Killeagh, Co. Cork scores 61/100 for quality of life, #50 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €295,155 (most €242,290–€400,000), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,275 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 61/100 are measured across the P36 Eircode area, not Killeagh 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 Killeagh is #31 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P36 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Killeagh on its own.
1,275 people.
Population is for Killeagh 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 Killeagh, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Killeagh, Co. Cork, scores 61/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #50 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Killeagh scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Killeagh over the last 24 months was €295,155, most between €242,290 and €400,000 (Property Price Register).
Killeagh is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 9% → 4%, in line with nationally, third-level education up 9 points — faster than nationally, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 36% of homes sold in Killeagh in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
15 planning applications were lodged within Killeagh in the last 12 months, covering 8 residential units (78 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Killeagh scores 77/100 for families and community.
Killeagh scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Killeagh is about 33 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.