Killumney, Co. Cork scores 72/100 for quality of life, #14 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €375,000 (most €329,375–€466,795), it scores 56/100 for safety (67 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,205 people live here. It's strongest on environment and family & community.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
These seven scores and the 72/100 are measured across the P31 Eircode area, not Killumney 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 Killumney is #4 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P31 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork North). Neither is measured for Killumney on its own.
1,205 people.
Population is for Killumney 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 Killumney, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Killumney, Co. Cork, scores 72/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #14 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and family & community.
Killumney scores 56/100 on safety, ~67.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Killumney over the last 24 months was €375,000, most between €329,375 and €466,795 (Property Price Register).
Killumney is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 2 points — behind the national rise.
1 planning application was lodged within Killumney in the last 12 months (39 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Killumney scores 83/100 for families and community.
Killumney scores 69/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Killumney is about 17 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.