Fermoy, Co. Cork scores 64/100 for quality of life, #40 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €320,000 (most €247,500–€374,449), it scores 89/100 for safety (17.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 6,720 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and safety, weakest on schools & education.
Updated August 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 64/100 are measured across the P61 Eircode area, not Fermoy 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 Fermoy is #26 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the P61 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cork West). Neither is measured for Fermoy on its own.
6,720 people.
Population is for Fermoy itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
35th most vibrant small town in Ireland, of 131 ranked.
Ranked against small towns only; tourist towns read high.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Fermoy, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Fermoy, Co. Cork, scores 64/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #40 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and safety.
Fermoy scores 89/100 on safety, ~17.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Fermoy over the last 24 months was €320,000, most between €247,500 and €374,449 (Property Price Register).
Fermoy is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 16% → 10%, in line with nationally, recorded crime falling.
About 41% of homes sold in Fermoy in the last 24 months were new builds (Property Price Register).
22 planning applications were lodged within Fermoy in the last 12 months, covering 12 residential units (221 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Fermoy scores 79/100 for families and community.
Fermoy scores 42/100 for schools and education, with 10 schools in the area.
Fermoy is about 34 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.