Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Killarney is the dearest place to buy among 5 towns in County Kerry, at a median €330,000
Homes in Killarney sell for a median €330,000. That is the middle of 659 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.4 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Killarney’s cost of living page.
89% of the homes sold in Killarney were second-hand
659 market sales in three years: 71 new homes and 588 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 58% more.
median sale · 71 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €420K 31 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +25%
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 588 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €350K 185 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +31%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 659 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €245K–€431K
- Last 12 months
- €370K 214 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
11% 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 Killarney’s homes sold for between €245K and €431K
One sale in ten was under €145K and one in ten over €604K. 26% sold for under €250K and 18% for €500K or more.
The median, €330,000, sits in the €300–400K band
659 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 2.4 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €223,500 in 2010 to €360,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
216 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2019, with 307, and the quietest 2011, with 100.
Killarney costs about what the typical Irish town does
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Kerry’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 | €224K | €150K | €234K | €360K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | — | €168K | €371K | €420K |
| Second-hand homes | €219K | €144K | €221K | €350K |
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.
11% of the homes sold in Killarney in three years were new
71 new homes and 588 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
14% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 27% in 2019.
A new home sold for a median €500,000
against €317,000 for a home sold on, 58% 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: 71 new and 588 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Ross Road is Killarney’s busiest street or estate, with 31 sales in three years
31 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 | Ross Road | 31 | €550,000 | Mixed |
| 2 | Park Road | 20 | €330,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Muckross Road | 19 | €405,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Countess Road | 17 | €640,000 | Mixed |
| 5 | Firies | 17 | €292,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Fossa | 17 | €500,000 | Mixed |
| 7 | High Street | 17 | €125,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Headford | 15 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Muckross | 11 | €340,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | New Street | 10 | €220,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Woodlawn Road | 10 | €412,500 | Mixed |
| 12 | Faha | 9 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Lauragh | 9 | €145,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Aghadoe | 8 | €546,500 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Port Road | 8 | €330,000 | Mixed |
Countess Road: €640,000
High Street: €125,000
At the median, the dearest costs 5.1 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.
Killarney is the 2nd most expensive of 10 towns in County Kerry
Killarney is one of County Kerry’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Kerry, 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: Milltown.
The towns around Killarney: 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 Killarney
What is the average house price in Killarney?
The median home in Killarney sold for €330,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 659 market sales on the Property Price Register (€370,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Killarney?
The median sale was €330,000 in 2024 and €360,000 in 2025: it went up 9%.
How many homes sell in Killarney each year?
216 sales in Killarney were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 251 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 Killarney?
New homes sold for a median €500,000 over three years, against €317,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 11% of sales.
Is Killarney expensive for County Kerry?
Killarney is the most expensive of 5 towns of 2,500 or more in County Kerry 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).