiest street or estate, with 21 sales in three years
22 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 7 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cluain Na Cathrach | 21 | €432,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Raheen | 19 | €352,000 | Mixed |
| 3 | Lorro Gate | 17 | €389,000 | Mostly new |
| 4 | Prospect | 16 | €379,500 | Mostly new |
| 5 | Tuam Road | 15 | €365,000 | Mixed |
| 6 | Kiltullagh | 14 | €439,500 | Mixed |
| 7 | Ballydavid | 13 | €372,000 | Mixed |
| 8 | An Saileachan | 8 | €340,500 | Mostly new |
| 9 | Attymon | 8 | €234,000 | Mixed |
| 10 | Ballydavid South | 8 | €375,000 | Mostly new |
| 11 | Carrabane | 8 | €315,500 | Second-hand |
| 12 | An Clarin | 6 | €130,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Caheroyan | 6 | €275,000 | Mixed |
| 14 | Caherroyn | 6 | €435,000 | Mostly new |
| 15 | Caislean Oir | 6 | €328,500 | Second-hand |
The Glade: €487,000
An Clarin: €130,000
At the median, the dearest costs 3.7 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.
Athenry is the 16th most expensive of 28 towns in County Galway
Athenry is in the middle of County Galway’s towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Galway, 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: Ballybane, Loughrea and Murrough.
The towns around Athenry: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athenry | €354K | 352 | +159% | |
| Craughwell | €382K | 85 | +138% | 8.3 |
| Oranmore | €430K | 457 | +95% | 12.7 |
| Baile Chláir | €363K | 159 | +46% | 13.4 |
| Ballybane | €259K | 92 | +171% | 16.1 |
| Loughrea | €273K | 332 | +260% | 16.5 |
| Murrough | €260K | 47 | – | 17.3 |
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 Athenry
What is the average house price in Athenry?
The median home in Athenry sold for €353,500 from 2023 to 2025, across 352 market sales on the Property Price Register (€390,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Athenry?
The median sale was €352,000 in 2024 and €389,000 in 2025: it went up 11%.
How many homes sell in Athenry each year?
127 sales in Athenry were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 103 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 Athenry?
New homes sold for a median €389,000 over three years, against €310,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 35% of sales.
Is Athenry expensive for County Galway?
Athenry is the 12th most expensive of 20 towns of 2,500 or more in County Galway 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).