Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Since 2015, Tuam’s home prices have outrun the typical Irish town: up 189% against +129%
Homes in Tuam sell for a median €230,000. That is the middle of 527 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.9 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Tuam’s cost of living page.
96% of the homes sold in Tuam were second-hand
527 market sales in three years: 20 new homes and 507 second-hand.
median sale · 507 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €271K 161 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +40%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 20 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 527 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €171K–€310K
- Last 12 months
- €290K 157 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
4% 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 Tuam’s homes sold for between €171K and €310K
One sale in ten was under €120K and one in ten over €390K. 56% sold for under €250K and 3% for €500K or more.
The median, €230,000, sits in the €200–250K band
527 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 2.9 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €150,000 in 2010 to €270,900 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
162 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2021, with 257, and the quietest 2012, with 49.
Tuam 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 | €150K | €94K | €170K | €271K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €140K | €105K | €172K | €271K |
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.
4% of the homes sold in Tuam in three years were new
20 new homes and 507 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
1% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 31% in 2010.
Only 20 new homes sold in three years
Against 507 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Tuam.
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: 20 new and 507 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Ballygaddy Road is Tuam’s busiest street or estate, with 44 sales in three years
26 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 12 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballygaddy Road | 44 | €248,500 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Cummer | 21 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Belclare | 20 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Dublin Road | 19 | €200,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Country Meadows | 17 | €173,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Palace Fields | 16 | €293,500 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Kilcloghans | 15 | €240,000 | Mixed |
| 8 | Ballyglunin | 13 | €352,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Bishop Street | 13 | €200,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Dunmore Road | 11 | €329,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | High Street | 11 | €270,900 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Tullinadaly Road | 10 | €226,000 | Mixed |
| 13 | Cloonthue | 8 | €180,500 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Cois Na Habhainn | 7 | €210,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Corofin | 7 | €390,000 | Second-hand |
Vicars Choral: €2,134,200
Lavally: €100,000
At the median, the dearest costs 21.3 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.
Tuam is the 26th most expensive of 28 towns in County Galway
Tuam 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.
Tuam’s neighbours
The towns around Tuam: their median home (2023–25), market sales on the Property Price Register in those three years, the change in ten years and the distance.
Questions about property prices in Tuam
What is the average house price in Tuam?
The median home in Tuam sold for €230,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 527 market sales on the Property Price Register (€290,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Tuam?
The median sale was €235,000 in 2024 and €270,900 in 2025: it went up 15%.
How many homes sell in Tuam each year?
162 sales in Tuam were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 195 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Tuam expensive for County Galway?
Tuam is the 19th 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).