Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Bantry sells for €275,000
That is the middle of 272 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.5 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Bantry’s cost of living page.
83% of the homes sold in Bantry were second-hand
272 market sales in three years: 47 new homes and 225 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 4% more.
median sale · 47 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 225 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €298K 78 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +38%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 272 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €190K–€350K
- Last 12 months
- €290K 86 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
17% 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 Bantry’s homes sold for between €190K and €350K
One sale in ten was under €126K and one in ten over €455K. 44% sold for under €250K and 7% for €500K or more.
The median, €275,000, sits in the €250–300K band
272 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 2.5 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €187,000 in 2010 to €300,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
98 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2025, with 98, and the quietest 2011, with 35.
Bantry costs less than the typical Irish town
Each year’s median sale: the town, the middle of County Cork’s towns of 2,500 or more, and the typical Irish town.
New homes and second-hand, year by year
| 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | €187K | €120K | €190K | €300K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €184K | €125K | €190K | €298K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 30 sales of the kind, so a dash is a year with fewer.
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.
17% of the homes sold in Bantry in three years were new
47 new homes and 225 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
20% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 26% in 2024.
A new home sold for a median €285,000
against €275,000 for a home sold on, about the same, 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: 47 new and 225 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Milleencoola is Bantry’s busiest street or estate, with 34 sales in three years
9 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 3 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milleencoola | 34 | €285,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Kilcrohane | 11 | €323,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Glengarriff Road | 10 | €149,500 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Blackrock Road | 9 | €150,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Kealkill | 9 | €225,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Seskin | 8 | €345,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Ballylickey | 6 | €455,000 | Mixed |
| 8 | Market Street | 5 | €155,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Scart Road | 5 | €154,500 | Second-hand |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Bantry is the 53rd most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Bantry is one of County Cork’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical Irish town’s median is €350,000.
Towns of 1,000 or more in County Cork, 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.
Questions about property prices in Bantry
What is the average house price in Bantry?
The median home in Bantry sold for €275,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 272 market sales on the Property Price Register (€290,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Bantry?
The median sale was €250,000 in 2024 and €300,000 in 2025: it went up 20%.
How many homes sell in Bantry each year?
98 sales in Bantry were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 82 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 Bantry?
New homes sold for a median €285,000 over three years, against €275,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 17% of sales.
Is Bantry expensive for County Cork?
Bantry is the 45th most expensive of 54 towns of 2,500 or more in County Cork 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).