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Between 2016 and 2022, its population grew by 10%. 450 residents make their home in this town in Co. Cork.
The median home sold for €327,100, 5.1 times the town’s median household income. 9% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. A quarter of adults have a degree. Mortgage-free owners make up just over two in five households.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for Irish towns, so Coachford has none.
The 3 things Coachford does most differently from other towns.
4 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coachford.
Families in Coachford have 2 schools within 3 km to choose from: 1 primary school and 1 secondary school. For secondary school, the closest is Coachford College, 0.5 km from the town.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coachford N.S. Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 169 | Catholic |
| Coachford CollegeLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 848 | Inter-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Coachford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 37% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +16% | +1% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 9% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
Radon is rarely a worry in Coachford: under 1% of homes are estimated above the reference level. No part of Coachford is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Low ground by water holds almost none of its homes.
| Share of homes | Coachford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 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.
Expect January lows of around 3.2°C in Coachford. The year’s mean temperature is 10.6°C, between Co. Cork’s towns (10.8°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). December is the wettest month in the town, with 141 mm of rain on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Coachford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,219 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.6°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 3.2°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 1.4% of the town. Allowing for its ages, Coachford has 98 residents with a disability per 100 expected, below Co. Cork’s towns (110) and Irish towns (106) alike. Asked at the census, 92% of residents of Coachford said they were in good or very good health.
| Census 2022 | Coachford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 6.9% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 92% | 88% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.4% | 2% | 2% |
| With a disability | 22% | 24% | 22% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
16% of households are private tenants. Social housing holds 13% of households, close to both Co. Cork’s towns (14%) and Irish towns (13%).
| Housing | Coachford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 68% | 60% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €327K | €350K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area P12, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
100% of homes are within 400 m of green space, above both Co. Cork’s towns (90%) and Irish towns (92%). Green space in Coachford works out at 9.3 ha per 1,000 people. Walkers have 6 waymarked trails and greenways starting within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Coachford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 6.4% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.1 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.
Rain peaks later in the week on Tuesday, at about 12 mm for the day. Set beside Coachford’s forecast, a normal November runs from 5°C at night to 11°C by day. A passing shower is possible today, but barely measurable; the breeze reaches 25 km/h, and the low is 6°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 10°C | 3°C | 380 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 6°C | 248 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 240 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 8°C | 351 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
6% of people in the labour force have no job. The car took 81% of commuters, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (71%) and Irish towns (66%). Income per household averages €64,060 a year, before tax.
| Census 2022 | Coachford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 6% | 8% | 9.2% |
| Median household income | €64,060 | €53,156 | €57,760 |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 71% | 69% | 68% |
| Average trip | 27.3 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.
16% of residents are children under 15. Daily Irish speakers outside school: 0.7%, below both Co. Cork’s towns (1.1%) and Irish towns (1.1%). Aged 15 to 24: 13% of residents.
50.0% of Coachford’s residents are women
225 women and 225 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Coachford | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 9.2% | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 21% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 41% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 3% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 25% | 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. General election turnout was 64%. One council serves Coachford: Cork County Council.
| Turnout | Coachford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 55% | 45% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 64% | 58% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
A tenth of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (7.7%) and Irish towns (3.4%). The ground here holds 4 recorded archaeological sites. 3 of Coachford’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance.
| Heritage | Coachford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 67 | 103 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 10.4% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 4 | 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 Coachford. Best known first.
3 of Coachford’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance. The national record lists 4 archaeological sites in and around the town.
4 notable people were born in Coachford.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coachford | 450 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 10 | — | C | A | A+ |
| Macroom | 4,096 | 12 | A | B+ | A | B− |
| Tower | 3,300 | 13 | A | C | A+ | A− |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 13 | A | C | A | A− |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 16 | A+ | C | A+ | A− |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 18 | — | C+ | A+ | A |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
11% mostly work from home, and 33% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Coachford had 450 people at the 2022 census, up from 411 in 2016: 9.5% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Coachford is 38.5, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Cork
450 people live in Coachford, 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).