Mahon, Co. Cork scores 51/100 for quality of life, #77 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €325,000 (most €268,000–€380,000), it scores 58/100 for safety (52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 1,044 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 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 51/100 are measured across the T23 Eircode area, not Mahon 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 Mahon is #75 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the T23 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Mahon on its own.
1,044 people.
Population is for Mahon itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Not ranked: a suburb’s boundary is a postal approximation, so its shops serve more people than are counted inside it.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Mahon, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Mahon, Co. Cork, scores 51/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #77 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
The T23 Eircode area around Mahon scores 58/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Cork City, records ~52.9 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Mahon on its own.
Mahon is rated "disadvantaged" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -8.4 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -17.2 to +1.1) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Mahon over the last 24 months was €325,000, with most sales between €268,000 and €380,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Mahon over the last 24 months was €325,000, most between €268,000 and €380,000 (Property Price Register).
Mahon is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 17% → 12%, in line with nationally.
4 planning applications were lodged within Mahon in the last 12 months (48 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Mahon scores 55/100 for families and community.
Mahon scores 26/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Mahon is about 11 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 October 2026.