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Townhouse prices in Dublin in 2026 vary enormously depending on the neighborhood, the number of bedrooms, and the condition of the property.
Understanding how prices break down across Dublin's different areas will help you set a realistic budget before you start viewing properties.
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A quick summary table
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Most expensive Dublin neighborhood for townhouses | Ballsbridge |
| Most affordable Dublin neighborhood for townhouses | Phibsborough |
| Average price per square meter across Dublin townhouses | Around EUR 6,600 |
| Median townhouse price across Dublin | Around EUR 850,000 |
| Lowest realistic starting budget for a Dublin townhouse | EUR 385,000 (Phibsborough) |
| Most expensive Dublin townhouse type by bedroom count | Four-bedroom townhouse |
| Most affordable Dublin townhouse type by bedroom count | Two-bedroom townhouse |
| Average price for a two-bedroom Dublin townhouse | Around EUR 620,000 |
| Average price for a three-bedroom Dublin townhouse | Around EUR 880,000 |
| Average price for a four-bedroom Dublin townhouse | Around EUR 1,270,000 |
| Price gap between Dublin's most and least expensive townhouse neighborhood | Around EUR 1,265,000 (median price difference between Ballsbridge and Phibsborough) |
| Price spread across Dublin townhouse neighborhoods | Wide: from EUR 5,000 per sqm in Phibsborough to EUR 9,700 per sqm in Ballsbridge |
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Dublin neighborhoods in 2026 ranked by townhouse purchase price
This table ranks the top neighborhoods in the Dublin residential market by townhouse purchase price, from the most expensive to the most affordable.
For each neighborhood, the table includes the average price per square meter, the median property price, the starting budget, the average price for a two-bedroom, three-bedroom, and four-bedroom townhouse, the typical buyer profile, the key advantages, the key drawbacks, and the market segment.
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| Rank | Neighborhood | Average Price per Square Meter | Median Property Price | Starting Budget | Average Price for a Two-Bedroom Townhouse | Average Price for a Three-Bedroom Townhouse | Average Price for a Four-Bedroom Townhouse | Typical Buyers | Key Pros | Key Cons | Market Segment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballsbridge | EUR 9,700 | EUR 1,650,000 | EUR 800,000 | EUR 900,000 | EUR 1,450,000 | EUR 2,300,000 | Global wealthy households | Walkable to the city centre, close to embassies and Herbert Park, and surrounded by premium Dublin 4 amenities | Very limited townhouse stock, intense competition, and many homes need expensive upgrading | Luxury |
| 2 | Donnybrook | EUR 9,100 | EUR 1,450,000 | EUR 600,000 | EUR 760,000 | EUR 1,250,000 | EUR 1,950,000 | Affluent professional families | Prime Dublin 4 address with a village feel, good parks, strong schools, and a short city commute | Entry prices are high and traffic around key roads can reduce day-to-day calm | Luxury |
| 3 | Blackrock | EUR 7,300 | EUR 995,000 | EUR 750,000 | EUR 780,000 | EUR 950,000 | EUR 1,280,000 | Upsizing southside families | Strong schools, coastal amenity, and DART access support resilient townhouse demand year after year | Premium family demand keeps prices firm and some stock sits outside easy walking distance of the village | Premium |
| 4 | Sandymount | EUR 7,100 | EUR 940,000 | EUR 625,000 | EUR 680,000 | EUR 900,000 | EUR 1,300,000 | Coastal city professionals | Beachside setting, village atmosphere, and quick access to the city centre and Dublin 4 offices | Flood-risk perception, thin supply, and older layouts can complicate the townhouse search | Premium |
| 5 | Ranelagh | EUR 6,900 | EUR 935,000 | EUR 550,000 | EUR 630,000 | EUR 920,000 | EUR 1,350,000 | High-income urban families | Very strong village lifestyle, Luas access, and enduring demand for period red-brick terraces | Small gardens, parking pressure, and renovation costs are common in older townhouse stock | Premium |
| 6 | Rathgar | EUR 6,600 | EUR 980,000 | EUR 695,000 | EUR 760,000 | EUR 930,000 | EUR 1,320,000 | Established family upgraders | Quiet leafy streets, strong schools, and larger period townhouses than many inner Dublin suburbs | Low supply and high renovation bills make good-value purchases hard to find | Premium |
| 7 | Clontarf | EUR 6,200 | EUR 790,000 | EUR 475,000 | EUR 520,000 | EUR 760,000 | EUR 1,020,000 | Seaside family buyers | Coastal setting, strong schools, and more family space than many premium southside villages | The best roads are expensive and some cheaper stock sits further from the seafront | Mid-Market |
| 8 | Rathmines | EUR 6,000 | EUR 860,000 | EUR 600,000 | EUR 650,000 | EUR 850,000 | EUR 1,150,000 | Urban upgrade buyers | Close to the city centre, lively high street, and strong rental fallback if plans change | Noise, parking pressure, and mixed streetscape can weaken value in weaker micro-locations | Mid-Market |
| 9 | Malahide | EUR 5,900 | EUR 760,000 | EUR 410,000 | EUR 500,000 | EUR 720,000 | EUR 980,000 | Coastal commuter families | Coastal village appeal, good schools, and broad family demand support townhouse resale depth | Further from central Dublin and premium pockets can jump sharply in price | Mid-Market |
| 10 | Dundrum | EUR 5,700 | EUR 725,000 | EUR 575,000 | EUR 590,000 | EUR 720,000 | EUR 920,000 | Space-seeking professionals | Luas access, retail convenience, and family-friendly estates make townhouse living practical and easy to resell | Less character than older villages and the best-value homes often need modernisation | Mid-Market |
| 11 | Drumcondra | EUR 5,300 | EUR 575,000 | EUR 475,000 | EUR 480,000 | EUR 610,000 | EUR 820,000 | City-fringe family buyers | Fast access to the city centre, colleges, and major employment hubs keeps townhouse demand steady | Busy roads and patchy micro-location quality create bigger pricing gaps street to street | Affordable |
| 12 | Phibsborough | EUR 5,000 | EUR 525,000 | EUR 385,000 | EUR 420,000 | EUR 560,000 | EUR 760,000 | Value-focused urban buyers | Good transport links, a city-fringe position, and improving local amenity offer one of Dublin's more accessible townhouse entry points | Smaller homes, tighter plots, and more mixed streets reduce premium pricing potential | Affordable |
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Key insights about townhouse purchase prices in Dublin
Insights
- Dublin 4 townhouses in Ballsbridge cost roughly three times more per square meter than a townhouse in Phibsborough. The gap between Dublin's most and least expensive areas is not marginal, it is structural and persistent.
- In Ranelagh and Rathgar, the jump from a two-bedroom to a three-bedroom Dublin townhouse is around EUR 160,000 to EUR 170,000. Buyers often underestimate how large this bedroom premium is in the mid-to-premium Dublin market.
- Blackrock charges a notable premium over nearby southside areas, largely because buyers are paying for the combination of coast, DART access, and strong school catchments all at once rather than just one of those factors.
- A four-bedroom townhouse in Ballsbridge costs around EUR 2,300,000 in early 2026. The same bedroom count in Phibsborough costs around EUR 760,000. That is a EUR 1,540,000 gap for the same property format in different Dublin postcodes.
- Clontarf sits below premium southside villages in overall pricing, but the best seafront roads in Clontarf can trade at prices that overlap with Ranelagh or Rathmines. The average hides a wide internal spread.
- Rathmines looks cheaper than Ranelagh at first glance, but the gap between them is smaller than most buyers expect. The median townhouse price in Rathmines in 2026 is EUR 860,000, compared to EUR 935,000 in Ranelagh.
- Older Dublin terraces in Ranelagh, Rathgar, and Sandymount can look attractively priced until you factor in renovation costs. A property EUR 50,000 below the market average may need EUR 100,000 or more in work to reach a modern standard.
- If your Dublin townhouse budget is below EUR 600,000, your realistic search is limited to Phibsborough, Drumcondra, and selected stock in Malahide or Clontarf. Most premium and southside neighborhoods start above that threshold.
- Dundrum offers Luas access, a large retail centre, and family-oriented estates at a median townhouse price of EUR 725,000. For buyers who do not need a village address or period architecture, it is one of the more practical mid-market options in the Dublin market.
- Malahide is the most expensive northside Dublin option in this ranking, with a median townhouse price of EUR 760,000 in 2026. The combination of coastal village appeal and strong school catchments keeps north Dublin demand concentrated in this one location.
- Dublin townhouse prices in March 2026 are still being supported by tight supply and rising official price index data from the CSO. There is no sign yet of meaningful price relief for buyers across any of the twelve neighborhoods in this ranking.
- Sandymount has one of the thinnest townhouse supplies in Dublin relative to demand. Buyers targeting Sandymount often face fewer active listings than in comparable premium areas, which adds competitive pressure on top of already high asking prices.
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About our methodology
Ireland does not publish a ready-made official dataset of townhouse prices broken down by Dublin neighborhood. The data in this article is therefore a triangulated estimate for early 2026, built from official CSO price trend data, the official Property Price Register, and live and recent asking price evidence from Daft and MyHome for terraced and townhouse-style stock across each area.
We also believe it is important to show our reasoning. It is one of the ways we make our work solid, transparent, and rigorous, just as you will see in https://investropa.com/pages/ireland-real-estate.
First, please note that this data is updated regularly, so what you see here reflects the current values as of today.
In order to get reliable data, we applied a strict source filter. We only used authoritative, verifiable sources, not random listings or unsupported figures. More on that point below.
For each Dublin neighborhood, we aggregated the freshest townhouse purchase price data available. When possible, we cross-checked multiple sources to confirm the same price range.
This allowed us to estimate the average price per square meter and the median property price for each neighborhood.
We also calculated the starting budget, which represents the lowest realistic entry point to buy a townhouse in that neighborhood. This is not the cheapest possible listing, but a real, achievable floor for a standard townhouse purchase in Dublin.
For each bedroom category, we estimated an average purchase price based on local Dublin market conventions. The typical size and layout of a two-bedroom, three-bedroom, and four-bedroom townhouse can vary across neighborhoods, so we adapted our estimates accordingly. As a general reference: two-bedroom Dublin townhouses are typically around 70 to 90 square meters, three-bedroom homes around 95 to 125 square meters, and four-bedroom homes around 130 to 180 square meters.
These estimates were not applied as one flat number across the city. They were adjusted by neighborhood and property type to better reflect local ownership conditions and price levels in the Dublin market.
This table should therefore be read as a structured market estimate, not as an exact guarantee of transaction prices. Honesty, quality, and rigor are at the core of our work, and they are also what you will find in https://investropa.com/pages/ireland-real-estate.
What sources have we used to write this blog article?
Whether it's in our blog articles or the market analyses included in https://investropa.com/pages/ireland-real-estate, we rely on verifiable sources and a transparent methodology.
We also aim to be fully transparent, so below we've listed the authoritative sources we used, and explained how we used them and the methods behind our estimates.
| Source | Why it is authoritative | How we used it |
|---|---|---|
| CSO Residential Property Price Index, January 2026 | Ireland's official national residential price release, published directly by the Central Statistics Office. | We used it to anchor the March 2026 article to the latest official Dublin market trend. We also used it to calibrate late-2025 and early-2026 pricing movement before estimating neighborhood-level townhouse prices. |
| CSO Residential Property Price Index Methodology | The official explanation of how Ireland's property price index is built and what it measures. | We used it to understand exactly what the RPPI does and does not cover. We used that boundary to avoid misrepresenting CSO data as neighborhood-level townhouse figures when it does not go to that level of detail. |
| CSO Property Prices in Ireland Hub | The CSO's official property price portal, which links to area-level price data and supporting tools. | We used it to cross-check Dublin and county-level median pricing context. We also used it as the official benchmark for positioning each neighborhood's broad price level relative to the wider Dublin market. |
| Residential Property Price Register | The official Irish register of residential sale prices filed with Revenue, covering every recorded transaction. | We used it to validate that neighborhood asking-price patterns were not out of line with actual recorded transactions. We also used it as a reality check on entry-level and mid-range Dublin townhouse pricing across each area. |
| Daft Q4 2025 House Price Report | Daft is one of Ireland's largest property portals and its quarterly price reports are widely referenced by buyers, agents, and analysts. | We used it to understand late-2025 asking-price momentum and market tightness in Dublin. We also used it to bridge the gap between lagged official transaction data and live spring 2026 asking prices in each neighborhood. |
| MyHome Property Reports Hub | MyHome is a major Irish property portal with established market reporting covering supply, demand, and pricing trends. | We used it to cross-check market tone, supply conditions, and pricing direction across Dublin neighborhoods. We also used it as a second major portal so the final estimates were not built on a single private source alone. |
| Lisney Research and Reports | Lisney is a long-established Irish property advisory and brokerage firm with direct market experience across prime Dublin areas. | We used it to sense-check premium Dublin neighborhood positioning, particularly for Ballsbridge and Donnybrook. We also used it to compare how prime southside Dublin areas were trading relative to middle-market districts. |
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