Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Since 2015, Kinsale’s home prices have lagged the typical Irish town: up 87% against +129%
The median home in Kinsale sells for €465,000. That is the middle of 495 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 87% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Kinsale’s cost of living page.
66% of the homes sold in Kinsale were second-hand
495 market sales in three years: 169 new homes and 326 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 13% more.
median sale · 169 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €498K 48 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 326 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €483K 107 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +9.7%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 495 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €370K–€570K
- Last 12 months
- €490K 152 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
34% 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 Kinsale’s homes sold for between €370K and €570K
One sale in ten was under €285K and one in ten over €918K. 7% sold for under €250K and 36% for €500K or more.
The median, €465,000, sits in the €400–500K band
495 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 87% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €295,100 in 2010 to €490,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
155 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2024, with 172, and the quietest 2011, with 49.
Kinsale 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 | €295K | €263K | €346K | €490K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €250K | €265K | €334K | €483K |
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.
34% of the homes sold in Kinsale in three years were new
169 new homes and 326 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
31% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 37% in 2024.
A new home sold for a median €485,000
against €427,500 for a home sold on, 13% 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: 169 new and 326 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Abbey Fort is Kinsale’s busiest street or estate, with 91 sales in three years
17 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 5 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbey Fort | 91 | €480,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Abbeyfort | 35 | €465,000 | Mostly new |
| 3 | Ballinacubby | 16 | €310,000 | Mixed |
| 4 | Ardbrack | 14 | €956,900 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Compass Quay | 10 | €417,500 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Eltins Wood | 9 | €410,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Springmount | 8 | €412,500 | Second-hand |
| 8 | The Orchards | 7 | €385,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Abbey View | 6 | €315,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Bandon Road | 6 | €467,500 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Barrack Street | 6 | €465,000 | Mixed |
| 12 | Garrettstown | 6 | €480,000 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Summercove | 6 | €425,000 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Ballincubby | 5 | €330,000 | Mixed |
| 15 | Cappagh | 5 | €665,000 | Second-hand |
Watersland: €1,248,500
Ballinacubby: €310,000
At the median, the dearest costs 4 times the cheapest.
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Kinsale is the 2nd most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Kinsale 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: Inishannon, Carrigaline and Bandon.
The towns around Kinsale: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinsale | €465K | 495 | +87% | |
| Inishannon | €386K | 2 | – | 11.6 |
| Carrigaline | €375K | 540 | +83% | 15.2 |
| Bandon | €335K | 445 | +143% | 15.5 |
| Lehenagh | €386K | 1 | – | 17.7 |
| Frankfield and Grange | €386K | 0 | – | 18.1 |
| Inishkenny | €386K | 1 | – | 18.3 |
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 Kinsale
What is the average house price in Kinsale?
The median home in Kinsale sold for €465,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 495 market sales on the Property Price Register (€490,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Kinsale?
The median sale was €461,500 in 2024 and €490,000 in 2025: it went up 6%.
How many homes sell in Kinsale each year?
155 sales in Kinsale were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 137 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 Kinsale?
New homes sold for a median €485,000 over three years, against €427,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 34% of sales.
Is Kinsale expensive for County Cork?
Kinsale is the 2nd 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).