Glasheen, Co. Cork scores 65/100 for quality of life, #38 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €400,000 (most €305,000–€507,000), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 4,340 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 65/100 are measured across the T12 Eircode area, not Glasheen 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 Glasheen is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the T12 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Glasheen on its own.
4,340 people.
Population is for Glasheen itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
45th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Glasheen, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Glasheen, 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.
Glasheen scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Glasheen over the last 24 months was €400,000, most between €305,000 and €507,000 (Property Price Register).
Glasheen is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 12% → 7%, in line with nationally.
New builds are rare in Glasheen — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
5 planning applications were lodged within Glasheen in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (111 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Glasheen scores 64/100 for families and community.
Glasheen scores 55/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Glasheen is about 5 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.