Photo: HENRY CLARK · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Oldcastle sell for a median €290,000
That is the middle of 85 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Oldcastle’s cost of living page.
84% of the homes sold in Oldcastle were second-hand
85 market sales in three years: 14 new homes and 71 second-hand.
median sale · 71 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 14 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 85 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €184K–€355K
- Last 12 months
- €300K 42 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
17% 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 Oldcastle’s homes sold for between €184K and €355K
One sale in ten was under €129K and one in ten over €404K. 39% sold for under €250K and 6% for €500K or more.
The median, €290,000, sits in the €250–300K band
85 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
16 years of sales
From €110,000 in 2017 to €355,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
41 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2025, with 41, and the quietest 2011, with 4.
Oldcastle costs about what the typical Irish town does
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Meath’s towns of 2,500 or more, and the typical Irish town.
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.
17% of the homes sold in Oldcastle in three years were new
14 new homes and 71 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
34% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 50% in 2010.
Only 14 new homes sold in three years
Against 71 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Oldcastle.
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: 14 new and 71 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Gilson Avenue is Oldcastle’s busiest street or estate, with 14 sales in three years
5 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 1 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilson Avenue | 14 | €355,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Ardfrail Court | 6 | €145,600 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Loughcrew Hills | 6 | €277,500 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Dromone | 5 | €290,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Millbrook Road | 5 | €430,000 | 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.
Oldcastle is the 17th most expensive of 18 towns in County Meath
Oldcastle is one of County Meath’s cheapest 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: Ballyjamesduff, Castlepollard and Mullagh.
The towns around Oldcastle: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldcastle | €290K | 85 | – | |
| Virginia | €300K | 203 | +136% | 8.9 |
| Ballyjamesduff | €215K | 129 | +199% | 10.9 |
| Castlepollard | €237K | 86 | – | 13.4 |
| Mullagh | €273K | 92 | +233% | 14.8 |
| Kells | €301K | 487 | +149% | 19 |
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 Oldcastle
What is the average house price in Oldcastle?
The median home in Oldcastle sold for €290,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 85 market sales on the Property Price Register (€300,000 in the last 12 months).
How many homes sell in Oldcastle each year?
41 sales in Oldcastle were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 25 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).