Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a neighbourhood of 5,981 residents in Cork. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage lists 35 of its buildings.
Strong in places, weak in others. Its weakest is cost of living: buying the median home, at €385,600, takes 7.5 times the town’s median household income. Overall, Glasheen earns a C+, better than two fifths of Irish towns. The ranking puts it #36 of 54 in Co. Cork. Fewer journeys need a car (A): 35% of commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train, against 23% in the typical Irish town. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health, B for jobs & income and B for hazard risk.
Figures: commuting, health and work, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · radon, EPA.
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. This town's Hazard risk Grade uses radon and landslides only: open LiDAR heights don't cover enough of its homes to measure flooding, so flood isn't counted for or against it.
The 3 things Glasheen does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Glasheen 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 →
The record adds 3 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 12%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Glasheen. Best known first.
CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral200 m outside town, to the northeast
CathedralCathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne1.4 km outside town, to the northeast
Abbey or prioryRed Abbey600 m outside town, to the northeast
MuseumCork Butter Museum1.2 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumLewis Glucksman Gallery500 m outside town, to the north
FortElizabeth Fort300 m outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Glasheen.
Since 2019/20, pupils changed −1%, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (+2%) and Irish towns (+4%). The nearest secondary, Presentation Secondary School, is 1.1 km away. 66 schools lie within 3 km of Glasheen: 39 primary schools, 23 secondary schools and 4 special schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Nioclais Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 714 | 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 | Glasheen | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 50% | 35% | 35% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 52% | 44% | 39% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −1% | +2% | +4% |
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.
One in ten households live in social housing. Home ownership stands at 58% of households.
| Housing | Glasheen | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households renting privately | 30% | 21% | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 10% | 14% | 13% |
| Median sale price | €386K | €340K | €350K |
| Households owning their home | 58% | 60% | 61% |
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.
Violent crime ran at 7.3 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (5.5) and Irish towns (5.7). The graded crime recorded most in Glasheen was assaults and harassment (2023–2025). All told, 62.4 crimes per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.
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 | Glasheen | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theft | 21.6 | 10.2 | 15.3 |
| Violent crime | 7.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| All recorded crime | 62.4 | 43.4 | 54.3 |
| Burglary & damage | 5.8 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
About 4.1% of homes in Glasheen are estimated to pass the radon reference level. The ground under Glasheen carries no high landslide susceptibility. Very few of its homes sit on low ground by water.
| Share of homes | Glasheen | 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.
Glasheen’s year-round mean comes to 11.0°C. Here July highs average 20.1°C, near Co. Cork’s towns (20.0°C) and higher than Irish towns (19.9°C). The coldest nights come in January, when Glasheen averages a low of 3.6°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Glasheen | 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.
A short walk to green space: 100% of homes, above both Co. Cork’s towns (88%) and Irish towns (92%). Its 6 parks give Glasheen 30 ha of green space between them.
| Outdoors | Glasheen | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paths per km² of town | 6.4 km per km² | 1.7 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Near a park | 100% | 88% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 2.3% | 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.
In November a normal day reaches 12°C and a normal night 6°C; the forecast for Glasheen below sets each day against them. Today brings about 1 mm of rain and a breeze of up to 26 km/h; the low is 6°C. Plan indoor things for Tuesday, when about 15 mm of rain is forecast.
| 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
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, above both Co. Cork’s towns (14%) and Irish towns (14%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 21%. Degrees are held by 43% of adults.
Women make up 53.5% of Glasheen
3,199 women and 2,782 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Glasheen | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 21% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 11% | 7.9% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 14% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 27% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 4.7% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 43% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Three in five voters cast a ballot at the general election. Glasheen spans more than one of the local electoral areas: 73% of its residents vote in Cork City South West, most of the rest in Cork City South Central. Fianna Fáil lead Cork City Council with 9 of 31 seats, but no party has a majority: 16 are needed.
| Turnout | Glasheen | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 60% | 58% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 45% | 45% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
11.8% of homes date from before 1919. The Sites and Monuments Record lists 3 sites here, below both Co. Cork’s towns (12) and Irish towns (11). Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 35 buildings in Glasheen, each of regional importance.
| Heritage | Glasheen | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 59 | 106 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 11.8% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 3 | 12 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
37% of trips took under 15 minutes, above both Co. Cork’s towns (33%) and Irish towns (31%). Among people aged 15 to 64, 62% were working at the census. By car: that was how 51% of commuters travelled at the census.
| Census 2022 | Glasheen | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 62% | 69% | 68% |
| Average trip | 21.9 min | 24.8 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 37% | 33% | 31% |
| Median household income | €51,350 | €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.
Disability, age-adjusted: 112 for every 100 expected in Glasheen. Allowing for its ages, Glasheen has 98 residents in bad health per 100 expected, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (107) and Irish towns (113). 87% of people in Glasheen rate their own health good or very good.
| Census 2022 | Glasheen | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 6% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 87% | 88% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.1% | 2% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Surveyors for the national inventory recorded 35 buildings in Glasheen, each of regional importance. Archaeologists have recorded 3 sites here.
2 notable people were born in Glasheen; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Des O'Grady: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasheen | 5,981 | — | C+ | C− | C | B− |
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | 0.7 | D | C− | C− | C |
| Togher | 3,007 | 0.9 | C+ | C+ | B+ | D− |
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | 1.3 | C | C | C− | B |
| Turner's Cross | 7,208 | 1.4 | C | C+ | D | C− |
| South Gate | 7,185 | 1.5 | D | C− | D− | D |
| Cork City Centre | 3,701 | 1.7 | D− | C− | D− | D |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Glasheen is 36.3, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
13% mostly work from home, and 37% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Glasheen had 5,981 people at the 2022 census, up from 5,885 in 2016: 1.6% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Neighbourhood in Cork
Glasheen has 5,981 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).
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