Ballydehob, Co. Cork scores 59/100 for quality of life, #59 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €345,000 (most €236,500–€500,000), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 111 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and affordability, weakest on transport & services.
Updated September 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 59/100 are measured across the P81 Eircode area, not Ballydehob 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 Ballydehob is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P81 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Ballydehob on its own.
111 people.
Population is for Ballydehob 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 Ballydehob, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ballydehob, Co. Cork, scores 59/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #59 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and affordability.
Ballydehob scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ballydehob over the last 24 months was €345,000, with most sales between €236,500 and €500,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ballydehob over the last 24 months was €345,000, most between €236,500 and €500,000 (Property Price Register).
Ballydehob is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall, recorded crime falling.
4 planning applications were lodged within Ballydehob in the last 12 months (15 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ballydehob scores 86/100 for families and community.
Ballydehob scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Ballydehob is about 88 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 September 2026.