Shercock, Co. Cavan scores 54/100 for quality of life, #59 of the 107 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “on the up — emerging”. The median home sells for €232,500 (most €169,000–€337,500), it scores 68/100 for safety (40.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents across its Garda division), 574 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 — but the fundamentals are turning, faster than the national trend.
These seven scores and the 54/100 are measured across the A81 Eircode area, not Shercock alone — an area that takes in much of Cavan. 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 Shercock is #52 of 107 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the A81 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Shercock on its own.
574 people.
Population is for Shercock 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 Shercock, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Shercock, Co. Cavan, scores 54/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #59 of the 107 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and family & community.
The A81 Eircode area around Shercock scores 68/100 on safety. Its Garda division, Cavan/Monaghan, records ~40.6 crimes per 1,000 residents (An Garda Síochána); there is no official figure for Shercock on its own.
Shercock is rated "below average" on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, averaging -5.1 across its Electoral Divisions, where 0 is the national average (range -6.7 to -3.5) (Pobal / CSO Census 2022).
The median sale price in Shercock over the last 24 months was €232,500, with most sales between €169,000 and €337,500 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Shercock over the last 24 months was €232,500, most between €169,000 and €337,500 (Property Price Register).
Shercock is rated "On the up — emerging" — unemployment fell 10% → 7%, in line with nationally, recorded crime falling.
New builds are rare in Shercock — under 1% of recent sales (Property Price Register).
4 planning applications were lodged within Shercock in the last 12 months (18 on record) — measured per town, not just at county level.
Shercock scores 78/100 for families and community.
Shercock scores 30/100 for schools and education, with 1 school in the area.
Shercock is about 85 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.