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Housing in Castletownbere · Property Price Register

Homes in Castletownbere sell for a median €190,000, 46% below the typical Irish town

The median home in Castletownbere sells for €190,000. That is the middle of 55 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Castletownbere’s cost of living page.

Median sale
€190K
55 sales in 3 years
Sold in 12 months
16
to the end of September 2026
New builds
0%
of sales in 3 years
What sells · 2023–25

100% of the homes sold in Castletownbere were second-hand

55 market sales in three years: 0 new homes and 55 second-hand.

Second-hand homes€190K

median sale · 55 sold in 3 years

the typical Irish town
€326K
All homes€190K

median sale · 55 sold in 3 years

Middle half
€124K–€266K
the typical Irish town
€350K
The mix

0% of the sales were new homes

Second-hand homes100%

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.

Price range

Half of Castletownbere’s homes sold for between €124K and €266K

One sale in ten was under €82K and one in ten over €391K. 67% sold for under €250K and 5% for €500K or more.

Sales by price · 2023–25

The median, €190,000, sits in the €150–200K band

04812Under €100K: 10 sold<€100K€100–150K: 7 sold€100–150K€150–200K: 12 sold€150–200K€200–250K: 8 sold€200–250K€250–300K: 6 sold€250–300K€300–400K: 7 sold€300–400K€400–500K: 2 sold€400–500K€500–750K: 3 sold€500–750K

55 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.

New builds

Hardly any new homes: 0% of the homes sold in Castletownbere in three years

0 new homes and 55 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.

New-build share of sales

0% of the homes sold in 2025 were new

2011: 0%’112012: 30%2013: 4.8%2014: 0%’142015: 0%2016: 0%2017: 0%’172018: 0%2019: 0%2020: 0%’202021: 0%2022: 0%2023: 0%’232024: 0%2025: 0%’25

Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 30% in 2012.

New against second-hand · 3 years

Only 0 new homes sold in three years

Against 55 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Castletownbere.

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 55 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.

Across County Cork

The towns of County Cork by median home

Median sale, 2023–25

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 Castletownbere

What is the average house price in Castletownbere?

The median home in Castletownbere sold for €190,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 55 market sales on the Property Price Register.

How many homes sell in Castletownbere each year?

13 sales in Castletownbere were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 19 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.

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).