Photo: Gareth James · CC BY-SA 2.0Home prices in Clifden are up 266% on 2015, a faster rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
The median home in Clifden sells for €240,000. That is the middle of 113 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 3.7 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Clifden’s cost of living page.
100% of the homes sold in Clifden were second-hand
113 market sales in three years: 0 new homes and 113 second-hand.
median sale · 113 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €256K 46 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +4.7%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 113 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €167K–€290K
- Last 12 months
- €285K 39 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
0% 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 Clifden’s homes sold for between €167K and €290K
One sale in ten was under €140K and one in ten over €362K. 53% sold for under €250K and 4% for €500K or more.
The median, €240,000, sits in the €200–250K band
113 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 3.7 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €48,800 in 2014 to €256,400 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
46 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2015, with 64, and the quietest 2010, with 8.
Clifden 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 | — | €70K | €167K | €256K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €65K | €167K | €256K |
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: 0% of the homes sold in Clifden in three years
0 new homes and 113 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
0% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 37% in 2013.
Only 0 new homes sold in three years
Against 113 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Clifden.
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: 0 new and 113 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Clifden is the 25th most expensive of 28 towns in County Galway
Clifden 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.
Questions about property prices in Clifden
What is the average house price in Clifden?
The median home in Clifden sold for €240,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 113 market sales on the Property Price Register (€285,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Clifden?
The median sale was €233,000 in 2024 and €256,400 in 2025: it went up 10%.
How many homes sell in Clifden each year?
46 sales in Clifden were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 45 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
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).