Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Home prices in Blessington are up 64% on 2015, a slower rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
Homes in Blessington sell for a median €440,000. That is the middle of 363 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 64% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Blessington’s cost of living page.
65% of the homes sold in Blessington were second-hand
363 market sales in three years: 128 new homes and 235 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 27% more.
median sale · 128 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 235 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €380K 57 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +14%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 363 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €308K–€485K
- Last 12 months
- €421K 84 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
35% 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 Blessington’s homes sold for between €308K and €485K
One sale in ten was under €240K and one in ten over €567K. 12% sold for under €250K and 17% for €500K or more.
The median, €440,000, sits in the €400–500K band
363 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 64% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €239,200 in 2010 to €385,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
Fewer homes sell than in most years
59 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2024, with 154, and the quietest 2012, with 31.
Blessington costs about what the typical Irish town does
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Wicklow’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 | €239K | €235K | €290K | €385K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €231K | €283K | €380K |
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.
35% of the homes sold in Blessington in three years were new
128 new homes and 235 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
3% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 53% in 2010.
A new home sold for a median €465,000
against €365,000 for a home sold on, 27% 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: 128 new and 235 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Sorrel Wood is Blessington’s busiest street or estate, with 67 sales in three years
14 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 3 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorrel Wood | 67 | €465,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Burgage Castle | 49 | €475,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Burgage Manor | 14 | €393,200 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Downshire Park | 9 | €270,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Deerpark Court | 6 | €247,500 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Lakeshore Holiday Village | 6 | €245,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Sorrell Wood | 6 | €462,500 | Mostly new |
| 8 | Tulfarris Village | 6 | €252,500 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Ashton | 5 | €530,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Deerpark Walk | 5 | €397,500 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Kilbride Road | 5 | €375,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Main Street | 5 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Rockypool Villas | 5 | €262,500 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Tinode | 5 | €676,000 | Second-hand |
Tinode: €676,000
Lakeshore Holiday Village: €245,000
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.
Blessington is the 10th most expensive of 19 towns in County Wicklow
Blessington is in the middle of County Wicklow’s towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Wicklow, 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: Sallins, Rathcoole and Saggart.
The towns around Blessington: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessington | €440K | 363 | +64% | |
| Johnstown | €423K | 19 | – | 8.9 |
| Kill | €445K | 391 | – | 9.2 |
| Naas | €425K | 1,149 | +72% | 10 |
| Sallins | €360K | 176 | +71% | 12.6 |
| Rathcoole | €415K | 211 | +49% | 13 |
| Saggart | €348K | 300 | +72% | 13.9 |
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 Blessington
What is the average house price in Blessington?
The median home in Blessington sold for €440,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 363 market sales on the Property Price Register (€420,500 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Blessington?
The median sale was €449,600 in 2024 and €385,000 in 2025: it went down 14%.
How many homes sell in Blessington each year?
59 sales in Blessington were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 87 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 Blessington?
New homes sold for a median €465,000 over three years, against €365,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 35% of sales.
Is Blessington expensive for County Wicklow?
Blessington is the 5th most expensive of 9 towns of 2,500 or more in County Wicklow 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).