Photo: Kondephy · CC BY-SA 4.0The median home in Schull sells for €406,800
That is the middle of 98 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.3 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Schull’s cost of living page.
99% of the homes sold in Schull were second-hand
98 market sales in three years: 1 new homes and 97 second-hand.
median sale · 97 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €405K 34 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +16%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 1 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 98 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €295K–€579K
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
1% 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 Schull’s homes sold for between €295K and €579K
One sale in ten was under €200K and one in ten over €825K. 18% sold for under €250K and 38% for €500K or more.
The median, €406,800, sits in the €400–500K band
98 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 2.3 times as much as in 2015, in step with the typical Irish town
From €165,000 in 2014 to €405,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
34 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2021, with 43, and the quietest 2010, with 11.
Schull 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 | — | €178K | €280K | €405K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €185K | €280K | €405K |
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: 1% of the homes sold in Schull in three years
1 new homes and 97 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. The share peaked at 35% in 2016.
Only 1 new homes sold in three years
Against 97 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Schull.
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: 1 new and 97 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
The towns of County Cork by median home
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: Bantry.
The towns around Schull: their median home (2023–25), market sales on the Property Price Register in those three years, the change in ten years and the distance.
Questions about property prices in Schull
What is the average house price in Schull?
The median home in Schull sold for €406,800 from 2023 to 2025, across 98 market sales on the Property Price Register.
How many homes sell in Schull each year?
34 sales in Schull were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 35 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).