Photo: Simon Mortimer · CC BY-SA 2.0A market of new homes: 77% of Rathnew’s sales, at a median €430,000
Homes in Rathnew sell for a median €420,000. That is the middle of 567 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 72% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Rathnew’s cost of living page.
77% of the homes sold in Rathnew were new
567 market sales in three years: 437 new homes and 130 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 18% more.
median sale · 437 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €400K 186 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +11%
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 130 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €369K 45 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 567 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €373K–€460K
- Last 12 months
- €405K 89 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
77% 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 Rathnew’s homes sold for between €373K and €460K
One sale in ten was under €320K and one in ten over €500K. 3% sold for under €250K and 7% for €500K or more.
The median, €420,000, sits in the €400–500K band
567 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 72% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €230,000 in 2015 to €395,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
231 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2025, with 231, and the quietest 2011, with 7.
Rathnew 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.
77% of the homes sold in Rathnew in three years were new
437 new homes and 130 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
81% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 77% in 2023.
A new home sold for a median €430,000
against €364,500 for a home sold on, 18% 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: 437 new and 130 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Tinakilly Park is Rathnew’s busiest street or estate, with 251 sales in three years
16 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 8 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tinakilly Park | 251 | €450,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Brookfield Park | 38 | €395,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Clermont Grove | 38 | €415,000 | Mostly new |
| 4 | Wilton Manor | 28 | €367,500 | Mixed |
| 5 | Ballybeg | 22 | €325,000 | Mostly new |
| 6 | St Ernans | 20 | €330,000 | Mostly new |
| 7 | Saunders Lane | 16 | €370,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Meadow Haven | 15 | €430,000 | Mostly new |
| 9 | Keatingstown Road | 7 | €340,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Broomhall Court | 6 | €358,500 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Charvey Court | 6 | €366,500 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Seaview Heights | 6 | €284,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Broomhall | 5 | €395,000 | Mostly new |
| 14 | The Oaks | 5 | €292,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Tinakilly | 5 | €500,000 | Mostly new |
Tinakilly: €500,000
Seaview Heights: €284,000
At the median, the dearest costs 1.8 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.
Rathnew is the 11th most expensive of 19 towns in County Wicklow
Rathnew 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: Rathdrum.
The towns around Rathnew: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathnew | €420K | 567 | +72% | |
| Wicklow | €405K | 622 | +75% | 2.3 |
| Ashford | €465K | 151 | – | 3.5 |
| Newcastle | €510K | 53 | – | 9.4 |
| Newtownmountkennedy | €470K | 384 | +111% | 11.3 |
| Rathdrum | €372K | 233 | – | 12.2 |
| Kilcoole | €440K | 133 | – | 13.1 |
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 Rathnew
What is the average house price in Rathnew?
The median home in Rathnew sold for €420,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 567 market sales on the Property Price Register (€404,800 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Rathnew?
The median sale was €430,000 in 2024 and €395,000 in 2025: it went down 8%.
How many homes sell in Rathnew each year?
231 sales in Rathnew were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 92 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 Rathnew?
New homes sold for a median €430,000 over three years, against €364,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 77% of sales.
Is Rathnew expensive for County Wicklow?
Rathnew is the 6th 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).