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Home to 563 people, this town lies in Co. Cork.
Half the homes sold for more than €409,700, a price of 4.9 times what the median household earns. 3% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Households here earn a median €84,200 a year, before tax. It skews young: 16% of residents are 15 to 24.
Carrignavar isn’t graded: grades for Irish towns begin at 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Carrignavar does most differently from other towns.
The record adds 5 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 8%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Carrignavar.
Families in Carrignavar have 2 schools within 3 km to choose from: 1 primary school and 1 secondary school. Coláiste an Chroí Naofa is the nearest secondary school, 0.7 km away.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil an Athar Tadhg Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 317 | Catholic |
| Coláiste an Chroí NaofaLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 461 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Carrignavar | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 37% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −10% | +1% | +4% |
| 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 4.1% of homes in Carrignavar are over the reference level. Few of its homes stand low beside water.
| Share of homes | Carrignavar | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 11% | 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.
Across the year it averages 10.1°C, below Co. Cork’s towns (10.8°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C) alike. Expect July highs of around 19.5°C in Carrignavar. Winter lows in Carrignavar average 2.6°C in January.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Carrignavar | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,299 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
| July high | 19.5°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.1°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 2.6°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Disability, age-adjusted: 98 for every 100 expected in Carrignavar. 0.9% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, below Co. Cork’s towns (2%) and Irish towns (2%) alike. Unpaid caring falls to 7.1% of the town’s residents.
| Census 2022 | Carrignavar | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 93% | 88% | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 7.1% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Bad or very bad health | 0.9% | 2% | 2% |
| With a disability | 19% | 24% | 22% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
1% live in social housing, below both Co. Cork’s towns (14%) and Irish towns (13%). Renting privately is how just over one in ten households live.
| Housing | Carrignavar | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 86% | 60% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 1% | 14% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 12% | 21% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €410K | €350K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area T34, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
100% of homes are within 400 m of green space, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (90%) and Irish towns (92%). Green space comes to 8.8 ha for every 1,000 people in Carrignavar.
| Outdoors | Carrignavar | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paths per km² of town | 0.3 km per km² | 1.8 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Near a park | 100% | 90% | 92% |
| 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.
The average trip to work took 25.3 min, near Co. Cork’s towns (24.8 min) and lower than Irish towns (27.6 min). 85% of commuters took the car to work at the census. Of those in the labour force, 5.9% are unemployed.
| Census 2022 | Carrignavar | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | €84,200 | €53,156 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 5.9% | 8% | 9.2% |
| Average trip | 25.3 min | 24.8 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 34% | 33% | 31% |
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.
12% of residents have a birthplace overseas. People 65 and over make up 10% of the town, below Co. Cork’s towns (15%) and Irish towns (14%) alike. Degrees are held by 36% of adults.
Women make up 49.9% of Carrignavar
281 women and 282 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Carrignavar | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 5.4% | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 14% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 36% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 8.8% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 36% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
There is no majority on Cork County Council; Fianna Fáil have the most seats, 19 of 55, short of 28. Carrignavar is run by Cork County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government. In the Dáil, Carrignavar is part of Cork North-Central, which elects 5 TDs.
| Turnout | Carrignavar | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 58% | 58% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 45% | 45% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
7.9% of its homes were built before 1919, close to Co. Cork’s towns (7.7%) and above Irish towns (3.4%). Archaeologists have recorded 5 sites here. The national inventory of architectural heritage lists 4 buildings in Carrignavar, each rated of regional importance.
| Heritage | Carrignavar | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 71 | 103 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 7.9% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 5 | 11 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Carrignavar; these are the best known within 40 km.
CastleBlarney Castle and Gardens9.3 km southwest
CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral11 km south
CathedralCathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne9.4 km south
ZooFota Wildlife Park16 km southeast · 415K visitors a year (2022)
CastleMTU Blackrock Castle Observatory11 km southeast
CathedralSaint Colman's Cathedral20 km southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The national inventory of architectural heritage lists 4 buildings in Carrignavar, each rated of regional importance. 5 archaeological sites are on the record here.
No notable person born in Carrignavar is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Matt Griffin: Robk23oxf, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrignavar | 563 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ballyvolane | 8,707 | 7.8 | B− | C− | B− | A− |
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly | 8,606 | 8.1 | C | C+ | C− | B |
| The Glen | 6,119 | 8.1 | D | C+ | D | D |
| Fair Hill | 4,910 | 8.2 | D− | C+ | C− | D− |
| Riverstown | 3,664 | 8.3 | A | C− | A | A |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 8.4 | A+ | C | A+ | A− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Carrignavar is 37.5, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns. 20% of residents are under 15 and 10% are 65 or over.
Carrignavar had 563 people at the 2022 census, down from 602 in 2016: 6.5% fewer, while the median of Irish towns grew 7.6%.
Urban area in Co. Cork
563 people live in Carrignavar, 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).