Newtown, Co. Cork scores 61/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €275,000 (most €237,500–€335,000), it scores 58/100 for safety (52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 433 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — the fundamentals are slipping behind the rest of the country.
These seven scores and the 61/100 are measured across the P56 Eircode area, not Newtown 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 P56 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Newtown on its own.
433 people.
Population is for Newtown 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 Newtown, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Newtown, Co. Cork, scores 61/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Newtown scores 58/100 on safety, ~52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Newtown over the last 24 months was €275,000, with most sales between €237,500 and €335,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Newtown over the last 24 months was €275,000, most between €237,500 and €335,000 (Property Price Register).
Newtown is rated "Declining" — unemployment rose 5% → 11% — lagging the national fall, third-level education up only 0 points — behind the national rise.
Newtown scores 78/100 for families and community.
Newtown scores 39/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Newtown is about 42 minutes by road from Limerick.
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.