Kildorrery, Co. Cork scores 60/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “established, plateauing”. The median home sells for €264,500 (most €221,250–€367,500), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 372 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — affluent and stable, but growth has plateaued — don't overpay.
372 people.
Vibrancy is the plain count of places to eat, drink and go out — restaurants, cafés, pubs, takeaways, nightclubs and cinemas in and around the town. Per head is the different question of whether a town is well served for its size.
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far to mean anything.
Kildorrery, Co. Cork, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Kildorrery scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Kildorrery over the last 24 months was €264,500, most between €221,250 and €367,500 (Property Price Register).
Kildorrery is rated "Established, plateauing" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally.
8 planning applications were lodged within Kildorrery in the last 12 months (22 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Kildorrery scores 82/100 for families and community.
Kildorrery scores 30/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Kildorrery is about 51 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.