Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry scores 74/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €250,000 (most €180,000–€348,476), it scores 72/100 for safety (42.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,297 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 74/100 are measured across the V23 Eircode area, not Cahirciveen alone — an area that takes in much of KERRY. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the V23 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kerry). Neither is measured for Cahirciveen on its own.
1,297 people.
Population is for Cahirciveen 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 Cahirciveen, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry, scores 74/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Cahirciveen scores 72/100 on safety, ~42.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Cahirciveen over the last 24 months was €250,000, most between €180,000 and €348,476 (Property Price Register).
Cahirciveen is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment rose 10% → 16% — lagging the national fall, third-level education up 18 points — faster than nationally.
6 planning applications were lodged within Cahirciveen in the last 12 months (99 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Cahirciveen scores 85/100 for families and community.
Cahirciveen scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Cahirciveen is about 125 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.