Innishannon, Co. Cork scores 65/100 for quality of life, #38 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €414,097 (most €287,500–€548,128), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,043 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
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 65/100 are measured across the T12 Eircode area, not Innishannon 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 Innishannon 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 Innishannon on its own.
1,043 people.
Population is for Innishannon 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 Innishannon, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Innishannon, 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.
Innishannon scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Innishannon over the last 24 months was €414,097, with most sales between €287,500 and €548,128 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Innishannon over the last 24 months was €414,097, most between €287,500 and €548,128 (Property Price Register).
Innishannon is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 26% of homes sold in Innishannon in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
8 planning applications were lodged within Innishannon in the last 12 months, covering 5 residential units (70 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Innishannon scores 64/100 for families and community.
Innishannon scores 55/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Innishannon is about 24 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.