Millstreet, Co. Cork scores 59/100 for quality of life, #36 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €240,000 (most €175,000–€290,000), it scores 71/100 for safety (37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 1,528 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
These seven scores and the 59/100 are measured across the P51 Eircode area, not Millstreet 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 Millstreet is #22 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P51 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork North). Neither is measured for Millstreet on its own.
1,528 people.
Population is for Millstreet 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 Millstreet, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Millstreet, Co. Cork, scores 59/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #36 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Millstreet scores 71/100 on safety, ~37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Millstreet over the last 24 months was €240,000, with most sales between €175,000 and €290,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Millstreet over the last 24 months was €240,000, most between €175,000 and €290,000 (Property Price Register).
Millstreet is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 2% of homes sold in Millstreet in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
20 planning applications were lodged within Millstreet in the last 12 months (87 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Millstreet scores 82/100 for families and community.
Millstreet scores 39/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Millstreet is about 57 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.