Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Mountrath sell for a median €230,000, 34% below the typical Irish town
Homes in Mountrath sell for a median €230,000. That is the middle of 112 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Mountrath’s cost of living page.
84% of the homes sold in Mountrath were second-hand
112 market sales in three years: 18 new homes and 94 second-hand.
median sale · 94 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 18 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 112 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €158K–€320K
- Last 12 months
- €275K 35 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
16% 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 Mountrath’s homes sold for between €158K and €320K
One sale in ten was under €109K and one in ten over €359K. 52% sold for under €250K and 2% for €500K or more.
The median, €230,000, sits in the €200–250K band
112 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
16% of the homes sold in Mountrath in three years were new
18 new homes and 94 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 47% in 2012.
Only 18 new homes sold in three years
Against 94 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Mountrath.
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: 18 new and 94 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Derrymore Gardens is Mountrath’s busiest street or estate, with 16 sales in three years
4 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 | Derrymore Gardens | 16 | €317,500 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Shannon Road | 9 | €195,500 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Patrick Street | 7 | €132,500 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Rush Hall | 6 | €193,800 | 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.
Mountrath is the 6th most expensive of 8 towns in County Laois
Mountrath is in the middle of County Laois’s 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.
Cheaper nearby: Rathdowney.
The towns around Mountrath: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountrath | €230K | 112 | – | |
| Portlaoise | €292K | 1,654 | +182% | 12.8 |
| Abbeyleix | €255K | 75 | – | 12.8 |
| Mountmellick | €220K | 179 | +520% | 16.4 |
| Rathdowney | €180K | 72 | – | 18 |
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 Mountrath
What is the average house price in Mountrath?
The median home in Mountrath sold for €230,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 112 market sales on the Property Price Register (€275,000 in the last 12 months).
How many homes sell in Mountrath each year?
23 sales in Mountrath were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 30 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
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).