Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Home prices in Dunboyne are up 67% on 2015, a slower rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
Homes in Dunboyne sell for a median €450,000. That is the middle of 281 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 67% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Dunboyne’s cost of living page.
73% of the homes sold in Dunboyne were second-hand
281 market sales in three years: 76 new homes and 205 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 16% more.
median sale · 76 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €550K 33 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 205 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €450K 71 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +11%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 281 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €350K–€555K
- Last 12 months
- €583K 108 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 Dunboyne’s homes sold for between €350K and €555K
One sale in ten was under €270K and one in ten over €715K. 7% sold for under €250K and 40% for €500K or more.
The median, €450,000, sits in the €400–500K band
281 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Prices are up 67% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €335,000 in 2010 to €500,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
104 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2014, with 116, and the quietest 2011, with 29.
Dunboyne 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 | €335K | €300K | €350K | €500K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €380K | €300K | €355K | €450K |
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 Dunboyne in three years were new
76 new homes and 205 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
32% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 44% in 2021.
A new home sold for a median €500,000
against €430,000 for a home sold on, 16% 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: 76 new and 205 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Castle Farm is Dunboyne’s busiest street or estate, with 25 sales in three years
13 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 6 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castle Farm | 25 | €380,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Beechdale | 18 | €418,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Hamilton Hall | 15 | €328,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Station Road | 13 | €550,000 | Mostly new |
| 5 | Castleview | 10 | €340,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Millfarm | 10 | €522,500 | Second-hand |
| 7 | The Walled Garden | 9 | €515,000 | Mostly new |
| 8 | Luttrell Hall | 7 | €555,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Oakfield Crescent | 7 | €500,000 | Mostly new |
| 10 | Oakfield | 6 | €567,600 | Mostly new |
| 11 | Oakfield Cresent | 6 | €630,000 | Mostly new |
| 12 | Avondale Square | 5 | €297,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Larchfield | 5 | €751,700 | Second-hand |
Larchfield: €751,700
Avondale Square: €297,000
At the median, the dearest costs 2.5 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.
Dunboyne is the 2nd most expensive of 18 towns in County Meath
Dunboyne 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: Clonee, Ongar and Clonsilla.
The towns around Dunboyne: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunboyne | €450K | 281 | +67% | |
| Clonee | €410K | 165 | – | 2.2 |
| Ongar | €325K | 159 | +94% | 3.2 |
| Clonsilla | €408K | 681 | +99% | 4.1 |
| Mulhuddart | €320K | 162 | +114% | 5.5 |
| Leixlip | €495K | 721 | +65% | 5.8 |
| Hollystown | €475K | 734 | – | 5.9 |
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 Dunboyne
What is the average house price in Dunboyne?
The median home in Dunboyne sold for €450,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 281 market sales on the Property Price Register (€582,500 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Dunboyne?
The median sale was €400,000 in 2024 and €500,000 in 2025: it went up 25%.
How many homes sell in Dunboyne each year?
104 sales in Dunboyne were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 74 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 Dunboyne?
New homes sold for a median €500,000 over three years, against €430,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 27% of sales.
Is Dunboyne expensive for County Meath?
Dunboyne is the 2nd 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).