Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Since 2015, Mountmellick’s home prices have outrun the typical Irish town: up 520% against +129%
The median home in Mountmellick sells for €220,000. That is the middle of 179 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 6.2 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Mountmellick’s cost of living page.
83% of the homes sold in Mountmellick were second-hand
179 market sales in three years: 30 new homes and 149 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 88% more.
median sale · 30 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €375K 30 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 149 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €210K 39 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +15%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 179 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €170K–€330K
- Last 12 months
- €298K 52 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
17% 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 Mountmellick’s homes sold for between €170K and €330K
One sale in ten was under €135K and one in ten over €399K. 62% sold for under €250K and 3% for €500K or more.
The median, €220,000, sits in the €200–250K band
179 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 6.2 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €87,000 in 2014 to €375,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
69 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2025, with 69, and the quietest 2012, with 17.
Mountmellick costs about what the typical Irish town does
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Laois’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 | — | €61K | €161K | €375K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €74K | €160K | €210K |
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.
17% of the homes sold in Mountmellick in three years were new
30 new homes and 149 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
43% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 35% in 2012.
A new home sold for a median €375,000
against €200,000 for a home sold on, 88% 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: 30 new and 149 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Grange Manor is Mountmellick’s busiest street or estate, with 20 sales in three years
9 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 4 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grange Manor | 20 | €375,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | College Avenue | 11 | €165,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Ashgrove | 10 | €221,200 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Harbour Street | 10 | €337,500 | Mixed |
| 5 | Grange Hall | 8 | €230,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Manor Grove | 6 | €220,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Grove Park | 5 | €200,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Lord Edward Street | 5 | €175,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Patrick Street | 5 | €145,000 | 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.
Mountmellick is the 7th most expensive of 8 towns in County Laois
Mountmellick is one of County Laois’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Laois, 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.
Mountmellick’s neighbours
The towns around Mountmellick: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountmellick | €220K | 179 | +520% | |
| Portlaoise | €292K | 1,654 | +182% | 8.8 |
| Portarlington | €251K | 503 | +157% | 10.3 |
| Mountrath | €230K | 112 | – | 16.4 |
| Stradbally | €280K | 68 | – | 16.6 |
| Monasterevin | €340K | 245 | +195% | 18.1 |
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 Mountmellick
What is the average house price in Mountmellick?
The median home in Mountmellick sold for €220,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 179 market sales on the Property Price Register (€297,500 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Mountmellick?
The median sale was €210,000 in 2024 and €375,000 in 2025: it went up 79%.
How many homes sell in Mountmellick each year?
69 sales in Mountmellick were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 55 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 Mountmellick?
New homes sold for a median €375,000 over three years, against €200,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 17% of sales.
Is Mountmellick expensive for County Laois?
Mountmellick is the 3rd most expensive of 3 towns of 2,500 or more in County Laois 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).