Photo: William Murphy · CC BY-SA 2.0Home prices in Maynooth are up 73% on 2015, a slower rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
Homes in Maynooth sell for a median €475,000. That is the middle of 619 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 73% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Maynooth’s cost of living page.
76% of the homes sold in Maynooth were second-hand
619 market sales in three years: 150 new homes and 469 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 26% more.
median sale · 150 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 469 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €464K 139 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +16%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 619 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €365K–€575K
- Last 12 months
- €520K 160 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
24% 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 Maynooth’s homes sold for between €365K and €575K
One sale in ten was under €298K and one in ten over €683K. 3% sold for under €250K and 42% for €500K or more.
The median, €475,000, sits in the €400–500K band
619 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Prices are up 73% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €261,000 in 2010 to €501,500 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
Fewer homes sell than in most years
148 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2019, with 323, and the quietest 2011, with 74.
Maynooth costs more than the typical Irish town
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 | €261K | €290K | €400K | €502K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | €271K | €313K | €437K | — |
| Second-hand homes | €261K | €275K | €328K | €464K |
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.
24% of the homes sold in Maynooth in three years were new
150 new homes and 469 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
6% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 53% in 2021.
A new home sold for a median €530,000
against €422,000 for a home sold on, 26% 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: 150 new and 469 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Linden Demesne is Maynooth’s busiest street or estate, with 79 sales in three years
28 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 13 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linden Demesne | 79 | €525,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Mullen Park | 43 | €570,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Moyglare Hall | 31 | €485,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Lyreen Manor | 29 | €310,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Straffan Wood | 29 | €335,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Griffin Rath Hall | 17 | €340,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Dublin Road | 16 | €548,800 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Kingsbry | 16 | €397,200 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Newtown Hall | 15 | €380,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Carton Square | 14 | €433,100 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Carton Demesne | 11 | €1,080,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Dunboyne Road | 11 | €645,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Rail Park | 11 | €540,000 | Mixed |
| 14 | Silken Vale | 9 | €590,000 | Mixed |
| 15 | Moyglare Village | 8 | €436,500 | Second-hand |
Carton Demesne: €1,080,000
Lyreen Manor: €310,000
At the median, the dearest costs 3.5 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.
Maynooth is the 3rd most expensive of 25 towns in County Kildare
Maynooth is one of County Kildare’s dearest 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: Celbridge, Kilcock and Dunboyne.
The towns around Maynooth: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maynooth | €475K | 619 | +73% | |
| Celbridge | €419K | 769 | +62% | 5.3 |
| Kilcock | €415K | 547 | +96% | 5.7 |
| Leixlip | €495K | 721 | +65% | 6.1 |
| Straffan | €644K | 104 | – | 7.5 |
| Dunboyne | €450K | 281 | +67% | 8.7 |
| Lucan | €440K | 1,784 | +77% | 9.5 |
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 Maynooth
What is the average house price in Maynooth?
The median home in Maynooth sold for €475,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 619 market sales on the Property Price Register (€520,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Maynooth?
The median sale was €440,000 in 2024 and €501,500 in 2025: it went up 14%.
How many homes sell in Maynooth each year?
148 sales in Maynooth were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 238 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 Maynooth?
New homes sold for a median €530,000 over three years, against €422,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 24% of sales.
Is Maynooth expensive for County Kildare?
Maynooth is the 2nd 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).