Inchigeelagh, Co. Cork scores 62/100 for quality of life, #48 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €240,000 (most €160,000–€275,000), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 136 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on transport & services.
Updated September 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 62/100 are measured across the P12 Eircode area, not Inchigeelagh 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 Inchigeelagh is #50 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P12 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Inchigeelagh on its own.
136 people.
Population is for Inchigeelagh 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 Inchigeelagh, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Inchigeelagh, Co. Cork, scores 62/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #48 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Inchigeelagh scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Inchigeelagh over the last 24 months was €240,000, with most sales between €160,000 and €275,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Inchigeelagh over the last 24 months was €240,000, most between €160,000 and €275,000 (Property Price Register).
Inchigeelagh is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 10% → 4% — faster than nationally, third-level education up 11 points — faster than nationally.
2 planning applications were lodged within Inchigeelagh in the last 12 months (13 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Inchigeelagh scores 87/100 for families and community.
Inchigeelagh scores 44/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Inchigeelagh is about 50 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 September 2026.