Photo: Eeno11 · CC BY 3.0A market of new homes: 56% of Dunlavin’s sales, at a median €400,000
Homes in Dunlavin sell for a median €395,000. That is the middle of 81 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Dunlavin’s cost of living page.
56% of the homes sold in Dunlavin were new
81 market sales in three years: 45 new homes and 36 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 44% more.
median sale · 45 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 81 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €300K–€465K
- Last 12 months
- €405K 35 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
56% 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 Dunlavin’s homes sold for between €300K and €465K
One sale in ten was under €185K and one in ten over €495K. 19% sold for under €250K and 9% for €500K or more.
The median, €395,000, sits in the €300–400K band
81 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 €425,000 in 2025 to €425,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
39 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2025, with 39, and the quietest 2010, with 3.
Dunlavin 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.
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.
56% of the homes sold in Dunlavin in three years were new
45 new homes and 36 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
64% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 59% in 2024.
A new home sold for a median €400,000
against €277,500 for a home sold on, 44% 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: 45 new and 36 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Chapel Manor is Dunlavin’s busiest street or estate, with 19 sales in three years
3 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 2 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapel Manor | 19 | €395,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Market Close | 19 | €475,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Kilcullen Street | 6 | €395,000 | Mostly new |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Dunlavin is the 13th most expensive of 19 towns in County Wicklow
Dunlavin 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: Kilcullen and Baltinglass.
The towns around Dunlavin: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunlavin | €395K | 81 | – | |
| Kilcullen | €363K | 261 | +149% | 8.5 |
| Athgarvan | €465K | 79 | – | 11.5 |
| Curragh Camp | €383K | 2 | – | 12.9 |
| Baltinglass | €310K | 148 | +138% | 13.7 |
| Newbridge | €401K | 1,169 | +108% | 15 |
| Blessington | €440K | 363 | +64% | 16.2 |
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 Dunlavin
What is the average house price in Dunlavin?
The median home in Dunlavin sold for €395,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 81 market sales on the Property Price Register (€405,000 in the last 12 months).
How many homes sell in Dunlavin each year?
39 sales in Dunlavin were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 17 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 Dunlavin?
New homes sold for a median €400,000 over three years, against €277,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 56% of sales.
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).