Courtbrack, Co. Cork scores 55/100 for quality of life, #83 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €510,000 (most €365,000–€546,000), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 459 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 55/100 are measured across the T23 Eircode area, not Courtbrack 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 Courtbrack is #81 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the T23 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Courtbrack on its own.
459 people.
Population is for Courtbrack 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 Courtbrack, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Courtbrack, Co. Cork, scores 55/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #83 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
Courtbrack scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Courtbrack over the last 24 months was €510,000, most between €365,000 and €546,000 (Property Price Register).
Courtbrack is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment rose 5% → 6% — lagging the national fall.
1 planning application was lodged within Courtbrack in the last 12 months (9 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Courtbrack scores 55/100 for families and community.
Courtbrack scores 28/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Courtbrack is about 26 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 August 2026.