Ballinspittle, Co. Cork scores 79/100 for quality of life, #4 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €442,500 (most €360,000–€578,750), it scores 89/100 for safety (17.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 134 people live here. It's strongest on environment and safety.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 79/100 are measured across the P17 Eircode area, not Ballinspittle alone — an area that takes in much of CORK. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
Ranked on quality of life alone — cost of living excluded, so the genuinely best areas rank top even though they cost more. Factor in price and Ballinspittle is #1 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P17 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork West). Neither is measured for Ballinspittle on its own.
134 people.
Population is for Ballinspittle 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 Ballinspittle, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballinspittle, Co. Cork, scores 79/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #4 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and safety.
Ballinspittle scores 89/100 on safety, ~17.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballinspittle over the last 24 months was €442,500, most between €360,000 and €578,750 (Property Price Register).
Ballinspittle is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally.
3 planning applications were lodged within Ballinspittle in the last 12 months (9 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballinspittle scores 84/100 for families and community.
Ballinspittle scores 76/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ballinspittle is about 39 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.