Kilbrittain, Co. Cork scores 67/100 for quality of life, #27 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up”. The median home sells for €467,500 (most €375,000–€842,000), it scores 89/100 for safety (17.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 238 people live here. It's strongest on safety and affordability.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — and pulling ahead of the national trend.
These seven scores and the 67/100 are measured across the P72 Eircode area, not Kilbrittain 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 Kilbrittain is #18 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P72 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork West). Neither is measured for Kilbrittain on its own.
238 people.
Population is for Kilbrittain 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 Kilbrittain, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Kilbrittain, Co. Cork, scores 67/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #27 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on safety and affordability.
Kilbrittain scores 89/100 on safety, ~17.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kilbrittain over the last 24 months was €467,500, with most sales between €375,000 and €842,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Kilbrittain over the last 24 months was €467,500, most between €375,000 and €842,000 (Property Price Register).
Kilbrittain is rated "On the up" — unemployment fell 9% → 6%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 8 points — faster than nationally.
Kilbrittain scores 83/100 for families and community.
Kilbrittain scores 53/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Kilbrittain is about 42 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.