Douglas, Co. Cork scores 65/100 for quality of life, #38 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €414,097 (most €325,000–€497,798), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 29,878 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
Updated July 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above 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 Douglas is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
29,878 people.
Douglas, Co. Cork, scores 65/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #38 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
Douglas scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Douglas over the last 24 months was €414,097, most between €325,000 and €497,798 (Property Price Register).
Douglas is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 3 points — behind the national rise, prices up 6.3%, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 19% of homes sold in Douglas in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
4 planning applications were lodged within Douglas in the last 12 months (669 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Douglas scores 64/100 for families and community.
Douglas scores 55/100 for schools and education, with 7 schools in the area.
Douglas is about 9 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.