Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Home prices in Passage West-Monkstown are up 94% on 2015, a slower rise than in the typical Irish town (+129%)
The median home in Passage West-Monkstown sells for €327,500. That is the middle of 238 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. Prices are up 94% on 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Passage West-Monkstown’s cost of living page.
78% of the homes sold in Passage West-Monkstown were second-hand
238 market sales in three years: 52 new homes and 186 second-hand. At the median a new home sold for 15% more.
median sale · 52 sold in 3 years
- the typical Irish town
- €419K
median sale · 186 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €330K 59 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +20%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
median sale · 238 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €265K–€420K
- Last 12 months
- €380K 93 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
22% 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 Passage West-Monkstown’s homes sold for between €265K and €420K
One sale in ten was under €210K and one in ten over €500K. 18% sold for under €250K and 11% for €500K or more.
The median, €327,500, sits in the €300–400K band
238 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 94% on 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €150,000 in 2013 to €350,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
77 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2016, with 115, and the quietest 2012, with 20.
Passage West-Monkstown costs about what the typical Irish town does
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 | — | €180K | €233K | €350K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €170K | €233K | €330K |
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.
22% of the homes sold in Passage West-Monkstown in three years were new
52 new homes and 186 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
23% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 39% in 2016.
A new home sold for a median €362,500
against €315,000 for a home sold on, 15% 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: 52 new and 186 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Harbour Heights is Passage West-Monkstown’s busiest street or estate, with 55 sales in three years
6 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 | Harbour Heights | 55 | €360,000 | Mostly new |
| 2 | Pembroke Wood | 41 | €330,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Glenbrook | 17 | €320,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Church Hill | 9 | €317,500 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Mariners Quay | 7 | €265,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Horsehead | 5 | €580,000 | Mostly new |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Passage West-Monkstown is the 37th most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Passage West-Monkstown is in the middle of County Cork’s 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.
Passage West-Monkstown’s neighbours
The towns around Passage West-Monkstown: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passage West-Monkstown | €328K | 238 | +94% | |
| Cobh | €392K | 51 | – | 2.9 |
| Glounthaune | €430K | 120 | – | 5.1 |
| Douglas | €417K | 784 | +80% | 5.6 |
| Mahon | €386K | 22 | – | 5.8 |
| Carrigaline | €375K | 540 | +83% | 6.6 |
| Glanmire | €395K | 489 | +76% | 6.9 |
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 Passage West-Monkstown
What is the average house price in Passage West-Monkstown?
The median home in Passage West-Monkstown sold for €327,500 from 2023 to 2025, across 238 market sales on the Property Price Register (€380,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Passage West-Monkstown?
The median sale was €315,000 in 2024 and €350,000 in 2025: it went up 11%.
How many homes sell in Passage West-Monkstown each year?
77 sales in Passage West-Monkstown were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 74 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 Passage West-Monkstown?
New homes sold for a median €362,500 over three years, against €315,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 22% of sales.
Is Passage West-Monkstown expensive for County Cork?
Passage West-Monkstown is the 31st 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).