Carlow House Prices, Rents & Yields

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Carlow house prices: the median home sold for €318k over the last 12 months (+8.7% year-on-year). The average rent is €1,349 a month, a gross rental yield of 5.1%. Across 3 Carlow towns, the median ranges from €210,000 in Graiguecullen to €281,000 in Carlow.

Official Property Price Register, CSO & RTB data · 3 towns · updated July 2026

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Year-on-year figures for the smallest towns move on thin sale counts, so treat the steepest risers as indicative.

Carlow at a glance

MeasureCarlow
Median sale price (12 mo)€318k
Year on year (CSO RPPI)+8.7%
Average monthly rent€1,349
Gross rental yield5.1%

Towns in Carlow

Median sale price (with a bar relative to the dearest town here), average rent and gross yield, from the Property Price Register and RTB. Tap a linked town for its full report — recent sales, year-by-year prices and rental yield.

TownMedianRelativeRentYield
Carlow€281,000
€1,3495.8%
Tullow€265,000
€1,3256.0%
Graiguecullen€210,000

A dash (–) means too few recent sales or rentals in that town to publish a reliable figure.


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County context

MeasureFigure
Population (2022 Census)61,968
Population change 2016 to 2022+8.8%
Disposable income per person (index, State = 100)93.7
New dwelling permissions (South-East region, 2017)292 thousand m²

Planning permissions are reported at NUTS3 region level; counties in this region share a figure.

Sources: CSO F1001, CIA02, BHQ09. CC-BY 4.0.

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