Photo: Sebastian “sebrem” B… · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes in Blackpool sell for a median €189,500, 46% below the typical Irish town
The median home in Blackpool sells for €189,500. That is the middle of 105 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.2 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Blackpool’s cost of living page.
100% of the homes sold in Blackpool were second-hand
105 market sales in three years: 0 new homes and 105 second-hand.
median sale · 105 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €191K 33 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- −0.8%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 105 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €140K–€245K
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
0% 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 Blackpool’s homes sold for between €140K and €245K
One sale in ten was under €90K and one in ten over €305K. 76% sold for under €250K and 1% for €500K or more.
The median, €189,500, sits in the €150–200K band
105 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 2.2 times as much as in 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €47,200 in 2014 to €191,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
33 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2015, with 60, and the quietest 2010, with 3.
Blackpool 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 | — | €88K | — | €191K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €88K | — | €191K |
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.
Hardly any new homes: 0% of the homes sold in Blackpool in three years
0 new homes and 105 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
0% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales.
Only 0 new homes sold in three years
Against 105 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Blackpool.
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: 0 new and 105 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Commons Road is Blackpool’s busiest street or estate, with 14 sales in three years
6 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 2 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commons Road | 14 | €199,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Great William O'Brien Street | 11 | €187,500 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Orchard Court | 8 | €140,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Spring Lane | 7 | €140,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Thomas Davis Street | 6 | €189,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Gerald Griffin Street | 5 | €190,000 | 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.
Blackpool is the 66th most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Blackpool 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.
Blackpool’s neighbours
The towns around Blackpool: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | €190K | 105 | +118% | |
| Farranree | €235K | 50 | – | 0.7 |
| Shandon | €308K | 5 | – | 0.7 |
| St Luke's | €280K | 47 | – | 0.9 |
| The Glen | €308K | 8 | – | 1.1 |
| Cork City Centre | €386K | 0 | – | 1.2 |
| Gurranebraher | €308K | 27 | – | 1.2 |
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 Blackpool
What is the average house price in Blackpool?
The median home in Blackpool sold for €189,500 from 2023 to 2025, across 105 market sales on the Property Price Register.
How many homes sell in Blackpool each year?
33 sales in Blackpool were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 36 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Blackpool expensive for County Cork?
Blackpool is the 54th 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).