Living in Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow: Schools, Commute & House Prices 2026

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Baltinglass is a town in Co. Wicklow, about 55 minutes from Dublin city centre by car and on the rail line, 5 schools, 57.1% of households own their home. Living here costs a median €355,000 to buy or €1,529 a month to rent (a 5.2% gross yield).

Official CSO, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, PPR & RTB data · 66 sales · updated July 2026

How Baltinglass compares: at €355,000 it is 28% below the County Wicklow median of €492k. Its 5.2% gross yield is above the county average of 4.3%.Recent activity in Baltinglass: latest recorded sale Jun 2026; 3 new homes approved in the last year; prices +14.5% year on year. This page updates as new official data lands.

Who lives in Baltinglass — 57.1% own their home, full Census breakdown

Who lives in Baltinglass

2,611 people live in Baltinglass on Census 2022 night. 57% of households own their home and 36% rent, so Baltinglass leans towards owner occupiers. The most common way to commute is by car (62%). It skews young: 20% are under 15 against 14% aged 65 and over. 30% of those who have finished education hold a third level qualification.

Source: CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics for the Baltinglass built-up area, CC-BY 4.0.

Getting around and commuting

Nearest train station: Carlow (18.1 km away), on the Waterford line

Public transport serving Baltinglass — 3 operators

Getting around Baltinglass

Baltinglass is served by 3 public-transport operators running 4 scheduled routes. Operators are Bus Éireann, JJ Kavanagh and TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow.

Scheduled routes

• 132 - Dublin - Carnew - Bunclody
• 874 - Hacketstown - Carlow
• 885 - Baltinglass - Sallins
• WW10 - Carnew - Baltinglass

Source: Transport for Ireland GTFS_All feed (NTA), CC-BY 4.0. Stops matched to the town within a 6 km radius; route list capped.

Schools in Baltinglass

There are 4 primary and 1 post-primary schools in and around Baltinglass, 1 of them in the DEIS programme.

Source: Department of Education, Data on Individual Schools. CC-BY 4.0.

Things to do in and around Baltinglass

• Heritage nearby: Baltinglass Abbey (0 km) · The Dwyer McAllister Cottage (10 km) · Browneshill Megalithic Tomb (16 km) · Old Kilcullen Monastic Site (19 km)
• Walking trails in County Wicklow: Wicklow Way · Arklow Loops Glenart Walk · Arklow Loops Kynoch Walk · Arklow Loops Love Lane Walk
• Nature reserves: Wicklow Mountains National Park · Glendalough Nature Reserve · Glenealo Valley Nature Reserve

Where Baltinglass is

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

What it costs: house prices and rent in Baltinglass

What this means: New builds in Baltinglass sell at about a 24% premium to second-hand homes (€364,999 vs €294,000).

Recent sales in Baltinglass

Actual sale prices from the Property Price Register, verifiable at propertypriceregister.ie.

Baltinglass median price, year by year

Maximum legal rent increase in Baltinglass

Since 1 March 2026 a rent review is capped at the lower of 2% a year (pro rata) or CPI inflation.

The full March 2026 rent review rules

Baltinglass compared with County Wicklow

Rent or buy in Baltinglass?

At a glance: €355,000 to buy versus €1,529 a month to rent, a 5.2% gross yield.

Local Property Tax in Baltinglass

The median home (€355,000) falls in LPT Band 3, a base charge of €333 a year before Wicklow County Council's local adjustment factor. Use the calculator for your exact valuation.

Renting in Baltinglass: the March 2026 rent rules

Every rent increase is now capped at the lesser of 2% a year (pro rata) or CPI inflation, nationwide since 1 March 2026. A review needs 90 days' notice on the RTB form, no more than one in any 12 months, and the notice must cite three comparable homes from the RTB Rent Register. Check any rent increase against the legal cap, or see average rents for every Leinster town.

Before you move: planning and flood

Recent development in Baltinglass

In the 12 months to July 2026, 31 planning grants were recorded in and around Baltinglass, including 3 new homes approved across those grants.

Source: Irish Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (ArcGIS, CC-BY 4.0). Granted applications keyed to the nearest town within 7 km. Homes column shows residential units in the application where recorded.

What this means: The 3 homes approved here in the last year are about 0% of Baltinglass's roughly 923 households, a supply pipeline that typically eases price pressure.

Flood maps

For the modelled fluvial, coastal and pluvial flood extents around Baltinglass, open the official OPW flood maps, the authoritative source for Baltinglass, Wicklow.

View the official OPW flood maps for Baltinglass →

Source: Office of Public Works, floodinfo.ie. No OPW flood-extent values are reproduced here.

County context

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

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

Nearby Wicklow towns

Greystones · Delgany · Kilcoole · Newtownmountkennedy · Bray · Wicklow

All Wicklow house prices · All Leinster house prices

Sources: CSO Census 2022, Department of Education, Transport for Ireland, Property Price Register (PSRA), CSO RPPI, RTB via CSO. CC-BY. Figures verifiable at the official source.