Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.068% of the homes sold in Rathdrum are new, at a median €372,000
Homes in Rathdrum sell for a median €372,000. That is the middle of 233 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Rathdrum’s cost of living page.
68% of the homes sold in Rathdrum were new
233 market sales in three years: 158 new homes and 75 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 3% more.
median sale · 158 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €388K 64 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +36%
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 75 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 233 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €334K–€407K
- Last 12 months
- €420K 89 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
68% 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 Rathdrum’s homes sold for between €334K and €407K
One sale in ten was under €283K and one in ten over €427K. 7% sold for under €250K and 4% for €500K or more.
The median, €372,000, sits in the €300–400K band
233 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 €200,000 in 2016 to €387,500 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
90 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2022, with 100, and the quietest 2011, with 7.
Rathdrum 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.
68% of the homes sold in Rathdrum in three years were new
158 new homes and 75 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
71% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 79% in 2022.
A new home sold for a median €372,000
against €360,000 for a home sold on, about the same, 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: 158 new and 75 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Knockadosan is Rathdrum’s busiest street or estate, with 60 sales in three years
11 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 6 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knockadosan | 60 | €406,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Ballinderry | 17 | €345,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Ardview | 15 | €404,500 | Mostly new |
| 4 | Avonmore View | 11 | €355,000 | Mostly new |
| 5 | Avondale Grange | 10 | €325,100 | Mostly new |
| 6 | Stewarts Hall | 10 | €320,000 | Mostly new |
| 7 | Avondale Meadows | 8 | €330,000 | Mostly new |
| 8 | Ballygannon | 8 | €345,000 | Mixed |
| 9 | Ballygannon Road | 8 | €336,000 | Mostly new |
| 10 | Laragh Road | 7 | €363,000 | Mixed |
| 11 | Greenane Road | 6 | €419,000 | Second-hand |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Rathdrum is the 14th most expensive of 19 towns in County Wicklow
Rathdrum 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: Aughrim and Arklow.
The towns around Rathdrum: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathdrum | €372K | 233 | – | |
| Aughrim | €315K | 65 | – | 10.5 |
| Ashford | €465K | 151 | – | 11.7 |
| Rathnew | €420K | 567 | +72% | 12.2 |
| Wicklow | €405K | 622 | +75% | 13.4 |
| Arklow | €280K | 506 | +127% | 15.9 |
| Newtownmountkennedy | €470K | 384 | +111% | 19.2 |
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 Rathdrum
What is the average house price in Rathdrum?
The median home in Rathdrum sold for €372,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 233 market sales on the Property Price Register (€420,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Rathdrum?
The median sale was €370,000 in 2024 and €387,500 in 2025: it went up 5%.
How many homes sell in Rathdrum each year?
90 sales in Rathdrum were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 64 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 Rathdrum?
New homes sold for a median €372,000 over three years, against €360,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 68% 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).