Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in New Ross sell for a median €180,000, 49% below the typical Irish town
Homes in New Ross sell for a median €180,000. That is the middle of 530 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.6 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on New Ross’s cost of living page.
99% of the homes sold in New Ross were second-hand
530 market sales in three years: 4 new homes and 526 second-hand.
median sale · 526 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €204K 164 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +20%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 4 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 530 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €125K–€260K
- Last 12 months
- €209K 146 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
1% 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 New Ross’s homes sold for between €125K and €260K
One sale in ten was under €76K and one in ten over €360K. 70% sold for under €250K and 3% for €500K or more.
The median, €180,000, sits in the €150–200K band
530 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 2.6 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €180,000 in 2010 to €205,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
165 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2021, with 206, and the quietest 2011, with 46.
New Ross costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Wexford’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 | €180K | €80K | €133K | €205K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €180K | €100K | €130K | €204K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 1% of the homes sold in New Ross in three years
4 new homes and 526 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
1% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 18% in 2010.
Only 4 new homes sold in three years
Against 526 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in New Ross.
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: 4 new and 526 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Priory Quay is New Ross’s busiest street or estate, with 17 sales in three years
21 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 | Priory Quay | 17 | €73,100 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Fethard On Sea | 14 | €258,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Grange Road | 13 | €217,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Mary Street | 11 | €90,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Ramsgrange | 10 | €310,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Bellevue Heights | 8 | €215,000 | Mixed |
| 7 | Chapel Lane | 8 | €136,200 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Lower Rosbercon | 8 | €117,500 | Second-hand |
| 9 | The Moorings | 8 | €110,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Bewley Street | 7 | €134,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Chambersland Close | 7 | €180,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Gusserane | 7 | €270,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Neville Street | 7 | €50,000 | Mixed |
| 14 | Priory Street | 7 | €225,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Brooklawn | 6 | €187,500 | Second-hand |
South Quay: €720,000
Neville Street: €50,000
At the median, the dearest costs 14.4 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.
New Ross is the 10th most expensive of 10 towns in County Wexford
New Ross is one of County Wexford’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Wexford, 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.
New Ross’s neighbours
The towns around New Ross: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Ross | €180K | 530 | +158% | |
| Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch | €218K | 50 | – | 16.7 |
| Ferrybank | €246K | 164 | +164% | 17.3 |
| Waterford City Centre | €294K | 0 | – | 18.8 |
| Grantstown and Ballinakill | €294K | 0 | – | 19 |
| Grange Upper | €294K | 0 | – | 19.3 |
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 New Ross
What is the average house price in New Ross?
The median home in New Ross sold for €180,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 530 market sales on the Property Price Register (€209,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in New Ross?
The median sale was €175,000 in 2024 and €205,000 in 2025: it went up 17%.
How many homes sell in New Ross each year?
165 sales in New Ross were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 177 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is New Ross expensive for County Wexford?
New Ross is the 5th most expensive of 5 towns of 2,500 or more in County Wexford 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).