Carrignavar, Co. Cork scores 62/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €292,500 (most €197,500–€477,250), it scores 58/100 for safety (52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 563 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and environment, weakest on transport & services.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 62/100 are measured across the T34 Eircode area, not Carrignavar alone — an area that takes in much of Cork. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the T34 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Carrignavar on its own.
563 people.
Population is for Carrignavar 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 Carrignavar, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Carrignavar, Co. Cork, scores 62/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on family & community and environment.
Carrignavar scores 58/100 on safety, ~52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Carrignavar over the last 24 months was €292,500, with most sales between €197,500 and €477,250 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Carrignavar over the last 24 months was €292,500, most between €197,500 and €477,250 (Property Price Register).
Carrignavar is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 0 points — lagging the national fall.
6 planning applications were lodged within Carrignavar in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (18 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Carrignavar scores 91/100 for families and community.
Carrignavar scores 43/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Carrignavar is about 18 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.