Photo: Harold Strong · CC BY-SA 2.0At a median €223,000, homes in Newcastle West cost 36% less than in the typical Irish town
Homes in Newcastle West sell for a median €223,000. That is the middle of 215 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.5 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Newcastle West’s cost of living page.
91% of the homes sold in Newcastle West were second-hand
215 market sales in three years: 19 new homes and 196 second-hand.
median sale · 196 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €240K 66 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +24%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 19 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 215 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €166K–€295K
- Last 12 months
- €245K 71 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
9% 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 Newcastle West’s homes sold for between €166K and €295K
One sale in ten was under €116K and one in ten over €330K. 62% sold for under €250K and 0% for €500K or more.
The median, €223,000, sits in the €200–250K band
215 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 2.5 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €117,500 in 2013 to €261,200 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
76 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2022, with 92, and the quietest 2011, with 26.
Newcastle West costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Limerick’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 | — | €104K | €150K | €261K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €113K | €150K | €240K |
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.
9% of the homes sold in Newcastle West in three years were new
19 new homes and 196 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
13% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 43% in 2010.
Only 19 new homes sold in three years
Against 196 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Newcastle West.
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: 19 new and 196 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Woodfield Manor is Newcastle West’s busiest street or estate, with 18 sales in three years
11 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 2 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodfield Manor | 18 | €297,500 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Gortboy | 10 | €263,500 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Cluain Arra | 8 | €237,500 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Assumpta Park | 7 | €140,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Hawthorn Drive | 7 | €310,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Churchtown | 6 | €212,500 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Woodfield Green | 6 | €247,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Beechwood Gardens | 5 | €220,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Killeline Heights | 5 | €253,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | South Quay | 5 | €155,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Woodfield Park | 5 | €221,000 | 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.
Newcastle West is the 20th most expensive of 24 towns in County Limerick
Newcastle West is one of County Limerick’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Limerick, 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: Askeaton and Abbeyfeale.
The towns around Newcastle West: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle West | €223K | 215 | +151% | |
| Rathkeale | €240K | 47 | – | 11.2 |
| Askeaton | €200K | 69 | – | 17.7 |
| Abbeyfeale | €174K | 104 | +102% | 18.3 |
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 Newcastle West
What is the average house price in Newcastle West?
The median home in Newcastle West sold for €223,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 215 market sales on the Property Price Register (€245,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Newcastle West?
The median sale was €235,000 in 2024 and €261,200 in 2025: it went up 11%.
How many homes sell in Newcastle West each year?
76 sales in Newcastle West were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 76 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Newcastle West expensive for County Limerick?
Newcastle West is the 14th most expensive of 15 towns of 2,500 or more in County Limerick 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).