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Population 628: a town in Co. Cork.
At a median €222,000, a home costs 3.5 times the town’s median household income. Public transport, bikes and feet take 8% of commuters to work. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 13 buildings here. The median sale price, 2023 to 2025: €249,800.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Glanworth falls below the line for grades among Irish towns.
The 3 things Glanworth does most differently from other towns.
23 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Glanworth.
Families in Glanworth have one school within 3 km. Pupils at the school within 3 km of the town: 114.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Patrick's National SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 114 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Glanworth | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −16% | +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 · No letters, no results: Irish schools aren’t ranked one by one.
100% of its homes sit in high-radon areas, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%). The ground under Glanworth carries no high landslide susceptibility.
| Share of homes | Glanworth | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Low-lying near a river | 5% | 2.3% | 0.5% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0.4% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Glanworth gets 1,050 mm of rain a year. The year’s mean temperature is 10.4°C, about level with Irish towns (10.3°C) and below Co. Cork’s towns (10.8°C). November is the wettest month in the town, with 114 mm of rain on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Glanworth | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.8°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.4°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 1,050 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Disability touches 22% of Glanworth’s population. Allowing for its ages, Glanworth has 108 residents with a disability per 100 expected, about level with both Co. Cork’s towns (110) and Irish towns (106). 6.2% of residents in Glanworth care, unpaid, for a relative or friend.
| Census 2022 | Glanworth | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 6.2% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 89% | 88% | 88% |
| With a disability | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.8% | 2% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
12% rent privately, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (21%) and Irish towns (22%). Home ownership stands at 64% of households.
| Housing | Glanworth | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €222K | €350K | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 21% | 14% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 12% | 21% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 64% | 60% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Walkers have 0.1 km per km² of paths and tracks, below Co. Cork’s towns (1.8 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²) alike. Protected sites cover 0.9% of the land within 5 km, below both Co. Cork’s towns (1.5%) and Irish towns (1.8%).
| Outdoors | Glanworth | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 65% | 90% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.1 km per km² | 1.8 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0.9% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
No rain is due today, though a breeze picks up to 21 km/h; the low is 5°C. Of the days after that, Tuesday brings the most rain: about 4 mm. By December, a normal day reaches 9°C and a normal night 3°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 309 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 5°C | 219 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 219 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 302 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
67% of 15 to 64s were in work, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (69%) and Irish towns (68%). The jobless rate is 11%. At the census, 84% of commuters went by car.
| Census 2022 | Glanworth | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 30.6 min | 24.8 min | 27.6 min |
| Unemployment rate | 11% | 8% | 9.2% |
| Median household income | €62,900 | €53,156 | €57,760 |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 67% | 69% | 68% |
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.
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.6%, below Co. Cork’s towns (12%) and Irish towns (12%) alike. One measure of its mix: 13% of residents were born abroad. Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
54.1% of Glanworth’s residents are women
340 women and 288 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Glanworth | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 19% | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 28% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 7.4% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 29% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
With 19 of 55 seats, Fianna Fáil are the largest group on Cork County Council, short of the 28 a majority needs. There is just one council for Glanworth, Cork County Council: Ireland has only one tier of local government. This Co. Cork town sits in the Fermoy local electoral area, which elects 6 councillors.
| Turnout | Glanworth | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 53% | 45% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 58% | 58% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
23 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie in and around the town. Homes from before 1919 make up 11.5% of the total, above Co. Cork’s towns (7.7%) and Irish towns (3.4%) alike.
| Heritage | Glanworth | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 207 | 103 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 11.5% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 23 | 11 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Glanworth; with it, the best known within 40 km.
CastleBlarney Castle and Gardens32 km southwest
CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral34 km south
Castle · Office of Public WorksCahir Castle36 km northeast
CastleBlackwater Castle7.2 km west
ZooFota Wildlife Park33 km south · 415K visitors a year (2022)Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Glanworth has 13 buildings on the national inventory of architectural heritage, 1 of them rated of national or international importance. The national record lists 23 archaeological sites in and around the town.
3 notable people were born in Glanworth.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glanworth | 628 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 8 | B | A− | C+ | B |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 8.3 | — | B | A+ | B+ |
| Mitchelstown | 3,744 | 10 | A− | A | C+ | B+ |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 14 | — | C+ | A | D |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Glanworth had 628 people at the 2022 census, up from 605 in 2016: 3.8% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Glanworth is 38.8, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Cork
Glanworth has 628 people, 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).