Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.039% of the homes sold in Bishopstown are new, at a median €490,900
Homes in Bishopstown sell for a median €448,200. That is the middle of 294 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 93% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Bishopstown’s cost of living page.
61% of the homes sold in Bishopstown were second-hand
294 market sales in three years: 114 new homes and 180 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 18% more.
median sale · 114 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €500K 56 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 180 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €439K 58 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +16%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 294 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €380K–€500K
- Last 12 months
- €440K 65 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
39% 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 Bishopstown’s homes sold for between €380K and €500K
One sale in ten was under €325K and one in ten over €562K. 3% sold for under €250K and 26% for €500K or more.
The median, €448,200, sits in the €400–500K band
294 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Prices are up 93% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €230,000 in 2012 to €488,400 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
114 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2024, with 117, and the quietest 2010, with 13.
Bishopstown costs more 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 | — | €253K | €370K | €488K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €261K | €370K | €439K |
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.
39% of the homes sold in Bishopstown in three years were new
114 new homes and 180 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
49% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 46% in 2024.
A new home sold for a median €490,900
against €415,000 for a home sold on, 18% more, 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: 114 new and 180 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Waterfall Road is Bishopstown’s busiest street or estate, with 106 sales in three years
10 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 | Waterfall Road | 106 | €490,900 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Curraheen Road | 19 | €345,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Uam Var Drive | 12 | €380,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Rossa Avenue | 9 | €355,000 | Mixed |
| 5 | Westgate Road | 8 | €512,500 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Benvoirlich Est | 7 | €410,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Uam Var Avenue | 7 | €360,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Donscourt | 6 | €364,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Tiffany Downs | 5 | €341,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Woodhaven | 5 | €372,000 | 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.
Bishopstown is the 4th most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Bishopstown is one of County Cork’s dearest 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.
Cheaper nearby: Inishkenny, Glasheen and Shanakiel.
The towns around Bishopstown: their median home (2023–25), market sales on the Property Price Register in those three years, the change in ten years and the distance.
| Town | Median sale | Sales, 3 years | Since 2015 | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopstown | €448K | 294 | +93% | |
| Inishkenny | €386K | 1 | – | 1.5 |
| Glasheen | €386K | 27 | – | 2 |
| Shanakiel | €315K | 30 | – | 2 |
| Togher | €300K | 78 | – | 2.2 |
| Gillabbey | €386K | 0 | – | 2.3 |
| Sunday's Well | €337K | 25 | – | 2.7 |
A routing-key price (fewer than 30 sales in the town) counts for its whole postal area. Rents are each town’s own RTB figure where published, else its district’s, city’s or county’s.
Questions about property prices in Bishopstown
What is the average house price in Bishopstown?
The median home in Bishopstown sold for €448,200 from 2023 to 2025, across 294 market sales on the Property Price Register (€440,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Bishopstown?
The median sale was €420,000 in 2024 and €488,400 in 2025: it went up 16%.
How many homes sell in Bishopstown each year?
114 sales in Bishopstown were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 66 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 Bishopstown?
New homes sold for a median €490,900 over three years, against €415,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 39% of sales.
Is Bishopstown expensive for County Cork?
Bishopstown is the 4th 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).