Unionhall, Co. Cork scores 59/100 for quality of life, #59 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €355,639 (most €343,458–€367,819), it scores 61/100 for safety (58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 143 people live here. It's strongest on family & community and affordability, weakest on transport & services.
Updated September 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 59/100 are measured across the P81 Eircode area, not Unionhall 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 Unionhall is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P81 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork City). Neither is measured for Unionhall on its own.
143 people.
Population is for Unionhall 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 Unionhall, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Unionhall, Co. Cork, scores 59/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #59 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on family & community and affordability.
Unionhall scores 61/100 on safety, ~58.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Unionhall over the last 24 months was €355,639, with most sales between €343,458 and €367,819 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Unionhall over the last 24 months was €355,639, most between €343,458 and €367,819 (Property Price Register).
Unionhall is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 9% → 6%, in line with nationally.
2 planning applications were lodged within Unionhall in the last 12 months (29 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Unionhall scores 86/100 for families and community.
Unionhall scores 56/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Unionhall is about 74 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 September 2026.