Castletownshend, Co. Cork scores 59/100 for quality of life, #59 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €422,500 (most €383,750–€468,750), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 167 people live here, down 7.2% since 2016. It's strongest on family & community and affordability, weakest on transport & services.
Updated July 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
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 Castletownshend is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
167 people, down 7.2% since 2016.
Castletownshend, Co. Cork, scores 59/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #59 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and affordability.
Castletownshend scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Castletownshend over the last 24 months was €422,500, most between €383,750 and €468,750 (Property Price Register).
Castletownshend is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, population fell 7.2% since 2016.
New builds are rare in Castletownshend — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
1 planning application was lodged within Castletownshend in the last 12 months (15 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Castletownshend scores 86/100 for families and community.
Castletownshend scores 56/100 for schools and education.
Castletownshend is about 84 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 July 2026.