Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 5,857 people, this neighbourhood lies in Cork.
Gillabbey’s weakest is safety: violent crime runs at 10.5 per 1,000 residents a year, burglary and criminal damage at 7.2. Fewer journeys need a car (A): on the way to work, 53% walk, cycle or take the bus or train, where the typical Irish town has 23%. Prices run to a median €385,600, 8.7 times local household income. Overall, that makes a D, good for #286 of 320 Irish towns. Nationally, it does better than 11% of Irish towns.
Figures: commuting, CSO Census 2022 · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO.
This town's house price is the median for its whole Eircode routing key, town and countryside together: fewer than 30 sales in the town itself were recorded on the Property Price Register in 2023 to 2025, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Crime here is counted against the people who live here, but much of it involves people who come in to work, shop or go out, so the rate per resident runs higher than residents' own risk.
The 3 things Gillabbey does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gillabbey with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
129 buildings on the National Inventory inside Gillabbey, 7 of them of national importance.
The record adds 39 archaeological sites.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Gillabbey. Best known first.
CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedralin town
MuseumLewis Glucksman Galleryin town
CathedralCathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne800 m outside town, to the northeast
Abbey or prioryRed Abbey300 m outside town, to the east
MuseumCork Butter Museum600 m outside town, to the northeast
FortElizabeth Fort100 m outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gillabbey.
For secondary school, the closest is Presentation Brothers College, 0.7 km from the town. 48% of the secondaries are single-sex, above both Co. Cork’s towns (44%) and Irish towns (39%). Within 3 km of Gillabbey there are 72 schools (39 primary schools, 25 secondary schools and 8 special schools).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Antaine BoysLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 581 | Catholic |
| Christian Brothers College BoysLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 919 | Catholic |
| Gaelcholáiste Mhuire GaelcholáisteTeaches through IrishPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 690 | Catholic |
| Coláiste Éamann Rís DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 811 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Gillabbey | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 50% | 35% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −1% | +2% | +4% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 48% | 44% | 39% |
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.
Theft, shown but not graded, ran at 30.3 per 1,000 a year, above Co. Cork’s towns (10.2) and Irish towns (15.3) alike. Among the graded crimes in Gillabbey, the most frequent was assaults and harassment (2023–2025).
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Gillabbey | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 10.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| Theft | 30.3 | 10.2 | 15.3 |
| All recorded crime | 84.3 | 43.4 | 54.3 |
| Burglary & damage | 7.2 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
19% of households are owner-occupiers.
| Housing | Gillabbey | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 19% | 60% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 65% | 21% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €386K | €340K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area T12, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
1.6% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (2%) and Irish towns (2%). Family carers: 2.5% of the people in Gillabbey look after someone without pay. A disability affects 27% of people locally.
| Census 2022 | Gillabbey | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 2.5% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.6% | 2% | 2% |
| Good or very good health | 89% | 88% | 88% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
For radon, the estimate for Gillabbey is 4% of homes above the reference level. 0.4% of homes stand on ground with high landslide susceptibility, in line with Co. Cork’s towns (0.4%) and Irish towns (0%).
| Share of homes | Gillabbey | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 14% | 2.1% | 0.5% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
17% of workers worked mainly from home, above Co. Cork’s towns (11%) and Irish towns (11%) alike. On average, the journey to work lasts 20 min. Also worth knowing: the average household earns €44,090 a year before tax.
| Census 2022 | Gillabbey | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 43% | 69% | 68% |
| Average trip | 20 min | 24.8 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 45% | 33% | 31% |
| Median household income | €44,090 | €54,720 | €57,760 |
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.
Here July highs average 20.1°C, about level with Co. Cork’s towns (20.0°C) and above Irish towns (19.9°C). Averaged across the seasons, Gillabbey sits at 11.0°C. This Co. Cork town sees January nights of 3.6°C on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Gillabbey | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature over the year | 11.0°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 3.6°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
| July high | 20.1°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,095 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Within 1 km, 2.6% of the land is woodland, about level with Irish towns (2.7%) and below Co. Cork’s towns (4.2%). 100% of homes are within 400 m of green space. Its 12 parks give Gillabbey 38 ha of green space between them.
| Outdoors | Gillabbey | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paths per km² of town | 7.1 km per km² | 1.7 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Near a park | 100% | 88% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 2.6% | 4.2% | 2.7% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0.5% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Expect roughly 1 mm of rain today, wind picking up to 27 km/h, and a low of 6°C. Over the coming week, Tuesday looks wettest, with about 15 mm of rain. In November a normal day reaches 12°C and a normal night 6°C; the forecast for Gillabbey below sets each day against them.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 10°C | 4°C | 328 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 6°C | 227 mm |
| Summer | 20°C | 12°C | 226 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 8°C | 313 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Foreign-born residents make up just over a third of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 43% of residents, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (12%) and Irish towns (12%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 11% of residents.
Women make up 55.8% of Gillabbey
3,271 women and 2,586 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Gillabbey | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 5.8% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 43% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 10% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 7.1% | 8.3% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 8.2% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 23% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6% | 5.9% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 56% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Fianna Fáil lead Cork City Council with 9 of 31 seats, but no party has a majority: 16 are needed. General election turnout was 60%. Cork City Council is the one council for Gillabbey; Ireland has no town or county councils between it and the government.
| Turnout | Gillabbey | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 42% | 45% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 60% | 58% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Its archaeology runs to 39 recorded sites. Homes from before 1919 make up 22.5% of the total, above Co. Cork’s towns (7.7%) and Irish towns (3.4%) alike. 129 of Gillabbey’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage; 7 rank of national or international importance.
| Heritage | Gillabbey | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 220 | 100 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 22.5% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 39 | 9 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
129 of Gillabbey’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage; 7 rank of national or international importance. Archaeologists have recorded 39 sites here.
No notable person born in Gillabbey is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Ricky Dineen: Ricky Dineen, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | — | D | C− | C− | C |
| Glasheen | 5,981 | 0.7 | C+ | C− | C | B− |
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | 0.7 | C | C | C− | B |
| Cork City Centre | 3,701 | 1.2 | D− | C− | D− | D |
| South Gate | 7,185 | 1.3 | D | C− | D− | D |
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 1.3 | D | C+ | C | D |
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 1.4 | C− | C+ | C | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Gillabbey is 25.6, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Gillabbey had 5,857 people at the 2022 census, up from 5,719 in 2016: 2.4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
30% of working residents drive to work and 53% walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the median of Irish towns: 23%).
Neighbourhood in Cork
Gillabbey has 5,857 people, in the area of Cork City Council. TownRatings splits Cork into neighbourhoods made from the CSO’s Electoral Divisions, named from Tailte Éireann’s gazetteer, so each has figures of its own.
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) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). 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).