Photo: Trounce · CC BY-SA 2.5Home prices in Ashbourne are up 96% on 2015, a slower rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
Homes in Ashbourne sell for a median €395,000. That is the middle of 639 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for twice as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Ashbourne’s cost of living page.
73% of the homes sold in Ashbourne were second-hand
639 market sales in three years: 171 new homes and 468 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 48% more.
median sale · 171 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €500K 129 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 468 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €339K 158 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +15%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 639 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €276K–€500K
- Last 12 months
- €489K 302 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
27% 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 Ashbourne’s homes sold for between €276K and €500K
One sale in ten was under €228K and one in ten over €565K. 17% sold for under €250K and 19% for €500K or more.
The median, €395,000, sits in the €300–400K band
639 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 twice as much as in 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €250,900 in 2010 to €485,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
287 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2017, with 403, and the quietest 2011, with 58.
Ashbourne costs more than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Meath’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 | €251K | €247K | €310K | €485K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | €275K | €298K | €385K | €500K |
| Second-hand homes | €220K | €194K | €263K | €339K |
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.
27% of the homes sold in Ashbourne in three years were new
171 new homes and 468 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
45% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 69% in 2017.
A new home sold for a median €499,900
against €337,200 for a home sold on, 48% 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: 171 new and 468 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Milltown Manor is Ashbourne’s busiest street or estate, with 44 sales in three years
31 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 15 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milltown Manor | 44 | €499,900 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Coach | 42 | €495,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Castle Street | 36 | €476,200 | Mostly new |
| 4 | Killegland Street | 32 | €241,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Cluain Ri | 27 | €290,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Killegland Hall | 24 | €223,500 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Coach Way | 21 | €525,000 | Mostly new |
| 8 | Rath Lodge | 19 | €340,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Churchfields | 17 | €445,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Coach Close | 14 | €490,000 | Mostly new |
| 11 | Broadmeadow Castle | 12 | €317,500 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Kilderry Hall | 12 | €280,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Archerstown Demesne | 11 | €473,000 | Mixed |
| 14 | Hunters Lane | 11 | €350,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Milltown Road | 11 | €600,000 | Second-hand |
Racehill Manor: €625,000
Killegland Hall: €223,500
At the median, the dearest costs 2.8 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.
Ashbourne is the 5th most expensive of 18 towns in County Meath
Ashbourne is one of County Meath’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Meath, 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: Mulhuddart.
The towns around Ashbourne: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashbourne | €395K | 639 | +96% | |
| Ratoath | €447K | 301 | +63% | 4.2 |
| Dunshaughlin | €455K | 556 | +46% | 9.5 |
| Hollystown | €475K | 734 | – | 10.3 |
| Dunboyne | €450K | 281 | +67% | 11.5 |
| Clonee | €410K | 165 | – | 11.8 |
| Mulhuddart | €320K | 162 | +114% | 12.1 |
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 Ashbourne
What is the average house price in Ashbourne?
The median home in Ashbourne sold for €395,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 639 market sales on the Property Price Register (€489,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Ashbourne?
The median sale was €350,000 in 2024 and €485,000 in 2025: it went up 39%.
How many homes sell in Ashbourne each year?
287 sales in Ashbourne were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 229 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 Ashbourne?
New homes sold for a median €499,900 over three years, against €337,200 for homes sold on. New builds were 27% of sales.
Is Ashbourne expensive for County Meath?
Ashbourne is the 4th most expensive of 12 towns of 2,500 or more in County Meath 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).