Portmagee, Co. Kerry scores 74/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €196,500 (most €65,000–€301,375), it scores 72/100 for safety (42.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 116 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and transport & services, weakest on local economy.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 74/100 are measured across the V23 Eircode area, not Portmagee alone — an area that takes in much of KERRY. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the V23 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Kerry). Neither is measured for Portmagee on its own.
116 people.
Population is for Portmagee 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 Portmagee, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Portmagee, Co. Kerry, scores 74/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and transport & services.
Portmagee scores 72/100 on safety, ~42.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Portmagee over the last 24 months was €196,500, with most sales between €65,000 and €301,375 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Portmagee over the last 24 months was €196,500, most between €65,000 and €301,375 (Property Price Register).
Portmagee is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 14% → 10%, in line with nationally, recorded crime falling.
1 planning application was lodged within Portmagee in the last 12 months (15 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Portmagee scores 85/100 for families and community.
Portmagee scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Portmagee is about 142 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.