Ballineen-Enniskean, Co. Cork scores 67/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up”. The median home sells for €291,250 (most €265,625–€316,875), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 496 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — and pulling ahead of the national trend.
These seven scores and the 67/100 are measured across the P47 Eircode area, not Ballineen-Enniskean alone — an area that takes in much of CORK. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the P47 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Ballineen-Enniskean on its own.
496 people.
Population is for Ballineen-Enniskean itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Ballineen-Enniskean, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballineen-Enniskean, Co. Cork, scores 67/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Ballineen-Enniskean scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballineen-Enniskean over the last 24 months was €291,250, most between €265,625 and €316,875 (Property Price Register).
Ballineen-Enniskean is rated "On the up" — unemployment fell 7% → 3%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally.
4 planning applications were lodged within Ballineen-Enniskean in the last 12 months (22 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballineen-Enniskean scores 88/100 for families and community.
Ballineen-Enniskean scores 50/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Ballineen-Enniskean is about 46 minutes by road from Cork.
Sale prices from the Property Price Register (rolling 24 months). Quality of Life averages seven equal-weighted dimensions from 40+ metrics across 13 public datasets (CSO census + SAPS, Garda crime, SEAI, EPA, DES schools, GTFS). Population is CSO Census 2022; the “on the up” trajectory compares 2016→2022. Figures refresh daily · an area assessment, not advice on a specific property. Updated August 2026.