Photo: A.-K. D. · CC BY-SA 4.0The median home in Callan sells for €288,900
That is the middle of 133 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Callan’s cost of living page.
74% of the homes sold in Callan were second-hand
133 market sales in three years: 35 new homes and 98 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 27% more.
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 98 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €270K 42 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +14%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 133 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €205K–€330K
- Last 12 months
- €345K 72 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
26% 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 Callan’s homes sold for between €205K and €330K
One sale in ten was under €138K and one in ten over €374K. 40% sold for under €250K and 3% for €500K or more.
The median, €288,900, sits in the €250–300K band
133 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
16 years of sales
From €145,000 in 2016 to €316,500 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
50 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2025, with 50, and the quietest 2011, with 11.
Callan costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Kilkenny’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 | — | — | €205K | €317K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | — | €200K | €270K |
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.
26% of the homes sold in Callan in three years were new
35 new homes and 98 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
16% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 40% in 2019.
A new home sold for a median €305,400
against €240,000 for a home sold on, 27% 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: 35 new and 98 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Friary Walk is Callan’s busiest street or estate, with 43 sales in three years
6 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 1 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friary Walk | 43 | €305,400 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Bolton Woods | 9 | €260,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Mill Street | 8 | €194,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Clonkil | 6 | €334,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Westcourt | 6 | €243,800 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Collins Park | 5 | €192,000 | 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.
Callan is the 2nd most expensive of 10 towns in County Kilkenny
Callan is one of County Kilkenny’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Kilkenny, 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.
Callan’s neighbours
The towns around Callan: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callan | €289K | 133 | – | |
| Kilkenny | €305K | 934 | +127% | 15.4 |
| Thomastown | €282K | 118 | +160% | 16.7 |
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 Callan
What is the average house price in Callan?
The median home in Callan sold for €288,900 from 2023 to 2025, across 133 market sales on the Property Price Register (€345,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Callan?
The median sale was €297,300 in 2024 and €316,500 in 2025: it went up 6%.
How many homes sell in Callan each year?
50 sales in Callan were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 40 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 Callan?
New homes sold for a median €305,400 over three years, against €240,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 26% of sales.
Is Callan expensive for County Kilkenny?
Callan is the 2nd most expensive of 3 towns of 2,500 or more in County Kilkenny 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).