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Gillabbey A

Gillabbey A (Cork City) had 2,568 residents in April 2022, part of Cork city and suburbs. The median household had a gross income of €46,951, 22% below the figure for Cork City. 15% of households owned their home, 71% rented privately and 12% rented from the council or a housing body. From an average home, 531 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk.

Electoral division · Cork City South Central local electoral area · 10 census small areas · Census 2022 · Updated 27 October 2026
2,568residentsCensus, April 2022
€46,951median household incomegross, 2022
15%of homes owner-occupied71% rented privately
11%green space within 500 maverage across small areas
Gillabbey A by census small area
Map of Gillabbey A: Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022
<45%84%+
Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022
Gillabbey A · Cork CityGillabbey A highlighted; the rest of Cork City in grey
Map of Cork City with Gillabbey A highlighted

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)

People.

Residents and households on census night, April 2022, next to the figure for Cork City. 878 households, 2.6 people in each on average.

7%
aged under 15
38%
aged 15–24
36%
aged 25–44
11%
aged 45–64
7%
aged 65 and over
27%
of households are one person living alone

Electoral divisions are the smallest legally defined areas in the State and the building blocks of local electoral areas. They vary widely in size: a rural division may have a few hundred people, a city division several thousand. Census figures here are for the usually resident population on census night, 3 April 2022.

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.

€46,951
median gross household income
€40,224
median household income after tax
46%
of residents aged 15+ are at work
9%
of the labour force are unemployed
55%
of adults whose education has finished hold a degree
46%
of workers work from home at least some of the time

Highest level of education completed

Primary or none6%
Lower secondary7%
Upper secondary (Leaving Certificate)16%
Further education and apprenticeships16%
Bachelor’s degree29%
Postgraduate26%

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.

1,100 dwellings on census night; 40% of households live in a house or bungalow and 60% in a flat or apartment.

Households by tenure, 2022

Owned with a mortgage or loan5%
Owned outright10%
Rented from a private landlord71%
Rented from the local authority or a housing body12%
Occupied free of rent2%

When homes were built

Before 194633%
1946–197015%
1971–199010%
1991–200018%
2001–201017%
2011–20151%
2016 or later6%
10%of dwellings vacantcensus night, 2022
1%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. 54% of households have no car; 14% have two or more.

Usual way of travelling

Car, van or motorbike15%
Work or study mainly at home10%
On foot59%
Bus, minibus or coach11%
Train, DART or Luas1%
Bicycle5%

Journey time

Under 15 minutes40%
15 to 30 minutes41%
30 to 45 minutes14%
45 minutes to an hour3%
An hour to an hour and a half2%
An hour and a half or more1%
91%of households with broadband2022
1.8 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.

531 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk of an average home; 11% of the land within 500 metres is green space.

Supermarkets and convenience shops59
Bakeries7
Pharmacies17
GP surgeries and doctors10
Dentists9
Cafés and pubs220
Restaurants104
Parks11
Playgrounds1
Pitches9
Gyms and sports centres19
Libraries1
Crèches and childcare2
Bus stops96
Luas stops0
Railway and DART stations0
3schoolsOpenStreetMap
1crèche or childcare serviceOpenStreetMap
7,744residents per km²0.3 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.

Nearby divisions.

Other electoral divisions in the same local electoral area of Cork City.