Blarney, Co. Cork scores 51/100 for quality of life, #77 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up”. The median home sells for €350,000 (most €260,000–€430,000), it scores 58/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,559 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — and pulling ahead of the national trend.
These seven scores and the 51/100 are measured across the T23 Eircode area, not Blarney 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 Blarney is #75 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the T23 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Blarney on its own.
2,559 people.
Population is for Blarney itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
55th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Blarney, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Blarney, Co. Cork, scores 51/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #77 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
Blarney scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Blarney over the last 24 months was €350,000, with most sales between €260,000 and €430,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Blarney over the last 24 months was €350,000, most between €260,000 and €430,000 (Property Price Register).
Blarney is rated "On the up" — unemployment fell 8% → 6%, in line with nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 4% of homes sold in Blarney in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
40 planning applications were lodged within Blarney in the last 12 months, covering 127 residential units (109 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Blarney scores 55/100 for families and community.
Blarney scores 26/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Blarney is about 13 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 October 2026.