Property prices in Athurugiriya
This page summarises 144 public property listings in Athurugiriya, Colombo district, collected from ikman.lk on 3 November 2026. Figures are asking prices, not sale prices. Each row shows the median (the middle ad), the middle half of ads (25th to 75th percentile) and the number of ads behind it.
| Measure | Median | Middle half of ads | Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land, per perch | Rs 1.26 million | Rs 1.2 million to Rs 1.5 million | 66 |
| Houses for sale, asking price | Rs 30 million | Rs 27 million to Rs 38.5 million | 50 |
| Houses, asking price per sq ft | Rs 16,667 | Rs 14,971 to Rs 21,250 | 50 |
| Apartments for sale, asking price | Rs 38 million | Rs 34.5 million to Rs 39 million | 27 |
| Apartments, asking price per sq ft | Rs 41,837 | Rs 36,735 to Rs 43,878 | 27 |
How Athurugiriya compares
- Median land per perch: Rs 1.26 million, about 1.9 times the middle town figure island-wide (Rs 650,000). Rank 26 of 85 towns with enough listings, highest first.
- Median house asking prices: Rs 30 million, about 78% of the middle town figure island-wide (Rs 38.62 million). Rank 43 of 66 towns with enough listings, highest first.
The island reference is the median of town medians for towns with at least 30 listings, so it describes a typical town, not the national market.
What stands out in Athurugiriya
- The sample is mostly land (66 of 143 usable ads).
- Asking-price spread for land, per perch is tighter than a typical town: the middle half runs Rs 1.2 million to Rs 1.5 million (a 1.2x gap between the quartiles, against 1.6x for the median town).
- Within Colombo district, the median land, per perch here is about 62% of the district figure (Rs 1.26 million vs Rs 2.05 million), rank 18 of 20 priced towns in the district.
How the Athurugiriya numbers have moved
- Apartment asking prices: the median is up about 15% compared with four weeks earlier - Rs 38 million against Rs 33 million on 6 October, on 27 ads now and 29 then.
- House asking prices: the median is down about 12% compared with a week earlier - Rs 30 million against Rs 34 million on 27 October, on 50 ads now and 70 then.
This compares daily asking medians on changing samples of ads; it describes this site's sample, not a formal price index.
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Sellers ask more than buyers pay, and listings expire or sell. Outliers are trimmed to the 5th to 95th percentile band and ads whose title names a different town are excluded. The method page explains every step. Nothing here is valuation or investment advice.
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