Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
766 people call this town in Co. Cork home.
A median €252,400 buys a home here, 4.3 years of what the median household earns. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 20 buildings here. People aged 65 and over make up 20% of residents.
Ballineen-Enniskean is too small to grade: Irish towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Ballineen-Enniskean does most differently from other towns.
The record adds 3 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 20%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ballineen-Enniskean.
Within 3 km of Ballineen-Enniskean there are 2 schools (2 primary schools).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Central SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 189 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Ballineen-Enniskean | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −12% | +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 · These schools carry no letter or result: Ireland doesn’t release them school by school.
On high landslide susceptibility: 0.5% of homes, close to both Co. Cork’s towns (0.4%) and Irish towns (0%). Under 1% of homes in Ballineen-Enniskean are estimated to have radon above the reference level. Few of its homes stand low beside water.
| Share of homes | Ballineen-Enniskean | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0.5% | 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.
January nights bottom out at 3.6°C in Ballineen-Enniskean, near Co. Cork’s towns (3.5°C) and higher than Irish towns (2.9°C). Over twelve months, Ballineen-Enniskean averages 10.8°C. The town sees July afternoons of 19.8°C on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Ballineen-Enniskean | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,482 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 3.6°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.8°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 19.8°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Ages taken into account, Ballineen-Enniskean counts 99 people with a disability for every 100 predicted. At the census, 0.6% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, below Co. Cork’s towns (2%) and Irish towns (2%) alike. Family carers: 5.7% of the people in Ballineen-Enniskean look after someone without pay.
| Census 2022 | Ballineen-Enniskean | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad or very bad health | 0.6% | 2% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.7% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 23% | 24% | 22% |
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 just over a fifth of households live. Three in five households own their home, near both Co. Cork’s towns (60%) and Irish towns (61%).
| Housing | Ballineen-Enniskean | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €252K | €350K | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 16% | 14% | 13% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area P47, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Woodland covers 4.8% of the land within 1 km, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (4.1%) and Irish towns (2.7%). Ballineen-Enniskean offers 9.4 ha of green space per 1,000 residents.
| Outdoors | Ballineen-Enniskean | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 35% | 90% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 1.8 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Woodland within 1 km | 4.8% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Ballineen-Enniskean’s November average makes a useful yardstick: afternoons reach 12°C, nights fall to 6°C. No rain is due today, though a breeze picks up to 27 km/h; the low is 2°C. The heaviest rain of the week is due on Tuesday, around 19 mm.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 10°C | 4°C | 475 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 6°C | 295 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 12°C | 286 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 8°C | 427 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
The average trip to work took 27.5 min, about level with Irish towns (27.6 min) and above Co. Cork’s towns (24.8 min). The unemployment rate here is 6.8%. By car: that was how 75% of commuters travelled at the census.
| Census 2022 | Ballineen-Enniskean | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 73% | 69% | 68% |
| Unemployment rate | 6.8% | 8% | 9.2% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 37% | 33% | 31% |
| Average trip | 27.5 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.
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, above both Co. Cork’s towns (15%) and Irish towns (14%). 16% of residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are a tenth of the population.
Women make up 50.7% of Ballineen-Enniskean
388 women and 378 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Ballineen-Enniskean | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 12% | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.3% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 26% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
General election turnout: 64%, above Co. Cork’s towns (58%) and Irish towns (59%) alike. Ballineen-Enniskean answers to one council, Cork County Council; Ireland has no town tier. Cork County Council has no ruling majority: Fianna Fáil hold 19 of its 55 seats, short of the 28 needed.
| Turnout | Ballineen-Enniskean | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 56% | 45% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 64% | 58% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
19.5% of homes date from before 1919. 3 archaeological sites are on the record, below Co. Cork’s towns (11) and Irish towns (11) alike. Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 20 buildings in Ballineen-Enniskean, each of regional importance.
| Heritage | Ballineen-Enniskean | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 261 | 103 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 19.5% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 3 | 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 Ballineen-Enniskean. Best known first.
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 20 buildings in Ballineen-Enniskean, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded 3 sites here.
One notable person was born in Ballineen-Enniskean; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Michael Collins: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Bambie Thug: Arkland, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballineen-Enniskean | 766 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dunmanway | 1,964 | 12 | — | A+ | A | A− |
| Clonakilty | 5,112 | 13 | A− | B | A− | C− |
| Bandon | 8,196 | 13 | A | B+ | A− | B− |
| Macroom | 4,096 | 19 | A | B+ | A | B− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Ballineen-Enniskean had 766 people at the 2022 census, up from 694 in 2016: 10.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Ballineen-Enniskean is 41.4, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
9% mostly work from home, and 37% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Urban area in Co. Cork
766 people live in Ballineen-Enniskean, 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).