Rathcormac, Co. Cork scores 64/100 for quality of life, #40 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “declining”. The median home sells for €334,802 (most €303,538–€374,450), it scores 89/100 for safety (17.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 2,237 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and safety, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 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 64/100 are measured across the P61 Eircode area, not Rathcormac 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 Rathcormac is #26 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P61 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork West). Neither is measured for Rathcormac on its own.
2,237 people.
Population is for Rathcormac itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
106th 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 Rathcormac, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Rathcormac, Co. Cork, scores 64/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #40 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and safety.
Rathcormac scores 89/100 on safety, ~17.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Rathcormac over the last 24 months was €334,802, most between €303,538 and €374,450 (Property Price Register).
Rathcormac is rated "Declining" — unemployment fell 9% → 6%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise, recorded crime rising faster than the town is growing.
About 69% of homes sold in Rathcormac in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
15 planning applications were lodged within Rathcormac in the last 12 months, covering 3 residential units (107 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Rathcormac scores 79/100 for families and community.
Rathcormac scores 42/100 for schools and education, with 2 schools in the area.
Rathcormac is about 30 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.