The Cork county median for 2025 was 330,000 euro. Belgooly, a village inside the same county, recorded a 2025 median of 570,000 euro. That is a distance of 240,000 euro between a county line and a town line. Both figures come from the same filed sale records.
Hous publishes Cork sale prices taken from the Property Price Register, a public file of Irish residential sales that reaches back to 2010. The Cork pages carry a county median, a sale count and five year growth. That data is then split across around 150 Cork towns and areas.
What the Cork County Median Actually Measures
The county median is the middle price of every counted Cork sale in a year. In 2025 that price was 330,000 euro, drawn from 4,804 counted sales. In 2024 it was 302,000 euro across 4,716 sales. The 2025 figure sits 9.3 per cent above 2024.
- 2025 Cork median of 330,000 euro across 4,804 counted sales
- 2024 Cork median of 302,000 euro across 4,716 counted sales
- 2,365 sales so far in 2026, giving a partial median of 345,000 euro
- Five year growth to 2025 of 46.7 per cent
- About 30 per cent of 2025 Cork sales recorded as new builds
A median is not an average, so one very large Cork sale does not drag it upward. It says nothing about an individual house, because the register holds no floor area. The 2026 line rests on 2,365 sales rather than a full year.
Why Do Cork Town Medians Sit So Far Apart?
Town medians sit far apart because each one counts only its own sales. Belgooly reached 570,000 euro in 2025 while Cork City recorded 273,000 euro. Kinsale sat at 483,750 euro and Ballincollig at 380,000 euro. Four places in one county produced four different middles.
The county line of 330,000 euro sits among them and matches none of them. Hous lists both levels together, and the Property Price Register Cork pages let you step from the county figure down to a single town. Cork City pulls that figure down through volume, while smaller coastal towns pull it up.
Sale volume explains much of the distance. Cork City files far more sales each year than Belgooly. On Hous the number of sales is printed beside every median on the page, so a small count is easy to spot.
How Has the Cork Median Moved Since 2010?
Cork has risen from a 2010 median of 210,000 euro to 330,000 euro in 2025. Growth over the five years to 2025 came to 46.7 per cent. The partial 2026 reading of 345,000 euro sits above the 2025 line.
| Town or Area | 2025 Median | Difference from the County Median |
|---|---|---|
| Belgooly | 570,000 euro | plus 240,000 euro |
| Kinsale | 483,750 euro | plus 153,750 euro |
| Ballincollig | 380,000 euro | plus 50,000 euro |
| Cork county | 330,000 euro | baseline figure |
| Cork City | 273,000 euro | minus 57,000 euro |
The difference column shows how little a county figure tells you about one address. Belgooly stands 240,000 euro above it and Cork City sits 57,000 euro below. New build activity matters too, since about 30 per cent of 2025 Cork sales were new builds.
What Gets Left Out of the Cork 2025 Calculation?
About 2,409 sales were excluded from the 2025 Cork calculation, so the counted total of 4,804 is not every filed record. Exclusions follow published rules rather than editorial choice. Three categories cover them.
- Sales flagged as non arm’s length, such as transfers between related parties
- Sales recorded without Value Added Tax (VAT), where the filed figure is not comparable
- Cork towns with too few recorded sales to support a published median
Hous does not gross up a VAT exclusive price, and leaves such records out. An excluded sale never re enters a published median. That keeps the Cork 2025 figure of 330,000 euro comparable with 302,000 euro in 2024.
How to Read a Cork Town Page Without Overreading It
Start at county level and then narrow. The Cork county page gives you the 330,000 euro median and the 4,804 sale count for 2025. The town pages split that across around 150 areas. Each step down shrinks the geography and the sale count.
- Open the Cork county page and note the 2025 median of 330,000 euro
- Compare 2024 at 302,000 euro to see the 9.3 per cent movement
- Move to your town, for example Ballincollig at 380,000 euro
- Check the sale count printed beside that town median
- Search a street or Eircode inside the town for the filed records
A Cork City median of 273,000 euro covers a large and varied area. Kinsale at 483,750 euro covers a much smaller one. Read every figure against its own year, sale count and geography.
Frequently Asked Questions
What was the Cork median sale price in 2025?
The Cork median sale price for 2025 was 330,000 euro, drawn from 4,804 counted sales on the Property Price Register. That figure sits 9.3 per cent above the 2024 Cork median of 302,000 euro, which was built on 4,716 sales. The partial year 2026 reading currently stands at 345,000 euro.
Why does Cork City show a lower median than smaller Cork towns?
Cork City recorded a 2025 median of 273,000 euro, below towns such as Ballincollig at 380,000 euro and Kinsale at 483,750 euro. A city median covers a wide mix of housing types and areas. Smaller towns count fewer sales, so a narrower band of properties sets the middle figure.
How many sales were excluded from the 2025 Cork median?
About 2,409 sales were excluded from the 2025 Cork calculation, leaving 4,804 counted sales behind the 330,000 euro median. Exclusions cover records flagged as non arm’s length and records filed without VAT. Hous does not gross up a VAT exclusive price, and an excluded sale never re enters the published Cork median.
How much has the Cork median grown over five years?
Growth over the five years to 2025 reached 46.7 per cent for Cork. Looking further back, the county median stood at 210,000 euro in 2010 and 330,000 euro in 2025. Cork lists roughly 150 towns and areas separately, so growth in one of them can differ from the county line.
Disclaimer: The information provided in this article is for general informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial, property, or investment advice. The data is sourced from the Irish Property Price Register and may not reflect the value of any individual home. Medians are based on recorded sales and exclude certain transactions; they do not account for property size, condition, or location. The author and publisher disclaim all liability for any decisions made based on this content. Always conduct your own research and consult a qualified professional when making property-related decisions.
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