Photo: Einaz80 · CC BY-SA 4.0A market of new homes: 38% of Oranmore’s sales, at a median €459,000
The median home in Oranmore sells for €430,000. That is the middle of 457 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for twice as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Oranmore’s cost of living page.
62% of the homes sold in Oranmore were second-hand
457 market sales in three years: 173 new homes and 284 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 23% more.
median sale · 173 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €463K 71 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 284 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €450K 80 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +34%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 457 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €335K–€506K
- Last 12 months
- €485K 205 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
38% 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 Oranmore’s homes sold for between €335K and €506K
One sale in ten was under €256K and one in ten over €630K. 8% sold for under €250K and 26% for €500K or more.
The median, €430,000, sits in the €400–500K band
457 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 twice as much as in 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €200,000 in 2012 to €458,700 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
151 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2020, with 178, and the quietest 2010, with 27.
Oranmore 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 | — | €235K | €330K | €459K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | — | — | €369K | €463K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €228K | €265K | €450K |
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.
38% of the homes sold in Oranmore in three years were new
173 new homes and 284 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
47% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 41% in 2010.
A new home sold for a median €459,000
against €373,500 for a home sold on, 23% 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: 173 new and 284 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Oranhill is Oranmore’s busiest street or estate, with 81 sales in three years
21 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 11 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oranhill | 81 | €459,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Cnoc An Chaisleain | 69 | €416,800 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Maree Road | 24 | €345,500 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Frenchpark | 18 | €264,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Renville Village | 17 | €300,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Ard An Mhuine | 14 | €473,600 | Mostly new |
| 7 | Coast Road | 14 | €640,000 | Mixed |
| 8 | Costa Na Mara | 14 | €321,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Abhainn Na Ri | 12 | €326,500 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Bluebell Woods | 11 | €485,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Rivergrove | 11 | €275,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Clochog | 9 | €274,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Maree | 9 | €480,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Cnoc An Chaislean | 6 | €436,100 | Mostly new |
| 15 | Cuirt Vesey | 6 | €750,000 | Mostly new |
Cuirt Vesey: €750,000
Frenchpark: €264,000
At the median, the dearest costs 2.8 times the cheapest.
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Oranmore is the 3rd most expensive of 28 towns in County Galway
Oranmore 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: Ballybane, Murrough and Mervue.
The towns around Oranmore: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oranmore | €430K | 457 | +95% | |
| Ballybane | €259K | 92 | +171% | 4.5 |
| Murrough | €260K | 47 | – | 5.1 |
| Mervue | €256K | 47 | – | 6.4 |
| Eyre Square | €373K | 0 | – | 7.3 |
| Castlegar | €331K | 30 | – | 7.7 |
| Woodquay and Nuns Island | €373K | 0 | – | 8.4 |
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 Oranmore
What is the average house price in Oranmore?
The median home in Oranmore sold for €430,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 457 market sales on the Property Price Register (€485,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Oranmore?
The median sale was €405,000 in 2024 and €458,700 in 2025: it went up 13%.
How many homes sell in Oranmore each year?
151 sales in Oranmore were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 139 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 Oranmore?
New homes sold for a median €459,000 over three years, against €373,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 38% of sales.
Is Oranmore expensive for County Galway?
Oranmore is the 2nd 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).