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Home to 264 people, this town lies in Co. Cork.
Milford takes 3.8 years of the median household income to buy the median home, at €206,400. On the way to work, 9% walk, cycle or take the bus or train. Residents born outside Ireland: 8%.
There are no grades for Milford: Irish towns need 1,000 residents for them.
The 3 things Milford does most differently from other towns.
5 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Milford.
By estimate, fewer than one home in a hundred in Milford has radon above the reference level. The ground under Milford carries no high landslide susceptibility. Next to none of its homes lie low beside a river or the sea.
| Share of homes | Milford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0.4% | 0% |
| Low-lying near a river | 0% | 2.3% | 0.5% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
July afternoons in Milford average 19.4°C. The year’s mean temperature is 10.0°C, below Co. Cork’s towns (10.8°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C) alike. This Co. Cork town gets 1,090 mm of rain a year.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Milford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.4°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.0°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 2.4°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,090 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
90% of Milford’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, above both Co. Cork’s towns (88%) and Irish towns (88%). Weighed against its ages, disability in the town runs at 112 per 100 expected. Disability touches 28% of the town’s population.
| Census 2022 | Milford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 28% | 24% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.6% | 2% | 2% |
| Good or very good health | 90% | 88% | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.3% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
The owner-occupied share of households is 66%. Private renters make up just over one in ten households, below both Co. Cork’s towns (21%) and Irish towns (22%).
| Housing | Milford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €206K | €350K | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 21% | 14% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 11% | 21% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 66% | 60% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area P56, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Within 400 m of green space: 100% of homes. Milford has 5.4 ha of green space for every 1,000 residents, above both Co. Cork’s towns (4.3 ha) and Irish towns (4.1 ha).
| Outdoors | Milford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 0% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 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.
The heaviest rain of the week is due on Tuesday, around 6 mm. Set beside Milford’s forecast, a normal November runs from 4°C at night to 11°C by day. Showers may brush past today without adding up to much, on a breeze of up to 20 km/h; the coldest it gets is 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 340 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 218 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 225 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 306 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
The average trip to work took 30.4 min, above Co. Cork’s towns (24.8 min) and Irish towns (27.6 min) alike. Four in five commuters drove to work at the census. Among people aged 15 to 64, 70% were working at the census.
| Census 2022 | Milford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 30.4 min | 24.8 min | 27.6 min |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 70% | 69% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 34% | 33% | 31% |
| Unemployment rate | 8.5% | 8% | 9.2% |
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.
Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. Daily Irish speakers outside school: 0.4%, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (1.1%) and Irish towns (1.1%). Also worth knowing: 23% of adults hold a degree.
51.5% of Milford’s residents are women
136 women and 128 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Milford | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 17% | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 35% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.9% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 23% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Local election turnout came to 54%. Cork County Council runs Milford: Ireland has one tier of local government, with no town council below it. Fianna Fáil lead Cork County Council with 19 of 55 seats, but no party has a majority: 28 are needed.
| Turnout | Milford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 64% | 58% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 54% | 45% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Homes built before 1919 account for 8.8% of the housing. Archaeologists have recorded 5 sites here. Milford’s built heritage counts 4 inventory entries, each of regional standing.
| Heritage | Milford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 152 | 103 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 8.8% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 5 | 11 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
The nearest secondary, Hazelwood College, is 3.3 km away. Families in Milford have 3 schools within 3 km to choose from: 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Ath an MhuillinnLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 78 | Catholic |
| Hazelwood CollegeLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 562 | Multi-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Milford | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 37% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −6% | +1% | +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.
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Milford; with them, the best known within 40 km.
CastleKilbolane Castle400 m outside town, to the southeast
CastleBunratty Castle40 km north
CathedralSt John's Cathedral39 km northeast
CathedralSaint Mary's Cathedral40 km northeast
Castle · Office of Public WorksDesmond Castle Newcastle West19 km northwest
CastleLiscarroll Castle9.6 km southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Milford’s built heritage counts 4 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 5 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
3 notable people were born in Milford.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milford | 264 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 12 | B− | A+ | C− | C− |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 17 | — | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 17 | — | A− | B+ | C− |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 18 | A− | A | B+ | C+ |
| Newcastle West Limerick | 7,209 | 18 | A− | A | B+ | C |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Milford had 264 people at the 2022 census, up from 259 in 2016: 1.9% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Milford is 42.4, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Cork
264 people live in Milford, 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).