Photo: Noelcarroll · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Newcastle sell for a median €383,000
That is the middle of 111 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.1 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Newcastle’s cost of living page.
99% of the homes sold in Newcastle were second-hand
111 market sales in three years: 1 new homes and 110 second-hand.
median sale · 110 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €453K 34 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +41%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 1 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 111 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €334K–€465K
- Last 12 months
- €410K 34 sold
- 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 Newcastle’s homes sold for between €334K and €465K
One sale in ten was under €268K and one in ten over €580K. 4% sold for under €250K and 20% for €500K or more.
The median, €383,000, sits in the €300–400K band
111 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 2.1 times as much as in 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €188,000 in 2014 to €452,500 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
34 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2019, with 54, and the quietest 2010, with 14.
Newcastle 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 | — | €216K | — | €453K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €215K | — | €453K |
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 Newcastle in three years
1 new homes and 110 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 7% in 2010.
Only 1 new homes sold in three years
Against 110 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Newcastle.
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 110 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Laurel Park is Newcastle’s busiest street or estate, with 18 sales in three years
6 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 | Laurel Park | 18 | €355,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Corrib Park | 14 | €345,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Hazel Park | 8 | €362,500 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Cherry Park | 7 | €347,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Moyola Park | 5 | €545,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Tudor Lawn | 5 | €460,000 | 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.
Newcastle is the 7th most expensive of 28 towns in County Galway
Newcastle 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.
Newcastle’s neighbours
The towns around Newcastle: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle | €383K | 111 | +110% | |
| Dangan | €373K | 7 | – | 0.7 |
| Taylor's Hill | €373K | 22 | – | 0.9 |
| Rahoon | €425K | 215 | +269% | 1.1 |
| Woodquay and Nuns Island | €373K | 0 | – | 1.3 |
| Claddagh | €373K | 10 | – | 1.6 |
| Salthill | €457K | 212 | +137% | 1.8 |
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 Newcastle
What is the average house price in Newcastle?
The median home in Newcastle sold for €383,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 111 market sales on the Property Price Register (€410,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Newcastle?
The median sale was €368,000 in 2024 and €452,500 in 2025: it went up 23%.
How many homes sell in Newcastle each year?
34 sales in Newcastle were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 36 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Newcastle expensive for County Galway?
Newcastle is the 5th 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).