Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Since 2015, Portlaoise’s home prices have outrun the typical Irish town: up 182% against +129%
The median home in Portlaoise sells for €292,000. That is the middle of 1,654 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.8 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Portlaoise’s cost of living page.
62% of the homes sold in Portlaoise were second-hand
1,654 market sales in three years: 629 new homes and 1,025 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 59% more.
median sale · 629 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €375K 265 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +25%
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 1,025 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €252K 308 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +17%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 1,654 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €210K–€367K
- Last 12 months
- €370K 545 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
38% 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 Portlaoise’s homes sold for between €210K and €367K
One sale in ten was under €170K and one in ten over €420K. 37% sold for under €250K and 2% for €500K or more.
The median, €292,000, sits in the €250–300K band
1,654 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 2.8 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €175,000 in 2010 to €330,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
573 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2025, with 573, and the quietest 2011, with 128.
Portlaoise costs less than the typical Irish town
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 | €175K | €117K | €185K | €330K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | €210K | — | €233K | €375K |
| Second-hand homes | €140K | €106K | €170K | €252K |
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.
38% of the homes sold in Portlaoise in three years were new
629 new homes and 1,025 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
46% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 42% in 2011.
A new home sold for a median €365,000
against €230,000 for a home sold on, 59% 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: 629 new and 1,025 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Dublin Road is Portlaoise’s busiest street or estate, with 123 sales in three years
46 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 25 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dublin Road | 123 | €220,500 | Mixed |
| 2 | Mountrath Road | 95 | €320,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Rath Rua | 82 | €366,300 | Mostly new |
| 4 | Foxburrow | 81 | €385,000 | Mostly new |
| 5 | Maryborough Village | 73 | €300,000 | Mostly new |
| 6 | Esker Hills | 59 | €227,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Fairgreen | 59 | €179,400 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Summerhill Lane | 53 | €375,000 | Mostly new |
| 9 | Borris Road | 52 | €371,800 | Mixed |
| 10 | Clonroosk Abbey | 48 | €362,100 | Mostly new |
| 11 | Summerhill | 39 | €335,000 | Mostly new |
| 12 | Rockview | 31 | €385,000 | Mostly new |
| 13 | Stradbally Road | 29 | €360,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | The Maltings | 27 | €323,700 | Mostly new |
| 15 | Mountmellick Road | 26 | €192,500 | Second-hand |
Sand Wood: €490,000
Garden Village: €154,500
At the median, the dearest costs 3.2 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.
Portlaoise is the most expensive of 8 towns in County Laois
Portlaoise is one of County Laois’s dearest 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: Mountmellick, Mountrath and Abbeyleix.
The towns around Portlaoise: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portlaoise | €292K | 1,654 | +182% | |
| Mountmellick | €220K | 179 | +520% | 8.8 |
| Stradbally | €280K | 68 | – | 10.6 |
| Mountrath | €230K | 112 | – | 12.8 |
| Abbeyleix | €255K | 75 | – | 14.3 |
| Portarlington | €251K | 503 | +157% | 15.1 |
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 Portlaoise
What is the average house price in Portlaoise?
The median home in Portlaoise sold for €292,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 1,654 market sales on the Property Price Register (€370,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Portlaoise?
The median sale was €293,000 in 2024 and €330,000 in 2025: it went up 13%.
How many homes sell in Portlaoise each year?
573 sales in Portlaoise were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 405 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 Portlaoise?
New homes sold for a median €365,000 over three years, against €230,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 38% of sales.
Is Portlaoise expensive for County Laois?
Portlaoise is the 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).