Castletownroche, Co. Cork scores 59/100 for quality of life, #36 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €250,000 (most €170,000–€267,500), it scores 71/100 for safety (37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 247 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
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 59/100 are measured across the P51 Eircode area, not Castletownroche 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 Castletownroche is #22 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P51 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork North). Neither is measured for Castletownroche on its own.
247 people.
Population is for Castletownroche 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 Castletownroche, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Castletownroche, Co. Cork, scores 59/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #36 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The P51 Eircode area around Castletownroche scores 71/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Cork North, records ~37.3 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Castletownroche on its own.
Castletownroche is rated "disadvantaged" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -8.9 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -10.2 to -7.6) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Castletownroche over the last 24 months was €250,000, with most sales between €170,000 and €267,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Castletownroche over the last 24 months was €250,000, most between €170,000 and €267,500 (Property Price Register).
Castletownroche is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 12% → 8%, in line with nationally, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 18% of homes sold in Castletownroche in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
1 planning application was lodged within Castletownroche in the last 12 months (5 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Castletownroche scores 82/100 for families and community.
Castletownroche scores 39/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Castletownroche is about 44 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.