Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Home prices in Athlone are up 199% on 2015, a faster rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
Homes in Athlone sell for a median €268,000. That is the middle of 1,134 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 3 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Athlone’s cost of living page.
83% of the homes sold in Athlone were second-hand
1,134 market sales in three years: 192 new homes and 942 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 43% more.
median sale · 192 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €385K 69 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +21%
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 942 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €287K 300 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +30%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 1,134 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €196K–€350K
- Last 12 months
- €325K 434 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 Athlone’s homes sold for between €196K and €350K
One sale in ten was under €150K and one in ten over €420K. 44% sold for under €250K and 4% for €500K or more.
The median, €268,000, sits in the €250–300K band
1,134 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 3 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €187,300 in 2010 to €317,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
369 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2019, with 476, and the quietest 2010, with 90.
Athlone costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Westmeath’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 | €187K | €106K | €188K | €317K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | — | — | €274K | €385K |
| Second-hand homes | €169K | €105K | €177K | €287K |
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.
17% of the homes sold in Athlone in three years were new
192 new homes and 942 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
19% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 31% in 2010.
A new home sold for a median €357,000
against €250,000 for a home sold on, 43% 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: 192 new and 942 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Pairc Cluain Ghamhna is Athlone’s busiest street or estate, with 35 sales in three years
43 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 24 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pairc Cluain Ghamhna | 35 | €191,700 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Baylough | 34 | €253,500 | Mixed |
| 3 | Bealnamulla | 32 | €273,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Kiltoom | 28 | €341,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Bower Hill | 24 | €355,000 | Mostly new |
| 6 | Arcadia | 23 | €340,000 | Mixed |
| 7 | Ballymahon Road | 18 | €265,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Willow Park | 18 | €216,200 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Dublin Road | 17 | €180,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Glasson | 17 | €330,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Drumaconn | 14 | €397,500 | Mostly new |
| 12 | Roscommon Road | 14 | €243,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Ballydangan | 13 | €190,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Coosan Road | 13 | €270,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Ballykeeran | 12 | €342,500 | Second-hand |
Drumaconn: €397,500
Parnell Square: €144,000
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.
Athlone is the 5th most expensive of 8 towns in County Westmeath
Athlone is in the middle of County Westmeath’s towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Westmeath, 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: Ferbane.
The towns around Athlone: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlone | €268K | 1,134 | +199% | |
| Moate | €261K | 196 | +183% | 15 |
| Ferbane | €207K | 52 | – | 18.8 |
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 Athlone
What is the average house price in Athlone?
The median home in Athlone sold for €268,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 1,134 market sales on the Property Price Register (€325,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Athlone?
The median sale was €259,200 in 2024 and €317,000 in 2025: it went up 22%.
How many homes sell in Athlone each year?
369 sales in Athlone were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 367 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 Athlone?
New homes sold for a median €357,000 over three years, against €250,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 17% of sales.
Is Athlone expensive for County Westmeath?
Athlone is the 3rd most expensive of 4 towns of 2,500 or more in County Westmeath 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).