Cork City

Cork City had 224,004 residents in April 2022, across 90 electoral divisions. The median household had a gross income of €60,288, in line with the national figure. 59% of households owned their home and 25% rented from a private landlord. Homes in County Cork sold for a median of €345,000 in 2025.

Local authority area · Census 2022 · Updated 27 October 2026

224,004residentsCensus, April 2022

€60,288median household incomegross, 2022

59%of homes owner-occupied25% rented privately

€345kmedian sale priceCounty Cork, 2025

Cork City by census small area

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Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann and Central Statistics Office, statistical boundaries 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

All 90 electoral divisions.

Colour shows where each one sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest. Select a row for its full profile.

Electoral division	Residents	Household income	Owners	Private renting	Social renting	Aged 65+	Degree	Green 500 m	Services 15 min
Ballincollig	19,069	€74k	73%	17%	10%	14%	46%	28%	78
Ballinlough A	849	€63k	75%	22%	1%	21%	49%	4%	267
Ballinlough B	1,853	€72k	83%	11%	5%	21%	53%	8%	141
Ballinlough C	1,656	€69k	80%	15%	2%	21%	50%	11%	128
Ballygarvan/Lehenagh	4,154	€79k	77%	10%	12%	10%	40%	21%	43
Ballyphehane A	666	€47k	66%	10%	22%	22%	19%	8%	146
Ballyphehane B	846	€49k	73%	5%	22%	19%	17%	10%	116
Bishopstown	421	€59k	59%	21%	20%	30%	43%	23%	67
Bishopstown A	2,292	€45k	34%	54%	10%	11%	58%	22%	93
Bishopstown B	2,016	€48k	53%	27%	19%	22%	42%	16%	80
Bishopstown C	5,074	€69k	73%	18%	8%	28%	53%	16%	128
Bishopstown D	1,513	€65k	82%	16%	0%	30%	53%	11%	79
Bishopstown E	3,213	€61k	62%	34%	2%	20%	53%	14%	126
Blackpool A	760	€36k	31%	19%	49%	16%	16%	32%	254
Blackpool B	2,364	€44k	23%	49%	28%	11%	43%	22%	478
Blarney	5,211	€68k	75%	17%	8%	15%	37%	35%	34
Browningstown	1,077	€83k	92%	6%	0%	24%	61%	6%	189
Caherlag	4,454	€87k	76%	11%	12%	7%	45%	33%	52
Carrigaline/Monkstown Rural/Douglas	22,029	€80k	69%	23%	7%	13%	54%	18%	61
Carrigrohanebeg	989	€66k	83%	10%	6%	26%	46%	31%	10
Centre A	1,260	€45k	8%	87%	4%	7%	60%	3%	587
Centre B	2,441	€46k	7%	68%	25%	10%	52%	4%	598
Churchfield	1,543	€44k	58%	5%	35%	19%	12%	16%	180
City Hall A	1,184	€74k	24%	69%	8%	9%	64%	3%	527
City Hall B	1,244	€59k	53%	43%	2%	14%	57%	5%	411
Commons	1,111	€48k	49%	35%	15%	13%	27%	27%	140
Douglas/Lehenagh	7,687	€82k	75%	21%	4%	11%	47%	18%	59
Evergreen	1,437	€47k	37%	53%	8%	13%	49%	3%	545
Fair Hill A	716	€39k	65%	9%	26%	19%	13%	10%	263
Fair Hill B	753	€33k	59%	3%	36%	30%	12%	13%	172
Fair Hill C	3,441	€49k	66%	5%	29%	20%	12%	28%	91
Farranferris A	2,074	€36k	31%	31%	37%	14%	23%	13%	278
Farranferris B	895	€41k	56%	8%	36%	18%	10%	16%	157
Farranferris C	855	€38k	47%	6%	46%	16%	17%	6%	236
Gillabbey A	2,568	€47k	15%	71%	12%	7%	55%	11%	531
Gillabbey B	1,173	€33k	25%	50%	24%	15%	48%	15%	325
Gillabbey C	2,116	€48k	19%	70%	10%	12%	65%	11%	149
Glasheen A	795	€75k	55%	40%	1%	16%	61%	13%	158
Glasheen B	843	€49k	44%	50%	4%	11%	60%	7%	184
Glasheen C	2,702	€49k	67%	16%	16%	25%	35%	12%	169
Greenmount	2,076	€57k	52%	29%	18%	14%	37%	9%	462
Gurranebraher A	726	€42k	59%	10%	30%	20%	14%	12%	271
Gurranebraher B	666	€30k	39%	18%	41%	23%	23%	12%	351
Gurranebraher C	1,101	€37k	30%	31%	39%	17%	24%	4%	550
Gurranebraher D	923	€46k	70%	11%	18%	21%	16%	8%	466
Gurranebraher E	1,086	€40k	60%	8%	31%	21%	13%	7%	389
Inishkenny	4,862	€73k	49%	45%	4%	9%	50%	21%	67
Knocknaheeny	4,049	€44k	25%	6%	69%	15%	10%	20%	103
Knockrea A	1,613	€68k	54%	27%	17%	15%	62%	9%	113
Knockrea B	1,187	€87k	77%	21%	2%	15%	63%	14%	129
Mahon A	5,415	€61k	58%	19%	22%	17%	41%	11%	87
Mahon B	5,148	€59k	43%	21%	35%	11%	34%	11%	87
Mahon C	3,329	€68k	83%	15%	1%	25%	50%	17%	100
Mardyke	1,051	€44k	22%	69%	6%	6%	60%	20%	323
Matehy	1,772	€81k	85%	12%	2%	17%	42%	11%	18
Mayfield	2,846	€38k	29%	7%	64%	17%	14%	26%	86
Montenotte A	1,720	€56k	63%	29%	6%	20%	50%	10%	172
Montenotte B	2,393	€54k	77%	9%	12%	29%	32%	9%	96
Ovens	1,785	€96k	74%	24%	2%	4%	62%	24%	35
Pouladuff A	757	€46k	76%	8%	13%	22%	25%	11%	189
Pouladuff B	1,643	€44k	67%	6%	25%	18%	16%	7%	134
Rathcooney	8,707	€74k	77%	12%	10%	13%	35%	29%	41
Riverstown	3,946	€83k	82%	14%	3%	9%	42%	32%	47
Shanakiel	3,804	€55k	50%	24%	25%	14%	32%	14%	82
Shandon A	2,130	€47k	19%	69%	10%	9%	49%	5%	578
Shandon B	1,409	€41k	17%	63%	19%	8%	47%	3%	592
South Gate A	2,588	€50k	10%	73%	16%	4%	59%	3%	585
South Gate B	1,084	€43k	29%	58%	11%	9%	48%	6%	605
St. Mary's (East)	2,199	€76k	84%	8%	8%	8%	23%	35%	58
St. Mary's (West)	4,108	€70k	64%	8%	27%	13%	37%	54%	32
St. Patrick's A	1,955	€43k	19%	74%	6%	7%	57%	4%	470
St. Patrick's B	1,403	€45k	29%	61%	9%	8%	56%	9%	542
St. Patrick's C	920	€44k	53%	41%	5%	14%	52%	9%	294
Sunday's Well A	761	€60k	61%	34%	3%	20%	61%	21%	242
Sunday's Well B	995	€50k	29%	62%	8%	9%	57%	7%	551
The Glen A	2,504	€43k	40%	8%	51%	14%	16%	37%	201
The Glen B	3,615	€52k	77%	10%	12%	24%	17%	44%	120
The Lough	1,641	€45k	50%	41%	7%	15%	41%	14%	369
Tivoli A	1,736	€54k	42%	50%	7%	14%	55%	15%	120
Tivoli B	2,713	€60k	77%	12%	10%	21%	26%	20%	62
Togher A	2,324	€42k	50%	7%	42%	19%	15%	13%	110
Togher B	683	€45k	76%	6%	15%	22%	23%	9%	150
Tramore A	769	€54k	42%	33%	23%	25%	47%	7%	162
Tramore B	1,055	€75k	88%	11%	0%	24%	58%	9%	155
Tramore C	2,979	€59k	58%	25%	16%	16%	41%	30%	161
Turner's Cross A	807	€51k	57%	39%	2%	18%	48%	3%	341
Turner's Cross B	1,239	€48k	75%	17%	6%	21%	38%	6%	349
Turner's Cross C	755	€51k	62%	13%	23%	18%	32%	8%	202
Turner's Cross D	495	€52k	77%	12%	8%	23%	38%	21%	134
Whitechurch	1,188	€82k	85%	13%	1%	9%	34%	40%	6

People.

Residents and households on census night, April 2022, next to the figure for Ireland. 83,391 households, 2.6 people in each on average.

17%

aged under 15

14%

aged 15–24

31%

aged 25–44

24%

aged 45–64

15%

aged 65 and over

24%

of households are one person living alone

Source: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)

Income and work.

Household income in 2022 from the CSO’s income profiles; work and education from the 2022 Census.

€60,288

median gross household income

€51,289

median household income after tax

55%

of residents aged 15+ are at work

of the labour force are unemployed

41%

of adults whose education has finished hold a degree

39%

of workers work from home at least some of the time

Highest level of education completed

Primary or none9%

Lower secondary14%

Upper secondary (Leaving Certificate)19%

Further education and apprenticeships18%

Bachelor’s degree25%

Postgraduate16%

Gross household income is all income received by the household before tax and social contributions, including wages, pensions and social welfare payments; net income is after tax and contributions. The median is the middle household, so a few very high incomes do not pull it up. Figures are the CSO’s estimates from administrative records for 2022.

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)

Homes.

91,107 dwellings on census night; 83% of households live in a house or bungalow and 17% in a flat or apartment.

Households by tenure, 2022

Owned with a mortgage or loan25%

Owned outright34%

Rented from a private landlord25%

Rented from the local authority or a housing body15%

Occupied free of rent1%

When homes were built

Before 194617%

1946–197021%

1971–199024%

1991–200014%

2001–201018%

2011–20152%

2016 or later4%

6%of dwellings vacantcensus night, 2022

0%holiday homescensus night, 2022

€345,000median sale price, County Cork8,072 sales, 2025

2.6people per household2022

Median sale price, County Cork

2010€172,667

2011€138,000

2012€126,000

2013€124,850

2014€130,000

2015€150,000

2016€170,000

2017€189,000

2018€204,000

2019€220,000

2020€235,000

2021€245,000

2022€280,000

2023€295,000

2024€315,000

2025€345,000

Vacant dwellings exclude holiday homes and homes whose residents were temporarily away on census night. Median price of all residential dwellings bought in the year, from Revenue stamp duty returns, for the whole county. Prices within a county vary a great deal, and the figure depends on which homes happened to sell.

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Residential Dwelling Property Transactions, table HPA02 (CC BY 4.0)

Getting about.

How residents travel to work, school or college, and how long it takes. 20% of households have no car; 39% have two or more.

Usual way of travelling

Car, van or motorbike61%

Work or study mainly at home9%

On foot19%

Bus, minibus or coach9%

Train, DART or Luas0%

Bicycle2%

Journey time

Under 15 minutes30%

15 to 30 minutes43%

30 to 45 minutes20%

45 minutes to an hour4%

An hour to an hour and a half3%

An hour and a half or more1%

90%of households with broadband2022

3.9 kmto the nearest rail, DART or Luas stopstraight line, average home

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Everyday life.

159 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk of an average home; 19% of the land within 500 metres is green space.

Supermarkets and convenience shops57

Bakeries7

Pharmacies17

GP surgeries and doctors10

Dentists10

Cafés and pubs204

Restaurants96

Parks18

Playgrounds1

Pitches8

Gyms and sports centres18

Libraries1

Crèches and childcare1

Bus stops92

Luas stops0

Railway and DART stations0

112schoolsOpenStreetMap

36crèches and childcareOpenStreetMap

1,200residents per km²187.0 km²

Services and green space are measured from the centre of each census small area (usually 80 to 120 homes) and averaged by population. The list of everyday places counts what lies within one kilometre of the small area with the most services in the division.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Within one kilometre. OpenStreetMap is not complete; school counts are a guide, not the Department of Education register.

Around here.

Photographs taken near Cork City, shared on Wikimedia Commons under free licences.