Photo: Pauly3 · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Rathdowney sell for a median €180,000, 49% below the typical Irish town
Homes in Rathdowney sell for a median €180,000. That is the middle of 72 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Rathdowney’s cost of living page.
100% of the homes sold in Rathdowney were second-hand
72 market sales in three years: 0 new homes and 72 second-hand.
median sale · 72 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 72 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €111K–€235K
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
0% 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 Rathdowney’s homes sold for between €111K and €235K
One sale in ten was under €75K and one in ten over €294K. 81% sold for under €250K and 1% for €500K or more.
The median, €180,000, sits in the €150–200K band
72 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of the homes sold in Rathdowney in three years
0 new homes and 72 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.
Only 0 new homes sold in three years
Against 72 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Rathdowney.
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: 0 new and 72 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Main Street is Rathdowney’s busiest street or estate, with 5 sales in three years
3 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Street | 5 | €220,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Mooreville | 5 | €230,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Slieve Bloom Heights | 5 | €235,000 | 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.
Rathdowney is the 8th most expensive of 8 towns in County Laois
Rathdowney 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.
Rathdowney’s neighbours
The towns around Rathdowney: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathdowney | €180K | 72 | – | |
| Urlingford | €222K | 29 | – | 15.1 |
| Templemore | €176K | 103 | +255% | 17.5 |
| Roscrea | €197K | 260 | +201% | 17.6 |
| Abbeyleix | €255K | 75 | – | 17.9 |
| Mountrath | €230K | 112 | – | 18 |
| Ballyragget | €263K | 40 | – | 19.1 |
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 Rathdowney
What is the average house price in Rathdowney?
The median home in Rathdowney sold for €180,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 72 market sales on the Property Price Register.
How many homes sell in Rathdowney each year?
25 sales in Rathdowney were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 22 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).