Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Home prices in Rathangan are up 163% on 2015, a faster rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
Homes in Rathangan sell for a median €347,000. That is the middle of 166 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.6 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Rathangan’s cost of living page.
72% of the homes sold in Rathangan were second-hand
166 market sales in three years: 46 new homes and 120 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 17% more.
median sale · 46 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 120 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €368K 50 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +23%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 166 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €285K–€375K
- Last 12 months
- €351K 40 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 Rathangan’s homes sold for between €285K and €375K
One sale in ten was under €232K and one in ten over €435K. 12% sold for under €250K and 5% for €500K or more.
The median, €347,000, sits in the €300–400K band
166 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 2.6 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €190,000 in 2010 to €368,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
50 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2023, with 90, and the quietest 2011, with 14.
Rathangan 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.
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 Rathangan in three years were new
46 new homes and 120 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
0% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 74% in 2010.
A new home sold for a median €365,000
against €311,600 for a home sold on, 17% 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: 46 new and 120 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Millview Demesne is Rathangan’s busiest street or estate, with 33 sales in three years
8 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 3 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millview Demesne | 33 | €365,200 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Preston Brook | 15 | €290,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Temple Mills | 11 | €330,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Pomeroy Park | 7 | €295,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Sheean Park | 7 | €349,000 | Mostly new |
| 6 | Tannery Wharf | 7 | €305,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Bracknagh | 5 | €265,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Doorley Park | 5 | €172,000 | Second-hand |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Rathangan is the 22nd most expensive of 25 towns in County Kildare
Rathangan 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.
Rathangan’s neighbours
The towns around Rathangan: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathangan | €347K | 166 | +163% | |
| Kildare | €395K | 753 | +164% | 9.2 |
| Monasterevin | €340K | 245 | +195% | 10 |
| Kilmeage | €423K | 0 | – | 10.7 |
| Allenwood | €423K | 16 | – | 11.3 |
| Newbridge | €401K | 1,169 | +108% | 13.6 |
| Derrinturn | €423K | 16 | – | 13.6 |
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 Rathangan
What is the average house price in Rathangan?
The median home in Rathangan sold for €347,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 166 market sales on the Property Price Register (€351,000 in the last 12 months).
How many homes sell in Rathangan each year?
50 sales in Rathangan were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 57 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 Rathangan?
New homes sold for a median €365,000 over three years, against €311,600 for homes sold on. New builds were 28% of sales.
Is Rathangan expensive for County Kildare?
Rathangan is the 12th 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).