Fair Hill’s story
Fair Hill: 1 building on the National Inventory
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
- 1955Church of the Resurrection
Fair HillCork
The neighbourhood, home to 4,910 people, lies in Cork.
6 places within 19 kmMap →
Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
4,910
CSO, Census 2022 · Cork City Council
Median age
44.9
21% are 65+ · Co. Cork 15%
Degree level
12%
of residents 15+ · Irish towns 36%
Walk, cycle, transit
20%
of working residents · Irish towns 23%
TownGrade
D−
#309 of 320
Is Fair Hill a good place to live?
Residents’ health trails most towns (D−): for every 100 its ages would predict, 182 residents are in bad health and 126 have a disability. Jobs & income is weaker too — among 15 to 64s, 59% are in work; unemployment stands at 14%. Homes sell for a median €307,900, about 6.9 times what a household here earns in a year. Its strongest is hazard risk (B): an estimated 4% of homes are above the radon reference level. The overall grade comes out at D−, #54 of 54 in Co. Cork. It comes out better than 3% of Irish towns.
Figures: radon, EPA · health and work, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO.
This town's house price is the median for its whole Eircode routing key, town and countryside together: fewer than 30 sales in the town itself were recorded on the Property Price Register in 2023 to 2025, so its Cost Grade is less sure. This town's Hazard risk Grade uses radon and landslides only: open LiDAR heights don't cover enough of its homes to measure flooding, so flood isn't counted for or against it.
What makes Fair Hill stand out
The 3 things Fair Hill does most differently from other towns.
How Fair Hill grades
Each subject compares Fair Hill with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Health126 with a disability per 100 predictedD−Open →Jobs & income14% unemployedDOpen →SafetyMore crime than in most townsC−Open →Hazard riskAbove the middle of the towns comparedBOpen →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnC+Open →Walkability20% walk, cycle or take a bus or train to workB−Open →
SchoolsNot graded in Ireland: schools’ exam results aren’t published school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)–
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
Nearby attractions
All attractions →St. Fin Barre's Cathedral and 30 more in and around Fair Hill
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Fair Hill. Best known first.
CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral1.4 km outside town, to the south
CastleBlarney Castle and Gardens5 km outside town, to the west
CathedralCathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne400 m outside town, to the southeast
MuseumCork Butter Museum600 m outside town, to the southeast
Abbey or prioryRed Abbey1.6 km outside town, to the southeast
Art galleryCrawford Art Gallery1 km outside town, to the southeastPlaces: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- St. Fin Barre's Cathedral: Flickr member Charlie cravero, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blarney Castle and Gardens: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cork Butter Museum: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Red Abbey: HarryLande, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crawford Art Gallery: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fair Hill.
HealthHealth D−
More people in Fair Hill have a disability than its ages would predict: 126 per 100 expected, above Co. Cork’s towns and Irish towns
82% of Fair Hill’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (88%) and Irish towns (88%). Among the 40 Irish towns closest to its size, Fair Hill ranks 38th on the Health Grade, near the foot. Disability touches 30% of the town’s population.
82%good or very good healthD−Health Grade
Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised
Bad health182
Disability126
Co. Cork107
Expected100
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 82%Fair 14%Bad or very bad 4%
| Census 2022 | Fair Hill | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 88% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.1% | 2% | 2% |
| With a disability | 30% | 24% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 7.2% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
182
bad health per 100 expected · Co. Cork 107
126
disability per 100 expected · Co. Cork 110
83.2 · 79.1
life expectancy, women · men, the South-West region, 2016
28%
hold a medical card, HSE South West
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Fair Hill has higher unemployment than Co. Cork’s towns or Irish towns: 14%
Households take home €44,530 a year before tax, on average. The average trip to work took 24.4 min, near Co. Cork’s towns (24.8 min) and lower than Irish towns (27.6 min). The census counted 4.2% of workers working mainly from home.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2022
Car or van75%
Walk12%
Bus7%
Bicycle1%
Train, DART or Luas0%
| Census 2022 | Fair Hill | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 14% | 7.9% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 59% | 69% | 68% |
| Median household income | €44,530 | €54,720 | €57,760 |
| Average trip | 24.4 min | 24.8 min | 27.6 min |
€44,530
household income, 2022 estimate · Co. Cork €60,671
4%
worked mainly from home, 2022
4%
trips of an hour or more
6,264
on the Live Register, Cork city, September 2026
B−
Walkability: better than 45% of Irish towns
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Schools
55% of schools around Fair Hill get DEIS support, above Co. Cork’s towns and Irish towns
Within 3 km of Fair Hill there are 58 schools (30 primary schools, 21 secondary schools and 7 special schools). The nearest secondary, Nano Nagle College, is 0.4 km away. Since 2019/20, pupils changed −0%, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (+2%) and Irish towns (+4%).
58schools within 3 km
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Oilibheir DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 511 | Catholic |
| Christian Brothers College BoysLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 919 | Catholic |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire GaelcholáisteTeaches through IrishPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 690 | Catholic |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 811 | Catholic |
Schools by ethos · Schools within 3 km
Catholic46
Multi-denominational5
Church of Ireland3
Inter-denominational3
Other1
| Schools within 3 km | Fair Hill | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 55% | 35% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −0% | +2% | +4% |
17,368
pupils at schools within 3 km, 2025/26
−0%
pupils since 2019/20 · Irish towns +4%
0.5 km
to the nearest primary school
0.4 km
to the nearest secondary school
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
SafetySafety C−
Crime per resident in Fair Hill runs higher than in 79% of Irish towns
The commonest graded crime in Fair Hill was damage to property (2023–2025). Homes saw 8.1 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (4.8) and Irish towns (6.4). For its size, Fair Hill records more crime per resident than 70% of the 201 Irish towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
8.1violent incidents per 1,000 a yearC−Safety Grade
Compared with towns its sizeFewer incidents against residents per 1,000 than 30% of the 201 Irish towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Recorded by type · per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025
Road traffic11.7
Theft11.5
Damage6.9
Assault6.8
Public order5.8
Drugs3.5
Dangerous acts3.2
Against justice2.5
Burglary1.1
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Fair Hill | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 8.1 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
| Violent crime | 8.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
8.1
violent incidents per 1,000 a year
8.1
burglary and damage per 1,000 a year
967
incidents a year, Gurranabraher Garda area
16.2
against residents per 1,000, as graded
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
Natural hazardsHazard risk B
Low radon and steady ground in Fair Hill; flooding isn’t measured here
On high landslide susceptibility: 0.1% of homes, in line with Co. Cork’s towns (0.4%) and Irish towns (0%). Only a handful of its homes, if any, sit low beside water.
0%of homes in high-radon areasBHazard risk Grade
Homes exposed · share of the town’s homes
In high-radon areas0%
On high landslide susceptibility0.1%
| Share of homes | Fair Hill | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
1,624
homes mapped for these shares
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
HousingCost of living C+
Social housing is more common in Fair Hill than in Co. Cork’s towns or across Irish towns, at 30% of households
5% rent privately, below Co. Cork’s towns (21%) and Irish towns (22%) alike. The owner-occupied share of households is 64%.
€308Kmedian sale priceC+Cost of living Grade
Median sale price · Eircode area, 2023–2025
Fair Hill€308K
Co. Cork€360K
Irish towns€350K
| Housing | Fair Hill | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 30% | 14% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 5% | 21% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €308K | €360K | €350K |
| Households owning their home | 64% | 59% | 61% |
64%
own their home · Irish towns 61%
5%
rent privately · Irish towns 22%
€1,701
a month on new tenancies, Cork City
5.1
times median household income, County Cork
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area T23, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Climate
Rainfall in Fair Hill tops that of 78% of Irish towns: 1,116 mm a year
Fair Hill sees January nights of 3.2°C on average. The year’s mean temperature is 10.7°C, about level with Co. Cork’s towns (10.8°C) and above Irish towns (10.3°C). December is the wettest month in the town, with 125 mm of rain on average.
20.0°CJuly afternoon high
Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages
Winter9.5°C
Spring13.6°C
Summer19.5°C
Autumn14.7°C
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Fair Hill | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature over the year | 10.7°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 1,116 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 3.2°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
20.0°C
July high
3.2°C
January low
1,116 mm
Rain a year
125 mm
Wettest month
14
Air frosts
1,461 hrs
Sunshine
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Outdoors
Fair Hill is made for walking: 4.0 km per km² of paths, more than Co. Cork’s towns or Irish towns
100% of homes have green space within 400 m. Its 4 parks give Fair Hill 42 ha of green space between them. Within 1 km, 4.4% of the land is woodland, above both Co. Cork’s towns (4%) and Irish towns (2.7%).
100%of homes near green space
Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents
Fair Hill8.5 ha
Co. Cork4.2 ha
Irish towns4.1 ha
| Outdoors | Fair Hill | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paths per km² of town | 4.0 km per km² | 1.7 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Near a park | 100% | 88% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 4.4% | 4% | 2.7% |
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 8.5 ha | 4.2 ha | 4.1 ha |
100%
Near a park
8.5 ha
Green space
43 km
Footpaths
0.4%
Protected for nature
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Weather
Up to 11 degrees in Fair Hill today, light showers
Some 1 mm of rain falls today, driven by wind of up to 27 km/h; the low reaches 6°C. The heaviest rain of the week is due on Tuesday, around 15 mm. In Fair Hill, the November norm is a high of 12°C and a low of 5°C.
11°C / 6°CToday
This month and the next three, normal highs · 1991–2020 averages
November12°C
December10°C
January9°C
February10°C
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 10°C | 3°C | 332 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 6°C | 233 mm |
| Summer | 20°C | 12°C | 235 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 8°C | 317 mm |
11°C / 6°C
Today
0.5 mm
Rain, next 24 hours
18 km/h
Wind
90%
Humidity
9 h 26 min
Daylight
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Fair Hill than in Co. Cork’s towns or across Irish towns: 12% of adults
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town. Born abroad: 7.7% of residents, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (19%) and Irish towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.
44.9median age
Fair HillCo. CorkIreland
Ages · share of residents
21%
Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education
Primary or none22%
Lower secondary29%
Leaving Cert34%
Diploma or cert4%
Degree or higher12%
Women and men · all residents
50.5% of Fair Hill’s residents are women
2,480 women and 2,430 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Fair Hill | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 21% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 22% | 7.9% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 29% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 34% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 3.6% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 12% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Town hall
The last seat in Cork North-Central was won by 35 votes
Fianna Fáil lead Cork City Council with 9 of 31 seats, but no party has a majority: 16 are needed. One council serves Fair Hill: Cork City Council. Turnout at the last local elections was 42%.
9/31seats held by Fianna Fáil
Seats on Cork City · June 2024
Fianna Fáil9
Fine Gael5
Sinn Féin4
Independent4
Labour Party3
Green Party3
Social Democrats1
Independent Ireland1
| Turnout | Fair Hill | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 42% | 45% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 58% | 58% | 59% |
6
Councillors
9/31
Fianna Fáil seats on Cork City, the largest party
42%
turnout, June 2024
5
TDs elected for Cork North-Central
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
History
The national inventory lists one building in Fair Hill
Per 10,000 residents, Fair Hill counts 2 inventory buildings. Homes from before 1919 make up 1.4% of the total, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (7.7%) and Irish towns (3.4%). Fair Hill’s built heritage counts one inventory entry, of regional standing.
1inventory buildings
Buildings by NIAH rating · NIAH
International0
National0
Regional1
Among them
0
sites on the Sites and Monuments Record
1955
earliest dated inventory building
1%
homes built before 1919 · Irish towns 3%
1
places pictured on the history page
| Heritage | Fair Hill | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 2 | 106 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 1.4% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 0 | 12 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Fair Hill
15pages on Fair Hill
Famous people from around Fair Hill
No notable person born in Fair Hill is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
T
Thomas DeenihanIrish Roman Catholic bishop · born in Blackpool · born 1967D
Denis CoughlanIrish Gaelic footballer and hurler · born in Blackpool · 1945–2026N
Noel O'FlynnIrish Fianna Fáil politician · born in Blackpool · born 1951D
Dean BrosnanIrish hurler · born in Blackpool · born 1991G
Graham CallinanIrish hurler and Gaelic footballer · born in Blackpool · born 1982J
Jerry O'SullivanIrish hurler and Gaelic footballer · born in Blackpool · 1940–1985Fair Hill’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
FarranreeHollyhill and BallincollyKnocknaheenyGurranebraherBlackpoolShandonFair Hill
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Hill | 4,910 | — | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Farranree | 3,824 | 0.7 | D | B | D | D− |
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly | 8,606 | 0.8 | C | C+ | C− | B |
| Knocknaheeny | 5,592 | 1.2 | D | C+ | C | D− |
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 1.3 | D | C+ | C | D |
| Blackpool | 3,124 | 1.4 | C | A | D | D |
| Shandon | 3,539 | 1.5 | C− | C+ | D | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Fair Hill
Has Fair Hill grown?
Fair Hill had 4,910 people at the 2022 census, down from 5,070 in 2016: 3.2% fewer, while the median of Irish towns grew 7.6%.
Is Fair Hill a young town or an old one?
The median age in Fair Hill is 44.9, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
About Fair Hill
Neighbourhood in Cork
4,910 people live in Fair Hill, in the area of Cork City Council. TownRatings splits Cork into neighbourhoods made from the CSO’s Electoral Divisions, named from Tailte Éireann’s gazetteer, so each has figures of its own.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
- Population
- 4,910 (CSO, Census 2022)
- County
- Cork
- Council
- Cork City Council
- Local electoral area
- Cork City North West
- Dáil constituency
- Cork North-Central
- Area
- 0.4 sq mi (1.2 km²)
- CSO code
- ED:CC:FAIR HILL
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).