Photo: Munifico · CC BY-SA 3.0Home prices in Castlebar are up 175% on 2015, a faster rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
The median home in Castlebar sells for €235,000. That is the middle of 753 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.7 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Castlebar’s cost of living page.
85% of the homes sold in Castlebar were second-hand
753 market sales in three years: 117 new homes and 636 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 70% more.
median sale · 117 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €396K 45 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +42%
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 636 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €251K 164 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +36%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 753 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €175K–€325K
- Last 12 months
- €290K 219 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 Castlebar’s homes sold for between €175K and €325K
One sale in ten was under €119K and one in ten over €396K. 55% sold for under €250K and 2% for €500K or more.
The median, €235,000, sits in the €200–250K band
753 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 2.7 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €180,000 in 2010 to €283,200 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
209 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2021, with 321, and the quietest 2011, with 46.
Castlebar costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Mayo’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 | €180K | €103K | €160K | €283K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €175K | €97K | €146K | €251K |
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.
16% of the homes sold in Castlebar in three years were new
117 new homes and 636 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
22% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 20% in 2010.
A new home sold for a median €375,000
against €220,000 for a home sold on, 70% 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: 117 new and 636 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Newport Road is Castlebar’s busiest street or estate, with 79 sales in three years
33 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 13 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newport Road | 79 | €278,500 | Mixed |
| 2 | Westport Road | 46 | €297,600 | Mixed |
| 3 | Turlough Road | 22 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Chestnut Grove | 20 | €222,500 | Mixed |
| 5 | Pontoon Road | 19 | €380,000 | Mixed |
| 6 | Rathbawn Road | 18 | €312,000 | Mixed |
| 7 | Curragh | 16 | €325,000 | Mostly new |
| 8 | Breaffy | 13 | €304,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Mchale Road | 12 | €186,500 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Saleen | 12 | €202,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Sion Hill | 11 | €240,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Ballyvary | 10 | €292,600 | Mixed |
| 13 | Castlegrove | 10 | €169,500 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Gladesville | 9 | €280,000 | Mixed |
| 15 | Manulla | 8 | €162,500 | Second-hand |
Pound Street: €396,200
Ross: €80,000
At the median, the dearest costs 5 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.
Castlebar is the 2nd most expensive of 13 towns in County Mayo
Castlebar is one of County Mayo’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Mayo, 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: Foxford.
The towns around Castlebar: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlebar | €235K | 753 | +175% | |
| Westport | €308K | 460 | +106% | 16.4 |
| Foxford | €180K | 142 | +143% | 18.6 |
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 Castlebar
What is the average house price in Castlebar?
The median home in Castlebar sold for €235,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 753 market sales on the Property Price Register (€290,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Castlebar?
The median sale was €235,500 in 2024 and €283,200 in 2025: it went up 20%.
How many homes sell in Castlebar each year?
209 sales in Castlebar were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 245 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 Castlebar?
New homes sold for a median €375,000 over three years, against €220,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 16% of sales.
Is Castlebar expensive for County Mayo?
Castlebar is the 2nd most expensive of 6 towns of 2,500 or more in County Mayo 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).