Rosscarbery, Co. Cork scores 63/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €400,881 (most €300,000–€502,000), it scores 82/100 for safety (23.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 860 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and safety, weakest on transport & services.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 63/100 are measured across the P85 Eircode area, not Rosscarbery 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 P85 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork West). Neither is measured for Rosscarbery on its own.
860 people.
Population is for Rosscarbery 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 Rosscarbery, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Rosscarbery, Co. Cork, scores 63/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on family & community and safety.
Rosscarbery scores 82/100 on safety, ~23.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Rosscarbery over the last 24 months was €400,881, with most sales between €300,000 and €502,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Rosscarbery over the last 24 months was €400,881, most between €300,000 and €502,000 (Property Price Register).
Rosscarbery is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 7% → 5%, in line with nationally.
About 31% of homes sold in Rosscarbery in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
14 planning applications were lodged within Rosscarbery in the last 12 months, covering 4 residential units (129 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Rosscarbery scores 82/100 for families and community.
Rosscarbery scores 54/100 for schools and education, with 3 schools in the area.
Rosscarbery is about 62 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.