Photo: Ian Watson · CC0Homes in Skibbereen sell for a median €295,000
That is the middle of 183 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 2.1 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Skibbereen’s cost of living page.
98% of the homes sold in Skibbereen were second-hand
183 market sales in three years: 4 new homes and 179 second-hand.
median sale · 179 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €305K 55 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +27%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 4 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 183 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €190K–€370K
- Last 12 months
- €303K 62 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
2% 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 Skibbereen’s homes sold for between €190K and €370K
One sale in ten was under €117K and one in ten over €516K. 36% sold for under €250K and 11% for €500K or more.
The median, €295,000, sits in the €250–300K band
183 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 2.1 times as much as in 2015, a slower rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €100,000 in 2012 to €307,500 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
About as many homes sell as usual
56 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2021, with 82, and the quietest 2011, with 23.
Skibbereen costs less 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 | — | €148K | €177K | €308K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | — | €152K | €175K | €305K |
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: 2% of the homes sold in Skibbereen in three years
4 new homes and 179 second-hand ones sold from 2023 to 2025, by the register’s own split.
2% of the homes sold in 2025 were new
Calendar years with 10 or more sales. The share peaked at 13% in 2011.
Only 4 new homes sold in three years
Against 179 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Skibbereen.
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: 4 new and 179 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Baltimore Road is Skibbereen’s busiest street or estate, with 13 sales in three years
8 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 1 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Road | 13 | €250,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | North Street | 9 | €125,000 | Second-hand |
| 3 | The Hawthorns | 7 | €295,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Bridge Street | 6 | €173,500 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Church Cross | 6 | €444,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Aughadown | 5 | €545,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Goleen | 5 | €400,000 | Second-hand |
| 8 | Market Street | 5 | €200,000 | Second-hand |
Streets and estates with 5 or more market sales from 2023 to 2025, named as the register’s addresses name them; medians only.
Skibbereen is the 50th most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Skibbereen 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.
Questions about property prices in Skibbereen
What is the average house price in Skibbereen?
The median home in Skibbereen sold for €295,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 183 market sales on the Property Price Register (€302,500 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Skibbereen?
The median sale was €275,000 in 2024 and €307,500 in 2025: it went up 12%.
How many homes sell in Skibbereen each year?
56 sales in Skibbereen were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 64 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Skibbereen expensive for County Cork?
Skibbereen is the 42nd 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).