Cobh, Co. Cork scores 56/100 for quality of life, #74 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €310,000 (most €255,127–€389,375), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 13,657 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 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 56/100 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 #77 of 108 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 56/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #74 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Cobh scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Cobh over the last 24 months was €310,000, most between €255,127 and €389,375 (Property Price Register).
Cobh is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 8% — faster than nationally, prices up 14.1%.
About 13% of homes sold in Cobh in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
60 planning applications were lodged within Cobh in the last 12 months, covering 29 residential units (421 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Cobh scores 65/100 for families and community.
Cobh scores 34/100 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 August 2026.