Dunmanway, Co. Cork scores 67/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €240,000 (most €145,000–€322,500), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,619 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
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 67/100 are measured across the P47 Eircode area, not Dunmanway alone — an area that takes in much of CORK. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the P47 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Dunmanway on its own.
1,619 people.
Population is for Dunmanway 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 Dunmanway, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Dunmanway, Co. Cork, scores 67/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Dunmanway scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Dunmanway over the last 24 months was €240,000, with most sales between €145,000 and €322,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Dunmanway over the last 24 months was €240,000, most between €145,000 and €322,500 (Property Price Register).
Dunmanway is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 12% → 8%, in line with nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 7% of homes sold in Dunmanway in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
17 planning applications were lodged within Dunmanway in the last 12 months (77 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Dunmanway scores 88/100 for families and community.
Dunmanway scores 50/100 for schools and education, with 5 schools in the area.
Dunmanway is about 55 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.