Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0A market of new homes: 61% of Cobh’s sales, at a median €425,000
Homes in Cobh sell for a median €392,000. That is the middle of 51 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Cobh’s cost of living page.
61% of the homes sold in Cobh were new
51 market sales in three years: 31 new homes and 20 second-hand.
median sale · 31 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
Second-hand homes: 20 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 51 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €335K–€428K
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
61% 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 Cobh’s homes sold for between €335K and €428K
One sale in ten was under €270K and one in ten over €469K. 6% sold for under €250K and 6% for €500K or more.
The median, €392,000, sits in the €300–400K band
51 market sales, 2023–25, VAT included. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
61% of the homes sold in Cobh in three years were new
31 new homes and 20 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
58% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 88% in 2016.
Only 31 new homes sold in three years
Against 20 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Cobh.
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: 31 new and 20 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Cobh is the 11th most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Cobh 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: Passage West-Monkstown, Whitegate and Aghada-Rostellan.
The towns around Cobh: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobh | €392K | 51 | – | |
| Passage West-Monkstown | €328K | 238 | +94% | 2.9 |
| Crosshaven | €399K | 194 | +77% | 5.9 |
| Whitegate | €343K | 64 | – | 6.1 |
| Aghada-Rostellan | €364K | 19 | – | 6.6 |
| Glounthaune | €430K | 120 | – | 7.1 |
| Carrigtwohill | €340K | 241 | +100% | 7.3 |
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 Cobh
What is the average house price in Cobh?
The median home in Cobh sold for €392,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 51 market sales on the Property Price Register.
How many homes sell in Cobh each year?
12 sales in Cobh were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 21 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Cobh expensive for County Cork?
Cobh is the 10th 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).