Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan, Co. Cork scores 64/100 for quality of life, #41 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €407,500 (most €381,261–€477,500), it scores 56/100 for safety (67 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 312 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Updated August 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 64/100 are measured across the P25 Eircode area, not Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan 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 Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan is #35 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P25 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork North). Neither is measured for Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan on its own.
312 people.
Population is for Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan 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 Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan, Co. Cork, scores 64/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #41 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan scores 56/100 on safety, ~67.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan over the last 24 months was €407,500, most between €381,261 and €477,500 (Property Price Register).
Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 9% → 6%, in line with nationally.
3 planning applications were lodged within Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan in the last 12 months, covering 28 residential units (22 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan scores 78/100 for families and community.
Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan scores 60/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan is about 33 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.