Cobh, Co. Cork scores 54/100 for quality of life, #58 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €321,500 (most €255,127–€395,000), it scores 58/100 for safety (52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 13,657 people live here. It's strongest on environment and affordability, weakest on schools & education.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 54/100 are measured across the P24 Eircode area, not Cobh 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 Cobh is #56 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P24 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Cobh on its own.
13,657 people.
Population is for Cobh itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
44th 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 Cobh, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Cobh, Co. Cork, scores 54/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #58 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and affordability.
The P24 Eircode area around Cobh scores 58/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Cork City, records ~52.9 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Cobh on its own.
Cobh is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -2.7 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -7.9 to +1.4) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Cobh over the last 24 months was €321,500, with most sales between €255,127 and €395,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Cobh over the last 24 months was €321,500, most between €255,127 and €395,000 (Property Price Register).
Cobh is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 8% — faster than nationally, prices up 12.6%.
About 10% of homes sold in Cobh in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
52 planning applications were lodged within Cobh in the last 12 months, covering 7 residential units (432 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Cobh scores 64/100 for families and community.
Cobh scores 31/100 for schools and education, with 7 schools in the area.
Cobh is about 26 minutes by road from Cork, with 2 rail stops nearby.
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.