Midleton, Co. Cork scores 64/100 for quality of life, #41 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €365,639 (most €303,964–€418,502), it scores 56/100 for safety (67 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 13,475 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
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 Midleton is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
13,475 people.
48th most vibrant large town in Ireland, of 65 ranked.
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.
Ranked against large towns only. Tourist towns read high — the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
Midleton, Co. Cork, scores 64/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #41 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Midleton scores 56/100 on safety, ~67.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Midleton over the last 24 months was €365,639, most between €303,964 and €418,502 (Property Price Register).
Midleton is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 13% → 7% — faster than nationally, prices up 19.2%.
About 56% of homes sold in Midleton in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
93 planning applications were lodged within Midleton in the last 12 months, covering 1,090 residential units (526 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Midleton scores 78/100 for families and community.
Midleton scores 60/100 for schools and education, with 9 schools in the area.
Midleton is about 22 minutes by road from Cork, with 1 rail stop nearby.
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.