Castlelyons, Co. Cork scores 62/100 for quality of life, #32 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up”. The median home sells for €325,000 (most €292,166–€387,665), it scores 82/100 for safety (23.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 428 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and safety, 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 62/100 are measured across the P61 Eircode area, not Castlelyons 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 Castlelyons is #13 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P61 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork West). Neither is measured for Castlelyons on its own.
428 people.
Population is for Castlelyons 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 Castlelyons, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Castlelyons, Co. Cork, scores 62/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #32 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and safety.
Castlelyons scores 82/100 on safety, ~23.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Castlelyons over the last 24 months was €325,000, with most sales between €292,166 and €387,665 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Castlelyons over the last 24 months was €325,000, most between €292,166 and €387,665 (Property Price Register).
Castlelyons is rated "On the up" — unemployment fell 10% → 5%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally.
About 55% of homes sold in Castlelyons in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
2 planning applications were lodged within Castlelyons in the last 12 months (13 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Castlelyons scores 78/100 for families and community.
Castlelyons scores 39/100 for schools and education.
Castlelyons is about 36 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.