Mitchelstown, Co. Cork scores 60/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €255,000 (most €177,500–€341,500), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 3,744 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on schools & education.
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 60/100 are measured across the P67 Eircode area, not Mitchelstown alone — an area that takes in much of CORK. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the P67 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Mitchelstown on its own.
3,744 people.
Population is for Mitchelstown itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
29th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Counts are venues in and around the town. Per head asks whether it is well served for its size.
Ranked against small towns only. Tourist towns read high: the venues are real, but not all of them are there for the people who live here.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Mitchelstown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Mitchelstown scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Mitchelstown over the last 24 months was €255,000, most between €177,500 and €341,500 (Property Price Register).
Mitchelstown is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 14% → 10%, in line with nationally.
New builds are rare in Mitchelstown — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
24 planning applications were lodged within Mitchelstown in the last 12 months, covering 9 residential units (163 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Mitchelstown scores 82/100 for families and community.
Mitchelstown scores 30/100 for schools and education, with 5 schools in the area.
Mitchelstown is about 44 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.