Carrigaline, Co. Cork scores 72/100 for quality of life, #16 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €385,000 (most €316,514–€461,250), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 15,817 people live here. It's strongest on environment and family & community.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 72/100 are measured across the P43 Eircode area, not Carrigaline 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 Carrigaline is #4 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P43 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Carrigaline on its own.
15,817 people.
Population is for Carrigaline itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
54th most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
Ranked against large towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Carrigaline, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Carrigaline, Co. Cork, scores 72/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #16 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and family & community.
Carrigaline scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Carrigaline over the last 24 months was €385,000, most between €316,514 and €461,250 (Property Price Register).
Carrigaline is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 8% → 5%, in line with nationally, prices up 21.4%, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 30% of homes sold in Carrigaline in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
59 planning applications were lodged within Carrigaline in the last 12 months (339 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Carrigaline scores 82/100 for families and community.
Carrigaline scores 64/100 for schools and education, with 8 schools in the area.
Carrigaline is about 17 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.