Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Dungarvan is the cheapest place to buy among 12 towns in County Waterford, at a median €291,000
The median home in Dungarvan sells for €291,000. That is the middle of 480 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.2 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Dungarvan’s cost of living page.
91% of the homes sold in Dungarvan were second-hand
480 market sales in three years: 43 new homes and 437 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 40% more.
median sale · 43 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 437 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €300K 145 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +13%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 480 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €217K–€398K
- Last 12 months
- €319K 142 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 Dungarvan’s homes sold for between €217K and €398K
One sale in ten was under €165K and one in ten over €527K. 38% sold for under €250K and 12% for €500K or more.
The median, €291,000, sits in the €250–300K band
480 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 2.2 times as much as in 2015, in step with the typical Irish town
From €225,000 in 2010 to €300,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
152 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2021, with 229, and the quietest 2011, with 54.
Dungarvan costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Waterford’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 | €225K | €134K | €220K | €300K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €182K | €125K | €200K | €300K |
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 Dungarvan in three years were new
43 new homes and 437 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
5% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 36% in 2010.
A new home sold for a median €391,000
against €280,000 for a home sold on, 40% 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: 43 new and 437 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
The Burgery is Dungarvan’s busiest street or estate, with 21 sales in three years
13 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 5 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Burgery | 21 | €212,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Ring | 15 | €375,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Monksfield | 14 | €398,100 | Mostly new |
| 4 | Town Court | 12 | €235,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Davitts Quay | 11 | €200,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Old Parish | 8 | €312,500 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Seapark | 8 | €305,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Ballinacourty | 6 | €633,800 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Clonea Road | 5 | €355,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Congress Villas | 5 | €215,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Leacan Fionn Thoir | 5 | €230,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Shandon Street | 5 | €262,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Southways | 5 | €310,000 | Second-hand |
Ballinacourty: €633,800
Davitts Quay: €200,000
At the median, the dearest costs 3.2 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.
Dungarvan is the 14th most expensive of 17 towns in County Waterford
Dungarvan is one of County Waterford’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Waterford, 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.
Dungarvan’s neighbours
The towns around Dungarvan: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dungarvan | €291K | 480 | +124% | |
| Ballinroad | €295K | 2 | – | 3.4 |
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 Dungarvan
What is the average house price in Dungarvan?
The median home in Dungarvan sold for €291,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 480 market sales on the Property Price Register (€319,200 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Dungarvan?
The median sale was €277,500 in 2024 and €300,000 in 2025: it went up 8%.
How many homes sell in Dungarvan each year?
152 sales in Dungarvan were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 190 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 Dungarvan?
New homes sold for a median €391,000 over three years, against €280,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 9% of sales.
Is Dungarvan expensive for County Waterford?
Dungarvan is the 12th most expensive of 12 towns of 2,500 or more in County Waterford 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).