Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Home prices in Baile Chláir are up 46% on 2015, a slower rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
Homes in Baile Chláir sell for a median €362,900. That is the middle of 159 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 46% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Baile Chláir’s cost of living page.
72% of the homes sold in Baile Chláir were second-hand
159 market sales in three years: 45 new homes and 114 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 6% more.
median sale · 45 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €368K 41 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 114 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 159 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €280K–€439K
- Last 12 months
- €440K 88 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
28% 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 Baile Chláir’s homes sold for between €280K and €439K
One sale in ten was under €200K and one in ten over €496K. 19% sold for under €250K and 9% for €500K or more.
The median, €362,900, sits in the €300–400K band
159 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 46% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €254,000 in 2015 to €372,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
70 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2021, with 82, and the quietest 2010, with 17.
Baile Chláir 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 | — | €254K | €295K | €372K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €263K | €268K | — |
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.
28% of the homes sold in Baile Chláir in three years were new
45 new homes and 114 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
59% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 65% in 2011.
A new home sold for a median €367,500
against €346,500 for a home sold on, 6% 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: 45 new and 114 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Lakeview is Baile Chláir’s busiest street or estate, with 37 sales in three years
8 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 2 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeview | 37 | €367,500 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Garrai Na Gaoithe | 15 | €367,500 | Mostly new |
| 3 | An Mhainistir | 8 | €242,500 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Riveroaks | 8 | €298,800 | Second-hand |
| 5 | River Oaks | 7 | €338,500 | Mixed |
| 6 | Cois Chlair | 6 | €187,500 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Cregmore | 5 | €455,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Cuirt Na Habhainn | 5 | €350,000 | 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.
Baile Chláir is the 15th most expensive of 28 towns in County Galway
Baile Chláir 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, Castlegar and Mervue.
The towns around Baile Chláir: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baile Chláir | €363K | 159 | +46% | |
| Ballybane | €259K | 92 | +171% | 7.2 |
| Castlegar | €331K | 30 | – | 7.9 |
| Mervue | €256K | 47 | – | 8.4 |
| Oranmore | €430K | 457 | +95% | 8.5 |
| Murrough | €260K | 47 | – | 8.6 |
| Ballinfoile and Terryland | €373K | 5 | – | 8.8 |
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 Baile Chláir
What is the average house price in Baile Chláir?
The median home in Baile Chláir sold for €362,900 from 2023 to 2025, across 159 market sales on the Property Price Register (€440,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Baile Chláir?
The median sale was €357,500 in 2024 and €372,000 in 2025: it went up 4%.
How many homes sell in Baile Chláir each year?
70 sales in Baile Chláir were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 49 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 Baile Chláir?
New homes sold for a median €367,500 over three years, against €346,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 28% of sales.
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).