Photo: Simon Mortimer · CC BY-SA 2.073% of the homes sold in Newtownmountkennedy are new, at a median €477,500
The median home in Newtownmountkennedy sells for €470,000. That is the middle of 384 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.1 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Newtownmountkennedy’s cost of living page.
73% of the homes sold in Newtownmountkennedy were new
384 market sales in three years: 280 new homes and 104 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 9% more.
median sale · 280 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €538K 48 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 104 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €455K 34 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 384 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €414K–€500K
- Last 12 months
- €530K 121 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
73% 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 Newtownmountkennedy’s homes sold for between €414K and €500K
One sale in ten was under €359K and one in ten over €560K. 1% sold for under €250K and 24% for €500K or more.
The median, €470,000, sits in the €400–500K band
384 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 2.1 times as much as in 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €178,000 in 2014 to €530,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
82 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2024, with 229, and the quietest 2010, with 11.
Newtownmountkennedy costs more than the typical Irish town
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 | — | €252K | — | €530K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| New homes | — | €249K | — | €538K |
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.
73% of the homes sold in Newtownmountkennedy in three years were new
280 new homes and 104 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
59% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 86% in 2024.
A new home sold for a median €477,500
against €440,000 for a home sold on, 9% 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: 280 new and 104 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Merepark is Newtownmountkennedy’s busiest street or estate, with 126 sales in three years
12 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 7 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merepark | 126 | €480,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Glendarragh | 66 | €470,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Rockfield Drive | 17 | €370,400 | Mostly new |
| 4 | Rockfield Close | 15 | €420,000 | Mostly new |
| 5 | Season Park | 12 | €381,500 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Rockfield Avenue | 11 | €360,000 | Mostly new |
| 7 | Alderwood | 10 | €535,000 | Mostly new |
| 8 | Rockfield Meadow | 8 | €339,200 | Mostly new |
| 9 | Altidore Gardens | 7 | €540,000 | Mostly new |
| 10 | Druids Glen | 5 | €465,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Mere Park | 5 | €410,000 | Mostly new |
| 12 | Rossmore Park | 5 | €450,000 | Second-hand |
Altidore Gardens: €540,000
Rockfield Meadow: €339,200
At the median, the dearest costs 1.6 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.
Newtownmountkennedy is the 7th most expensive of 19 towns in County Wicklow
Newtownmountkennedy 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: Kilcoole.
The towns around Newtownmountkennedy: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtownmountkennedy | €470K | 384 | +111% | |
| Kilpedder | €533K | 27 | – | 2.8 |
| Newcastle | €510K | 53 | – | 3.6 |
| Kilcoole | €440K | 133 | – | 4.1 |
| Greystones-Delgany | €575K | 1,232 | +73% | 6.1 |
| Ashford | €465K | 151 | – | 8.7 |
| Kilmacanogue | €666K | 33 | – | 9.3 |
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 Newtownmountkennedy
What is the average house price in Newtownmountkennedy?
The median home in Newtownmountkennedy sold for €470,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 384 market sales on the Property Price Register (€529,900 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Newtownmountkennedy?
The median sale was €470,000 in 2024 and €530,000 in 2025: it went up 13%.
How many homes sell in Newtownmountkennedy each year?
82 sales in Newtownmountkennedy were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 85 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 Newtownmountkennedy?
New homes sold for a median €477,500 over three years, against €440,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 73% of sales.
Is Newtownmountkennedy expensive for County Wicklow?
Newtownmountkennedy is the 3rd 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).