Photo: Roger D Kidd · CC BY-SA 2.0Home prices in Athy are up 261% on 2015, a faster rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
The median home in Athy sells for €275,000. That is the middle of 602 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 3.6 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Athy’s cost of living page.
72% of the homes sold in Athy were second-hand
602 market sales in three years: 170 new homes and 432 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 62% more.
median sale · 170 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €385K 111 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 432 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €282K 134 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +52%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 602 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €204K–€380K
- Last 12 months
- €385K 364 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
28% 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 Athy’s homes sold for between €204K and €380K
One sale in ten was under €148K and one in ten over €415K. 41% sold for under €250K and 2% for €500K or more.
The median, €275,000, sits in the €250–300K band
602 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 3.6 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €150,000 in 2010 to €361,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
245 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2025, with 245, and the quietest 2010, with 49.
Athy costs about what the typical Irish town does
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Kildare’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 | €100K | €150K | €361K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €92K | €150K | €282K |
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.
28% of the homes sold in Athy in three years were new
170 new homes and 432 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
45% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 45% in 2013.
A new home sold for a median €380,200
against €235,000 for a home sold on, 62% 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: 170 new and 432 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Coneyboro is Athy’s busiest street or estate, with 61 sales in three years
28 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 10 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coneyboro | 61 | €275,000 | Mixed |
| 2 | Meadow Mill | 51 | €385,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Dun Brinn | 24 | €230,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Monasterevin Road | 21 | €380,200 | Mostly new |
| 5 | Cluain Bhearu | 20 | €380,200 | Mostly new |
| 6 | Corran Ard | 13 | €260,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Stradowe | 13 | €415,000 | Mostly new |
| 8 | Kilkenny Road | 12 | €256,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Marina Court | 12 | €174,200 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Rheban Manor | 12 | €258,500 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Branswood | 9 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Cois Bhearu | 9 | €232,500 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Pairc Bhride | 8 | €173,200 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Ballytore | 7 | €265,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Carlow Road | 7 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
Stradowe: €415,000
Duke Street: €100,000
At the median, the dearest costs 4.2 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.
Athy is the 24th most expensive of 25 towns in County Kildare
Athy is one of County Kildare’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Kildare, 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: Carlow.
The towns around Athy: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athy | €275K | 602 | +261% | |
| Ballylinan | €266K | 43 | – | 6.5 |
| Stradbally | €280K | 68 | – | 11 |
| Castledermot | €270K | 54 | – | 13 |
| Carlow | €252K | 984 | +113% | 17.6 |
| Monasterevin | €340K | 245 | +195% | 17.7 |
| Curragh Camp | €383K | 2 | – | 19.1 |
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 Athy
What is the average house price in Athy?
The median home in Athy sold for €275,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 602 market sales on the Property Price Register (€385,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Athy?
The median sale was €250,000 in 2024 and €361,000 in 2025: it went up 44%.
How many homes sell in Athy each year?
245 sales in Athy were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 167 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 Athy?
New homes sold for a median €380,200 over three years, against €235,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 28% of sales.
Is Athy expensive for County Kildare?
Athy is the 14th most expensive of 14 towns of 2,500 or more in County Kildare 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).