House prices · Co. Cork

House Prices in Bantry

The median second-hand home in Bantry, Co. Cork sold for €298,500 over the last 18 months, across 206 recorded sales. Year-on-year, second-hand prices are up 0.5%. New builds had a median of €306,075. Homes typically sold for about €2,632 per square metre.

About Bantry

Bantry is a west Cork market town with a rural hinterland and nearby coastal settlements, serving as a local centre for the surrounding countryside. Second-hand homes have a typical median price of €298,500, putting it 11% below the Co. Cork median, while new-builds are slightly higher at €306,075.

Median (second-hand)

€298,500

Sales (last 18 mths)

206

Typical €/m²

€2,632

Year-on-year

+0.5%

The second-hand median in Bantry is 11% below the Cork county median of €335,000.

Property mix in Bantry

The make-up of second-hand homes sold here over the last 18 months. Shares are of sales where that detail is known; medians show the typical price.

Property type

Detached

68%€378,000

Semi-detached

12%€275,000

Terraced

11%€212,500

Bungalow

8%€300,000

Bedrooms

1 bed

2 bed

15%€207,500

3 bed

35%€285,000

4 bed

36%€400,000

5+ beds

12%€456,000

Energy rating (BER)

16%

29%

21%

13%

Floor area

Under 75 m²

75–99 m²

14%

100–149 m²

37%

150–199 m²

29%

200+ m²

12%

Recent sales in Bantry

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Date	Address	Type	Price	Beds	Size	BER
May 2026	1 Keyes Terrace, Bantry	Terrace	€220,000	3	96 m²	E1
May 2026	The Paddock, Aughadown	Bungalow	€425,000	3	—	C2
May 2026	2 Fan Mor, Cois Farraige	—	€240,000	—	—	—
Apr 2026	Springduke, Seskin	—	€540,000	—	—	—
Apr 2026	3 Church Road, Bantry	—	€142,500	—	—	—
Apr 2026	Incharoe, Kealkill	Detached	€385,000	8	184 m²	D2
Apr 2026	Mallory, Aghaville	Detached	€360,000	3	119 m²	F
Apr 2026	Caher, Bantry	Detached	€380,000	4	—	D1
Apr 2026	Old Barrack Road, Bantry	Other	€320,000	3	—	G
Apr 2026	Dromnea, Kilcrohane	—	€85,000	—	—	—
Apr 2026	Cooragurteen, Ballydehob	Detached	€525,000	3	120 m²	E1
Apr 2026	Apt 1 Bridge House, Bridge St	—	€500,000	—	—	—
Apr 2026	Knockeenbwee, Drimoleague	—	€200,000	—	—	—
Apr 2026	The Rock, Drishane	Detached	€350,000	4	153 m²	G
Apr 2026	Knockeenbwee, Drimoleague	Detached	€106,000	2	—	D1
Mar 2026	4 Blackrock Close, Blackrock Rd	Semi-D	€215,000	2	—	D1
Mar 2026	Myrtle Cottage, Rockmount	Detached	€397,000	3	163 m²	D1
Mar 2026	Piper's View, West End Darrycreeven	—	€15,000	—	—	—
Mar 2026	Carrigboy, Bantry	—	€135,000	—	—	—
Mar 2026	Ardnacloghy, Ballylickey	Detached	€650,000	5	372 m²	B3
Mar 2026	Coolcaha, Ballydehob	—	€200,000	—	—	—
Mar 2026	4 Clos Na Cuirte, Pearsons Bridge	Terrace	€345,000	4	138 m²	B2
Mar 2026	Rockwood House, Gortnagrough	Detached	€478,000	2	152 m²	C3
Mar 2026	Greenmount House, Greenmount Road	Detached	€700,000	5	—	G
Mar 2026	Furze Hill, Kilcoe	Detached	€715,000	4	179 m²	B3

What is Bantry like?

Across Bantry's 30 electoral divisions and 16,378 residents, about 36% of adults hold a third-level qualification and 76% of homes are owner-occupied. On the Pobal HP Deprivation Index 2022 the area is classed marginally above average (ranges disadvantaged to marginally above average across divisions).

Pobal HP Deprivation Index 2022

Marginally Above Average-0.8 relative scoreRanges Disadvantaged to Marginally Above Average across divisions

Residents

16,378

people (Census 2022)

Age dependency

39.6%

per 100 of working age

Third-level educated

35.6%

of adults

Professional / managerial

37.5%

of residents

Unemployment

6.7%

of the labour force

Owner-occupied

75.7%

of households

Private renting

15.2%

of households

Population-weighted across the area's 30 electoral divisions, so larger divisions count proportionally more. Unemployment is the weighted mean of each division's combined male and female rate; the relative score is a derived population-weighted average, not an official Pobal figure.

Electoral divisions in Bantry

30 divisions make up Bantry. The coloured tag is each one's Pobal affluence band (green = affluent, red = disadvantaged); open a division to see its full Census profile.

Aghadown NorthMarginally Above Average+3.2

People

Population299

Age dependency34.5%

Lone-parent families13.6%

Work & education

Third-level34.8%

Primary only8.6%

Professional / managerial36.5%

Semi/unskilled20.7%

Male unemployment3.7%

Female unemployment4.8%

Housing

Owner-occupied87.4%

Private renting5.4%

Social housing0.9%

Persons per room0.40

Aghadown SouthMarginally Above Average+1.4

People

Population623

Age dependency40.3%

Lone-parent families11.4%

Work & education

Third-level40.6%

Primary only9.1%

Professional / managerial37.7%

Semi/unskilled15.7%

Male unemployment5.3%

Female unemployment4.8%

Housing

Owner-occupied84.9%

Private renting9.8%

Social housing0.4%

Persons per room0.39

AhilMarginally Below Average-2.2

People

Population264

Age dependency36.4%

Lone-parent families12.5%

Work & education

Third-level35.2%

Primary only18.9%

Professional / managerial37.1%

Semi/unskilled20.2%

Male unemployment9.4%

Female unemployment7.5%

Housing

Owner-occupied92.9%

Private renting7.1%

Social housing0.0%

Persons per room0.50

BallybaneMarginally Above Average+3.8

People

Population289

Age dependency36.3%

Lone-parent families4.8%

Work & education

Third-level44.4%

Primary only11.1%

Professional / managerial41.5%

Semi/unskilled17.3%

Male unemployment9.0%

Female unemployment1.4%

Housing

Owner-occupied87.0%

Private renting10.6%

Social housing0.0%

Persons per room0.39

BallydehobMarginally Above Average+0.8

People

Population924

Age dependency39.2%

Lone-parent families10.8%

Work & education

Third-level41.3%

Primary only11.0%

Professional / managerial38.3%

Semi/unskilled17.3%

Male unemployment6.3%

Female unemployment10.8%

Housing

Owner-occupied75.1%

Private renting15.5%

Social housing6.0%

Persons per room0.38

Bantry UrbanMarginally Below Average-5.3

People

Population3,358

Age dependency40.6%

Lone-parent families26.6%

Work & education

Third-level31.7%

Primary only11.2%

Professional / managerial31.3%

Semi/unskilled24.0%

Male unemployment11.7%

Female unemployment7.4%

Housing

Owner-occupied50.6%

Private renting29.6%

Social housing15.3%

Persons per room0.48

BredaghMarginally Below Average-1.9

People

Population664

Age dependency34.8%

Lone-parent families12.1%

Work & education

Third-level34.9%

Primary only11.0%

Professional / managerial38.5%

Semi/unskilled19.7%

Male unemployment11.3%

Female unemployment7.5%

Housing

Owner-occupied72.4%

Private renting17.2%

Social housing6.1%

Persons per room0.42

CaheraghMarginally Below Average-5.7

People

Population298

Age dependency37.6%

Lone-parent families8.3%

Work & education

Third-level22.2%

Primary only21.3%

Professional / managerial41.3%

Semi/unskilled15.8%

Male unemployment4.3%

Female unemployment4.3%

Housing

Owner-occupied89.5%

Private renting5.7%

Social housing0.0%

Persons per room0.41

CloghdonnellMarginally Above Average+1.3

People

Population388

Age dependency34.0%

Lone-parent families8.8%

Work & education

Third-level33.3%

Primary only9.3%

Professional / managerial41.8%

Semi/unskilled13.0%

Male unemployment3.8%

Female unemployment6.7%

Housing

Owner-occupied86.4%

Private renting10.7%

Social housing0.0%

Persons per room0.42

CoolaghMarginally Below Average-5.0

People

Population216

Age dependency40.3%

Lone-parent families12.5%

Work & education

Third-level42.6%

Primary only16.1%

Professional / managerial42.6%

Semi/unskilled13.6%

Male unemployment10.2%

Female unemployment16.7%

Housing

Owner-occupied79.3%

Private renting11.5%

Social housing0.0%

Persons per room0.41

DouceDisadvantaged-12.6

People

Population260

Age dependency48.9%

Lone-parent families4.5%

Work & education

Third-level27.9%

Primary only19.4%

Professional / managerial31.1%

Semi/unskilled12.7%

Male unemployment11.4%

Female unemployment11.6%

Housing

Owner-occupied88.5%

Private renting8.3%

Social housing1.0%

Persons per room0.43

Dromdaleague NorthMarginally Below Average-6.5

People

Population297

Age dependency33.0%

Lone-parent families5.3%

Work & education

Third-level27.5%

Primary only20.9%

Professional / managerial34.3%

Semi/unskilled11.9%

Male unemployment8.6%

Female unemployment3.6%

Housing

Owner-occupied79.3%

Private renting9.2%

Social housing4.6%

Persons per room0.45

Dromdaleague SouthMarginally Below Average-1.0

People

Population636

Age dependency42.0%

Lone-parent families13.0%

Work & education

Third-level31.6%

Primary only13.6%

Professional / managerial32.5%

Semi/unskilled20.8%

Male unemployment6.8%

Female unemployment1.7%

Housing

Owner-occupied74.3%

Private renting15.8%

Social housing7.4%

Persons per room0.48

DunbeaconMarginally Above Average+5.8

People

Population187

Age dependency33.2%

Lone-parent families27.3%

Work & education

Third-level36.5%

Primary only9.5%

Professional / managerial39.0%

Semi/unskilled20.3%

Male unemployment1.8%

Female unemployment6.3%

Housing

Owner-occupied83.6%

Private renting12.3%

Social housing0.0%

Persons per room0.40

Durrus EastMarginally Above Average+1.6

People

Population283

Age dependency40.6%

Lone-parent families14.8%

Work & education

Third-level42.9%

Primary only9.4%

Professional / managerial45.2%

Semi/unskilled11.2%

Male unemployment4.4%

Female unemployment11.8%

Housing

Owner-occupied91.0%

Private renting6.0%

Social housing1.0%

Persons per room0.41

Durrus WestMarginally Above Average+0.7

People

Population690

Age dependency39.3%

Lone-parent families24.6%

Work & education

Third-level37.2%

Primary only12.1%

Professional / managerial40.3%

Semi/unskilled13.7%

Male unemployment4.4%

Female unemployment8.0%

Housing

Owner-occupied72.9%

Private renting12.0%

Social housing8.8%

Persons per room0.39

GarranesMarginally Below Average-0.9

People

Population409

Age dependency38.6%

Lone-parent families10.0%

Work & education

Third-level30.5%

Primary only10.0%

Professional / managerial31.5%

Semi/unskilled16.1%

Male unemployment4.4%

Female unemployment8.4%

Housing

Owner-occupied84.3%

Private renting13.4%

Social housing0.0%

Persons per room0.44

GarrownMarginally Below Average-1.8

People

Population311

Age dependency37.6%

Lone-parent families0.0%

Work & education

Third-level30.8%

Primary only16.7%

Professional / managerial36.0%

Semi/unskilled17.1%

Male unemployment8.0%

Female unemployment2.0%

Housing

Owner-occupied90.7%

Private renting4.1%

Social housing0.0%

Persons per room0.45

GlanloughMarginally Below Average-3.4

People

Population221

Age dependency48.9%

Lone-parent families22.2%

Work & education

Third-level48.4%

Primary only10.7%

Professional / managerial42.5%

Semi/unskilled12.9%

Male unemployment10.0%

Female unemployment10.9%

Housing

Owner-occupied87.1%

Private renting7.1%

Social housing1.2%

Persons per room0.40

GlengarriffMarginally Above Average+3.5

People

Population1,181

Age dependency39.6%

Lone-parent families13.3%

Work & education

Third-level43.1%

Primary only8.4%

Professional / managerial41.6%

Semi/unskilled16.8%

Male unemployment6.1%

Female unemployment6.8%

Housing

Owner-occupied79.6%

Private renting15.9%

Social housing0.2%

Persons per room0.44

GortnascreenyMarginally Above Average+1.7

People

Population542

Age dependency43.5%

Lone-parent families8.3%

Work & education

Third-level34.7%

Primary only11.4%

Professional / managerial38.4%

Semi/unskilled21.1%

Male unemployment3.9%

Female unemployment3.9%

Housing

Owner-occupied84.5%

Private renting12.8%

Social housing0.5%

Persons per room0.44

KealkillMarginally Above Average+0.8

People

Population588

Age dependency40.8%

Lone-parent families20.3%

Work & education

Third-level29.1%

Primary only16.8%

Professional / managerial43.2%

Semi/unskilled21.1%

Male unemployment2.3%

Female unemployment5.4%

Housing

Owner-occupied79.1%

Private renting10.4%

Social housing7.5%

Persons per room0.45

KilcoeMarginally Above Average+5.7

People

Population447

Age dependency39.4%

Lone-parent families3.2%

Work & education

Third-level45.2%

Primary only9.0%

Professional / managerial46.1%

Semi/unskilled9.1%

Male unemployment2.5%

Female unemployment3.6%

Housing

Owner-occupied84.5%

Private renting11.9%

Social housing0.0%

Persons per room0.39

KilleenleaghMarginally Below Average-1.2

People

Population371

Age dependency38.0%

Lone-parent families17.9%

Work & education

Third-level33.0%

Primary only15.7%

Professional / managerial37.2%

Semi/unskilled13.5%

Male unemployment3.3%

Female unemployment6.2%

Housing

Owner-occupied85.9%

Private renting12.5%

Social housing0.8%

Persons per room0.44

MealaghMarginally Below Average-1.3

People

Population401

Age dependency36.7%

Lone-parent families14.3%

Work & education

Third-level36.9%

Primary only9.8%

Professional / managerial35.7%

Semi/unskilled20.9%

Male unemployment9.9%

Female unemployment5.1%

Housing

Owner-occupied87.9%

Private renting9.2%

Social housing0.0%

Persons per room0.42

MilaneMarginally Below Average-2.8

People

Population185

Age dependency40.5%

Lone-parent families15.4%

Work & education

Third-level28.8%

Primary only13.6%

Professional / managerial29.2%

Semi/unskilled16.2%

Male unemployment4.1%

Female unemployment6.1%

Housing

Owner-occupied88.5%

Private renting8.2%

Social housing0.0%

Persons per room0.45

ScartMarginally Above Average+2.1

People

Population331

Age dependency35.4%

Lone-parent families10.7%

Work & education

Third-level28.2%

Primary only13.6%

Professional / managerial41.4%

Semi/unskilled15.9%

Male unemployment3.7%

Female unemployment2.9%

Housing

Owner-occupied91.0%

Private renting8.1%

Social housing0.0%

Persons per room0.44

SeefinMarginally Below Average-0.5

People

Population351

Age dependency47.9%

Lone-parent families24.1%

Work & education

Third-level39.1%

Primary only14.4%

Professional / managerial35.9%

Semi/unskilled14.4%

Male unemployment3.9%

Female unemployment6.2%

Housing

Owner-occupied70.6%

Private renting12.5%

Social housing14.7%

Persons per room0.41

SheepsheadMarginally Above Average+1.0

People

Population198

Age dependency51.5%

Lone-parent families6.7%

Work & education

Third-level36.0%

Primary only23.0%

Professional / managerial41.9%

Semi/unskilled10.9%

Male unemployment0.0%

Female unemployment6.1%

Housing

Owner-occupied88.8%

Private renting7.5%

Social housing2.5%

Persons per room0.40

Whiddy/Bantry RuralMarginally Above Average+3.3

People

Population1,166

Age dependency38.9%

Lone-parent families9.4%

Work & education

Third-level39.9%

Primary only8.3%

Professional / managerial43.4%

Semi/unskilled15.1%

Male unemployment4.5%

Female unemployment4.9%

Housing

Owner-occupied85.2%

Private renting10.3%

Social housing1.5%

Persons per room0.42

Pobal HP Deprivation Index 2022 — relative affluence and Census 2022 demographics by Electoral Division. Percentages use Census denominators (adults, households or labour force) that differ by indicator.

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Questions about Bantry

What is the average house price in Bantry?

The median second-hand sale price in Bantry over the last 18 months was €298,500, based on 206 Property Price Register sales. New builds had a median of €306,075.

Are house prices in Bantry rising or falling?

Second-hand prices in Bantry are up 0.5% over the past year, with a current median of €298,500.

How does Bantry compare to the rest of Cork?

The Bantry median (€298,500) is 11% below the Co. Cork median of €335,000.

Other areas in Co. Cork

Carrigaline Midleton Ballyvolane Ballincollig Kinsale Mallow Macroom Bandon Carrigtwohill Rathcormac Cobh Blackrock, Cork Glanmire Bishopstown

Based on 233 full-market Property Price Register sales geolocated to Bantry (30 electoral divisions). Medians exclude non-full-market and bulk transactions. New-build vs second-hand is identified by the VAT-exclusive flag. €/m² uses enriched floor areas where available. Last updated 9 June 2026. Not a valuation of any individual property.