Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg, Co. Cork scores 69/100 for quality of life, #17 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €362,500 (most €356,250–€368,750), it scores 58/100 for safety (52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 575 people live here. It's strongest on environment and family & community.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Above average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 69/100 are measured across the P43 Eircode area, not Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg 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 Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg is #4 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P43 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg on its own.
575 people.
Population is for Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg 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 Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg, Co. Cork, scores 69/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #17 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on environment and family & community.
Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg scores 58/100 on safety, ~52.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg over the last 24 months was €362,500, with most sales between €356,250 and €368,750 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg over the last 24 months was €362,500, most between €356,250 and €368,750 (Property Price Register).
Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 2 points — lagging the national fall.
4 planning applications were lodged within Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg in the last 12 months, covering 42 residential units (46 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg scores 81/100 for families and community.
Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg scores 60/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Ringaskiddy-Loughbeg is about 20 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 October 2026.