Farran, Co. Cork scores 81/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “steady — moves with the market”. The median home sells for €387,500 (most €302,500–€588,750), it scores 89/100 for safety (17.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 326 people live here. It's strongest on safety and transport & services.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — tracking the national trend — no strong local tailwind or headwind.
These seven scores and the 81/100 are measured across the P14 Eircode area, not Farran 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 P14 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork West). Neither is measured for Farran on its own.
326 people.
Population is for Farran 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 Farran, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Farran, Co. Cork, scores 81/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on safety and transport & services.
Farran scores 89/100 on safety, ~17.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Farran over the last 24 months was €387,500, most between €302,500 and €588,750 (Property Price Register).
Farran is rated "Steady — moves with the market" — unemployment fell 13% → 5% — faster than nationally, third-level education up only 2 points — behind the national rise.
2 planning applications were lodged within Farran in the last 12 months (14 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Farran scores 85/100 for families and community.
Farran scores 57/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Farran is about 19 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.