Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 11 buildings here. In Co. Cork, this town has 1,052 residents.
Health outcomes beat most towns: 63 residents in bad health and 104 with a disability for every 100 its ages predict. Homes are affordable (B+): prices run to a median €225,000, 4.8 times local household income. Its lowest grade is for walkability (D). 13% of commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the typical Irish town: 23%).
Figures: health and commuting, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO. An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Irish towns; Newmarket has its subject grades alone.
Rents for this town aren't published on their own, so its Cost Grade uses the county's average rent. Health less sure: few enough residents report bad health that the town's figure could be well above or below its true level. 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 Newmarket does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Newmarket with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Irish towns; Newmarket has its subject grades alone.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
10 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 Newmarket.
Radon is rarely a worry in Newmarket: under 1% of homes are estimated above the reference level. No part of Newmarket is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Only a handful of its homes, if any, sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Newmarket | 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.
86% of Newmarket’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (88%) and Irish towns (88%). Weighed against its ages, disability locally runs at 104 per 100 expected. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 1.7% of the town.
| Census 2022 | Newmarket | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 28% | 24% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 86% | 88% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.7% | 2% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 6% | 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
12% rent privately, below both Co. Cork’s towns (21%) and Irish towns (22%). Social housing holds 15% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €180,000 | 57 |
| Housing | Newmarket | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €225K | €350K | €350K |
| Households renting privately | 12% | 21% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 70% | 60% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 15% | 14% | 13% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Homes see 2.6 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Every kind together came to 17.5 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Co. Cork’s towns (43.8) and Irish towns (54.3). In 2023–2025, assaults and harassment led the graded crimes in Newmarket.
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 | Newmarket | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 2.6 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
| All recorded crime | 17.5 | 43.8 | 54.3 |
| Theft | 1.9 | 10.2 | 15.3 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
2 schools lie within 3 km of Newmarket: 2 primary schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil na TrionoideLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 182 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Newmarket | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −18% | +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 · These schools carry no letter or result: Ireland doesn’t release them school by school.
Newmarket sees January nights of 2.4°C on average. The year’s mean temperature is 9.8°C, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (10.8°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). A year brings 1,324 mm of rain to Newmarket.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Newmarket | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.2°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.8°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 1,324 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 2.4°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Walkers have 0.3 km per km² of paths and tracks, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (1.8 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Among the protected sites near Newmarket is Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC. This Co. Cork town offers 2.3 ha of green space per 1,000 residents.
| Outdoors | Newmarket | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | 90% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 6.5% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 5.8% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.3 km per km² | 1.8 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Plan indoor things for Tuesday, when about 4 mm of rain is forecast. What counts as normal for Newmarket in November: highs come to 11°C and lows to 4°C. No rain is due today, though a breeze picks up to 21 km/h; the low is 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 425 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 269 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 256 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 374 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, above Co. Cork’s towns (15%) and Irish towns (14%) alike. Just over one in ten residents have a birthplace overseas. Graduates make up 25% of adults.
51.2% of Newmarket’s residents are women
539 women and 513 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Newmarket | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 28% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 12% | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 23% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 33% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.8% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 25% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Local government for Newmarket is Cork County Council alone; Ireland has a single tier. 54% of voters turned out at the last local elections, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (45%) and Irish towns (46%). Fianna Fáil lead Cork County Council with 19 of 55 seats, but no party has a majority: 28 are needed.
| Turnout | Newmarket | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 64% | 58% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 54% | 45% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Newmarket has 105 inventory buildings for every 10,000 residents. 10 archaeological sites are on the record, near Co. Cork’s towns (11) and lower than Irish towns (11).
| Heritage | Newmarket | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 105 | 103 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 12.2% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Households had €46,450 a year before tax, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (€53,156) and Irish towns (€57,760). The census found 74% of 15- to 64-year-olds in work. At the census, 7.4% of workers worked mainly from home.
| Census 2022 | Newmarket | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 44% | 33% | 31% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 74% | 69% | 68% |
| Average trip | 28.8 min | 24.8 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €46,450 | €53,156 | €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.
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Newmarket; these are the best known within 40 km.
CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral Killarney39 km southwest
CastleKanturk Castle8.6 km southeast
CastleKilbolane Castle17 km northeast
Abbey or prioryMuckross Friary40 km southwest
CastleDrishane Castle16 km south
CastleDromaneen Castle21 km southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
11 of Newmarket’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance. The national record lists 10 archaeological sites in and around the town.
4 notable people were born in Newmarket.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 1,052 | — | — | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 7.2 | A− | A | B+ | C+ |
| Millstreet | 1,722 | 18 | — | B+ | A | B+ |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Newmarket is 48.6, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Newmarket had 1,052 people at the 2022 census, up from 1,011 in 2016: 4.1% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Cork
Newmarket has 1,052 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) · 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).