Photo: David P Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Since 2015, Youghal’s home prices have outrun the typical Irish town: up 206% against +129%
Homes in Youghal sell for a median €230,000. That is the middle of 362 market sales on the Property Price Register from 2023 to 2025. The typical home sells for 3.1 times as much as in 2015. Rent, income and the Cost of living Grade are on Youghal’s cost of living page.
97% of the homes sold in Youghal were second-hand
362 market sales in three years: 12 new homes and 350 second-hand.
median sale · 350 sold in 3 years
- 2025 median
- €260K 131 sold
- 2022 to 2025
- +16%
- the typical Irish town
- €326K
New homes: 12 sold
Fewer than 30 sales: too few for a median.
median sale · 362 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- €190K–€300K
- Last 12 months
- €285K 137 sold
- the typical Irish town
- €350K
3% 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 Youghal’s homes sold for between €190K and €300K
One sale in ten was under €145K and one in ten over €395K. 58% sold for under €250K and 5% for €500K or more.
The median, €230,000, sits in the €200–250K band
362 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 3.1 times as much as in 2015, a faster rise than the typical Irish town’s
From €141,000 in 2010 to €260,000 in 2025, each the median of that year’s market sales.
More homes sell than in most years
134 homes sold in 2025. The busiest year was 2018, with 186, and the quietest 2010, with 41.
Youghal 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 | €141K | €85K | €140K | €260K |
| Typical Irish town | €220K | €170K | €261K | €388K |
| Second-hand homes | €135K | €72K | €138K | €260K |
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.
3% of the homes sold in Youghal in three years were new
12 new homes and 350 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 24% in 2014.
Only 12 new homes sold in three years
Against 350 second-hand: too few new sales for a median of their own in Youghal.
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: 12 new and 350 second-hand market sales. New homes are filed without VAT; we add back 13.5%.
Redbarn is Youghal’s busiest street or estate, with 23 sales in three years
15 streets and estates had 5 or more sales from 2023 to 2025, 4 of them ten or more.
| # | Street or estate | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redbarn | 23 | €221,000 | Second-hand |
| 2 | Carleton Village | 15 | €198,500 | Second-hand |
| 3 | Golf Links Road | 12 | €240,000 | Second-hand |
| 4 | Upper Strand | 11 | €255,000 | Second-hand |
| 5 | Carlton Village | 9 | €180,000 | Second-hand |
| 6 | Seafield | 9 | €290,000 | Second-hand |
| 7 | Lios An Oir | 7 | €279,800 | Mostly new |
| 8 | Strand Palace | 7 | €180,000 | Second-hand |
| 9 | Strand Street | 7 | €220,000 | Second-hand |
| 10 | Chickleys Road | 6 | €246,000 | Second-hand |
| 11 | Dun Coran | 6 | €305,000 | Second-hand |
| 12 | Oakhill | 6 | €218,100 | Second-hand |
| 13 | Allin's Quay | 5 | €172,500 | Second-hand |
| 14 | Summerfield | 5 | €345,000 | Second-hand |
| 15 | Yewwood | 5 | €223,300 | Second-hand |
Summerfield: €345,000
Allin's Quay: €172,500
At the median, the dearest costs 2 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.
Youghal is the 59th most expensive of 67 towns in County Cork
Youghal is one of County Cork’s cheapest 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: Tallow.
The towns around Youghal: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youghal | €230K | 362 | +206% | |
| Castlemartyr | €270K | 74 | – | 14.2 |
| Tallow | €195K | 46 | – | 18.7 |
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 Youghal
What is the average house price in Youghal?
The median home in Youghal sold for €230,000 from 2023 to 2025, across 362 market sales on the Property Price Register (€285,000 in the last 12 months).
Are house prices going up in Youghal?
The median sale was €227,500 in 2024 and €260,000 in 2025: it went up 14%.
How many homes sell in Youghal each year?
134 sales in Youghal were filed on the Property Price Register in 2025, against an average of 134 a year over the last ten. Sales whose address names no town aren’t counted, so the true figure is somewhat higher.
Is Youghal expensive for County Cork?
Youghal is the 50th 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).