Passage West, Co. Cork scores 60/100 for quality of life, #33 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up”. The median home sells for €350,000 (most €276,329–€420,000), it scores 58/100 for safety (52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 5,263 people live here. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — and pulling ahead of the national trend.
These seven scores and the 60/100 are measured across the T12 Eircode area, not Passage West 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 Passage West is #38 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the T12 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Passage West on its own.
5,263 people.
Population is for Passage West itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
83rd 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 Passage West, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Passage West, Co. Cork, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #33 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on transport & services and affordability.
The T12 Eircode area around Passage West scores 58/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Cork City, records ~52.9 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Passage West on its own.
Passage West is rated "above average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging +0.9 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -0.5 to +7.2) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Passage West over the last 24 months was €350,000, with most sales between €276,329 and €420,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Passage West over the last 24 months was €350,000, most between €276,329 and €420,000 (Property Price Register).
Passage West is rated "On the up" — unemployment fell 11% → 8%, in line with nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 29% of homes sold in Passage West in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
34 planning applications were lodged within Passage West in the last 12 months, covering 112 residential units (244 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Passage West scores 62/100 for families and community.
Passage West scores 52/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Passage West is about 19 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 October 2026.