Photo: A.-K. D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Home prices in Ballybane are up 171% on 2015, a faster rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
The median home in Ballybane sells for €259,000. That is the middle of 92 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.7 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Ballybane’s cost of living page.
99% of the homes sold in Ballybane were second-hand
92 market sales in three years: 1 new homes and 91 second-hand.
median sale · 91 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €304K 34 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +44%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 1 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 92 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €226K–€310K
- 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 Ballybane’s homes sold for between €226K and €310K
One sale in ten was under €191K and one in ten over €360K. 42% sold for under €250K and 2% for €500K or more.
The median, €259,000, sits in the €250–300K band
92 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 2.7 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €87,500 in 2014 to €308,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
35 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2019, with 49, and the quietest 2010, with 6.
Ballybane costs less than the typical Irish town
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 | — | €114K | — | €308K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €114K | — | €304K |
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 Ballybane in three years
1 new homes and 91 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
3% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 6% in 2013.
Only 1 new homes sold in three years
Against 91 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Ballybane.
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: 1 new and 91 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Rahylin Glebe is Ballybane’s busiest street or estate, with 14 sales in three years
7 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 | Rahylin Glebe | 14 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Castle Park | 8 | €222,500 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Rocklands Avenue | 7 | €283,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Sruthan Mhuirlinne | 7 | €239,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Monivea Park | 6 | €285,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Castlepark | 5 | €225,800 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Glasan | 5 | €230,000 | 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.
Ballybane is the 22nd most expensive of 28 towns in County Galway
Ballybane is one of County Galway’s cheapest 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.
Ballybane’s neighbours
The towns around Ballybane: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballybane | €259K | 92 | +171% | |
| Murrough | €260K | 47 | – | 1.5 |
| Mervue | €256K | 47 | – | 2.1 |
| Castlegar | €331K | 30 | – | 3.1 |
| Eyre Square | €373K | 0 | – | 3.4 |
| Ballinfoile and Terryland | €373K | 5 | – | 4.1 |
| Woodquay and Nuns Island | €373K | 0 | – | 4.3 |
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 Ballybane
What is the average house price in Ballybane?
The median home in Ballybane sold for €259,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 92 market sales on the Property Price Register.
How many homes sell in Ballybane each year?
35 sales in Ballybane were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 32 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Ballybane expensive for County Galway?
Ballybane is the 16th 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).