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The town has 326 residents and lies in Co. Cork. Unemployment stood at 4% of the labour force in 2022.
Prices run to a median €383,700, 4.4 times local household income. The car is not the only way to work here: 4% of commuters walk, cycle or use public transport. Born outside Ireland: 10% of residents.
Farran isn’t graded: grades for Irish towns begin at 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Farran does most differently from other towns.
1 archaeological site are on the record here too.
8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Farran.
Within 3 km of Farran there is one school. The one school within 3 km of Farran has 149 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Mhuire Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 149 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Farran | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −20% | +1% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 37% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 9% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Without school-level results from Ireland, the cards show no letters.
Radon: an estimated 2% of homes in Farran are over the reference level. Hardly any of its homes sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Farran | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 16% | 0.4% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Day and night, summer and winter, Farran averages 10.6°C. A January night in Farran drops to 3.1°C on average, between Co. Cork’s towns (3.5°C) and Irish towns (2.9°C). Also worth knowing: the nearest weather station is Cork Airport, 18 km away.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Farran | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,172 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.6°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 3.1°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
At the census, 93% of people in Farran called their health good or very good, above both Co. Cork’s towns (88%) and Irish towns (88%). Weighed against its ages, bad health in the town runs at 62 per 100 expected. Disability touches 17% of the town’s population.
| Census 2022 | Farran | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 17% | 24% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 93% | 88% | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 7.1% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.3% | 2% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Renting privately is how 6% of households live.
| Housing | Farran | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 94% | 60% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 6% | 21% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €384K | €350K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area P14, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Within 400 m of green space: 100% of homes. Farran has 1.1 ha of green space for every 1,000 residents, below Co. Cork’s towns (4.3 ha) and Irish towns (4.1 ha) alike.
| Outdoors | Farran | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 10% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 1.8 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Near a park | 100% | 90% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Farran’s November average makes a useful yardstick: afternoons reach 11°C, nights fall to 5°C. Around 1 mm of rain is due today, on a breeze of up to 25 km/h, with a low of 6°C. Of the days after that, Tuesday brings the most rain: about 13 mm.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 359 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 6°C | 237 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 238 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 8°C | 338 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
In work: 75% of residents aged 15 to 64, above both Co. Cork’s towns (69%) and Irish towns (68%). 84% of commuters drove to work at the census. Income per household averages €87,400 a year, before tax.
| Census 2022 | Farran | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | €87,400 | €53,156 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.3% | 8% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 75% | 69% | 68% |
| Average trip | 26.4 min | 24.8 min | 27.6 min |
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.
Children under 15 make up 23% of residents. Born abroad: 9.5% of residents.
50.6% of Farran’s residents are women
165 women and 161 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Farran | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 22% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 2.3% | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 30% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 7.4% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 48% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Fianna Fáil lead Cork County Council with 19 of 55 seats, but no party has a majority: 28 are needed. At the general election, 64% of voters took part. Farran is run by Cork County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government.
| Turnout | Farran | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 55% | 45% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 64% | 58% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
The pre-1919 share of homes is 8.2%. Farran has 61 inventory buildings for every 10,000 residents, between Co. Cork’s towns (103) and Irish towns (48). Archaeologists have recorded 1 sites here.
| Heritage | Farran | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 61 | 103 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 8.2% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 1 | 11 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Farran. Best known first.
CastleKilcrea Castle900 m outside town, to the southeast
Abbey or prioryKilcrea Friary1.3 km outside town, to the southeastAbbey or prioryAbbey or prioryKilcrea Franciscan Friary1.7 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
2 of Farran’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance. The national record lists one archaeological site in and around the town.
One notable person was born in Farran; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Finbarr of Cork: Carsten Hemberger, derivate Hic et nunc, CC BY-SA 3.0 · L. T. Meade: L. T. Meade - no photo credit. Hurst & Company Publishers, Public domain · Horace de Vere Cole: Believed to be James Lafayette. For further information, see the talk page., Public domain
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farran | 326 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 5.9 | — | C | A | A+ |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 9.8 | A | C | A | A− |
| Tower | 3,300 | 11 | A | C | A+ | A− |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 13 | — | C+ | A+ | A |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 14 | A+ | C | A+ | A− |
| Bandon | 8,196 | 15 | A | B+ | A− | B− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
11% mostly work from home, and 30% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Farran had 326 people at the 2022 census, up from 311 in 2016: 4.8% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Farran is 42.5, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Cork
326 people live in Farran, in the area of Cork County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).