Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Co. Cork has a population of 238.
Set against the median household income, the median home, at €347,500, costs 5 times as much. Of those who commute, 8% go on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Kilbrittain is too small to grade: Irish towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The one thing Kilbrittain does most differently from other towns.
The register holds 9 buildings on the National Inventory in Kilbrittain.
4 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kilbrittain.
Kilbrittain’s nearest bathing water is Garretstown, 8.3 km away, rated excellent in 2025. 2.5% of homes stand on ground with high landslide susceptibility, above Co. Cork’s towns (0.4%) and Irish towns (0%) alike. Very few of its homes sit on low ground by water.
| Share of homes | Kilbrittain | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 2.5% | 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.
A year brings 1,295 mm of rain to Kilbrittain. July afternoons reach 19.4°C here, below both Co. Cork’s towns (20.0°C) and Irish towns (19.9°C). Averaged across the seasons, Kilbrittain sits at 11.0°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Kilbrittain | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 4.1°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
| July high | 19.4°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,295 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 11.0°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Unpaid carers make up 6.7% of residents, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (5.9%) and Irish towns (5.4%). Weighed against its ages, disability in Kilbrittain runs at 111 per 100 expected. At the census, 2.2% of people here described their health as bad or very bad.
| Census 2022 | Kilbrittain | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 6.7% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 26% | 24% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.2% | 2% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Owners make up 57% of households, near Co. Cork’s towns (60%) and lower than Irish towns (61%). The private rented sector houses 19% of households.
| Housing | Kilbrittain | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 23% | 14% | 13% |
| Households owning their home | 57% | 60% | 61% |
| Households renting privately | 19% | 21% | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area P72, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Walkers have 0.4 km per km² of paths and tracks, below both Co. Cork’s towns (1.8 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Protected nature near Kilbrittain includes Courtmacsherry Estuary SAC. Every 1,000 residents of Kilbrittain share 14.7 ha of green space. One park and 4 ha of green space in all: that is the town’s share.
| Outdoors | Kilbrittain | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 16% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.4 km per km² | 1.8 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 14.7 ha | 4.3 ha | 4.1 ha |
| Near a park | 100% | 90% | 92% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Rain of about 2 mm rides in on the wind today (40 km/h); the low is 8°C. The heaviest rain of the week is due on Tuesday, around 23 mm. Kilbrittain’s forecast, set beside its normal weather: in November a typical day reaches 12°C, and nights drop to 6°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 10°C | 4°C | 391 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 263 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 12°C | 275 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 9°C | 366 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Income per household averages €68,900 a year, before tax. Working mainly from home: 15% of workers, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (11%) and Irish towns (11%). In addition, at the census, just over three quarters of commuters went by car.
| Census 2022 | Kilbrittain | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | €68,900 | €53,156 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 6.7% | 8% | 9.2% |
| Average trip | 28.6 min | 24.8 min | 27.6 min |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 71% | 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.
Daily Irish speakers outside school: 0.9%, below Co. Cork’s towns (1.1%) and Irish towns (1.1%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 15% of residents are 65 or older. A fifth of residents were born outside the country.
51.3% of Kilbrittain’s residents are women
122 women and 116 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Kilbrittain | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 14% | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 34% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.1% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 31% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
The general election drew a turnout of 64%. Cork County Council has no ruling majority: Fianna Fáil hold 19 of its 55 seats, short of the 28 needed. Kilbrittain answers to one council, Cork County Council; Ireland has no town tier.
| Turnout | Kilbrittain | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 64% | 58% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 54% | 45% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Homes from before 1919 make up 15.6% of the total, above both Co. Cork’s towns (7.7%) and Irish towns (3.4%). The Sites and Monuments Record holds 4 entries for the town. 9 of Kilbrittain’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance.
| Heritage | Kilbrittain | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 378 | 103 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 15.6% | 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
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Kilbrittain; with them, the best known within 40 km.
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksTimoleague Abbey6.3 km southwest
Castle · Office of Public WorksCharles Fort Military Fortress13 km east
CastleBlarney Castle and Gardens29 km north
CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral28 km northeast
MuseumDesmond Castle Kinsale12 km eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
9 of Kilbrittain’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.
2 notable people were born in Kilbrittain; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Michael Collins: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Finbarr of Cork: Carsten Hemberger, derivate Hic et nunc, CC BY-SA 3.0 · L. T. Meade: L. T. Meade - no photo credit. Hurst & Company Publishers, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilbrittain | 238 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bandon | 8,196 | 8.7 | A | B+ | A− | B− |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 11 | — | C+ | A+ | A |
| Kinsale | 5,991 | 12 | A | D | A+ | A− |
| Clonakilty | 5,112 | 15 | A− | B | A− | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Kilbrittain had 238 people at the 2022 census, up from 229 in 2016: 3.9% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Kilbrittain is 42, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Cork
238 people live in Kilbrittain, 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).