Oram, Co. Monaghan scores 60/100 for quality of life, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €155,000 (most €155,000–€155,000), it scores 68/100 for safety (40.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 181 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and family & community, weakest on local economy.
Updated October 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
Below average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 60/100 are measured across the A75 Eircode area, not Oram alone — an area that takes in much of Monaghan. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
The score is for the A75 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Oram on its own.
181 people.
Population is for Oram 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 Oram, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Oram, Co. Monaghan, scores 60/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded). It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
Oram scores 68/100 on safety, ~40.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Oram over the last 24 months was €155,000, with most sales between €155,000 and €155,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Oram over the last 24 months was €155,000, most between €155,000 and €155,000 (Property Price Register).
Oram is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell 13% → 8%, in line with nationally, third-level education up only 4 points — behind the national rise.
Oram scores 79/100 for families and community.
Oram scores 31/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Oram is about 88 minutes by road from Dublin.
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.