Photo: Graham Horn · CC BY-SA 2.0Home prices in Bearna are up 74% on 2015, a slower rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
The median home in Bearna sells for €455,000. That is the middle of 159 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 74% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Bearna’s cost of living page.
59% of the homes sold in Bearna were second-hand
159 market sales in three years: 65 new homes and 94 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 0% more.
median sale · 65 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 94 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €566K 32 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +34%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 159 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €405K–€645K
- Last 12 months
- €430K 64 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
41% 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 Bearna’s homes sold for between €405K and €645K
One sale in ten was under €340K and one in ten over €750K. 1% sold for under €250K and 43% for €500K or more.
The median, €455,000, sits in the €400–500K 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 74% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €277,500 in 2013 to €435,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
53 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2024, with 70, and the quietest 2011, with 11.
Bearna costs more 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 | — | €250K | €383K | €435K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €250K | €358K | €566K |
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.
41% of the homes sold in Bearna in three years were new
65 new homes and 94 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
40% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 54% in 2024.
A new home sold for a median €455,000
against €455,000 for a home sold on, about the same, 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: 65 new and 94 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Ard Raithni is Bearna’s busiest street or estate, with 45 sales in three years
5 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 4 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ard Raithni | 45 | €450,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Forramoyle East | 19 | €618,500 | Mixed |
| 3 | Creagan | 18 | €425,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Cappagh Road | 15 | €370,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Thornberry | 5 | €370,000 | 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.
Bearna is the 2nd most expensive of 28 towns in County Galway
Bearna is one of County Galway’s dearest 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: Knocknacarra, Taylor's Hill and Rahoon.
The towns around Bearna: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearna | €455K | 159 | +74% | |
| Knocknacarra | €405K | 322 | +85% | 3.5 |
| Salthill | €457K | 212 | +137% | 5.3 |
| Taylor's Hill | €373K | 22 | – | 5.6 |
| Rahoon | €425K | 215 | +269% | 5.7 |
| Newcastle | €383K | 111 | +110% | 6.4 |
| Dangan | €373K | 7 | – | 6.4 |
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 Bearna
What is the average house price in Bearna?
The median home in Bearna sold for €455,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 159 market sales on the Property Price Register (€430,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Bearna?
The median sale was €472,500 in 2024 and €435,000 in 2025: it went down 8%.
How many homes sell in Bearna each year?
53 sales in Bearna were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 44 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 Bearna?
New homes sold for a median €455,000 over three years, against €455,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 41% 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).