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.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
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).
17 planning applications were lodged within Mitchelstown in the last 12 months, covering 9 residential units (156 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.