Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A strong record with one exception. Its best grade is for safety — burglary and criminal damage run at 1.6 per 1,000 residents a year, violent crime at 2.1. Passage West-Monkstown’s overall grade is A, better than 85% of Irish towns. It ranks #49 of 320 Irish towns. Add health to its strengths (B+). What counts against it is walkability (D) — 9% of commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train, against 23% in the typical Irish town. Half the homes sold for more than €327,500, a price of 5.1 times what the median household earns. Hazard risk is weaker too (D) — an estimated 6% of its homes exceed the radon reference level.
Figures: crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · health and commuting, CSO Census 2022 · radon, EPA · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO.
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.
Each subject compares Passage West-Monkstown 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 3 things Passage West-Monkstown does most differently from other towns.
The register holds 215 buildings on the National Inventory in Passage West-Monkstown, 3 of them of national importance.
9 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
Passage West-Monkstown has 215 buildings on the national inventory of architectural heritage, 3 of them rated of national or international importance. The national record lists 9 archaeological sites in and around the town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Passage West-Monkstown.
Assaults and harassment topped the graded crimes in Passage West-Monkstown (2023–2025). Every kind together came to 12.6 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Co. Cork’s towns (44.2) and Irish towns (54.3).
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 | Passage West-Monkstown | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 1.6 | 4.9 | 6.4 |
| All recorded crime | 12.6 | 44.2 | 54.3 |
| Violent crime | 2.1 | 6 | 5.7 |
| Theft | 3.5 | 10.3 | 15.3 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
For a swim, the nearest bathing water is Fountainstown, 10 km from Passage West-Monkstown, rated good in 2025. On high landslide susceptibility: 4.5% of homes, above both Co. Cork’s towns (0.4%) and Irish towns (0%). Hardly any of its homes sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Passage West-Monkstown | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 4.5% | 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.
St Peter's Community School is the nearest secondary school, 0.1 km away. A third of the secondaries are single-sex, below Co. Cork’s towns (44%) and Irish towns (39%) alike. 16 schools lie within 3 km of Passage West-Monkstown: 10 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 3 special schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunscoil Rinn an Chabhlaigh Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 679 | Catholic |
| St Francis Capuchin College BoysLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 730 | Catholic |
| Ringaskiddy Lower Harbour N.S. DEISIn the DEIS schemePrimary | Primary | 58 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Passage West-Monkstown | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 6% | 40% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −3% | +2% | +4% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 33% | 44% | 39% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Letters and results are missing here for a reason: Ireland publishes neither school by school.
For its ages, Passage West-Monkstown has 102 people in bad health for every 100 expected, about level with Co. Cork’s towns (107) and below Irish towns (113). A disability affects just over a fifth of people locally. Unpaid caring falls to 6% of the town’s residents.
| Census 2022 | Passage West-Monkstown | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 91% | 88% | 88% |
| With a disability | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 6% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| 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
77% of commuters drove to work at the census. Households had €64,478 a year before tax, above Co. Cork’s towns (€51,591) and Irish towns (€57,760) alike. The census counted 14% of workers working mainly from home.
| Census 2022 | Passage West-Monkstown | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | €64,478 | €51,591 | €57,760 |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 27% | 33% | 31% |
| Average trip | 27.1 min | 24.7 min | 27.6 min |
| Unemployment rate | 7.8% | 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.
The year’s mean temperature is 10.7°C, near Co. Cork’s towns (10.8°C) and higher than Irish towns (10.3°C). A July afternoon in Passage West-Monkstown typically reaches 19.8°C. The town sees January nights of 3.5°C on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Passage West-Monkstown | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature over the year | 10.7°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 3.5°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
| July high | 19.8°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,097 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Passage West-Monkstown has a single park, with 8 ha of green space in all. Protected sites cover 10% of the land within 5 km, above Co. Cork’s towns (1.4%) and Irish towns (1.8%) alike. Among the protected sites near Passage West-Monkstown is Cork Harbour SPA.
| Outdoors | Passage West-Monkstown | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected nature within 5 km | 10% | 1.4% | 1.8% |
| Near a park | 70% | 91% | 92% |
| Sea within 5 km | 12% | 0% | 0% |
| Paths per km² of town | 1.2 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.
Passage West-Monkstown’s November pattern is steady: afternoons average 12°C, nights 6°C. It stays dry from start to finish today, with wind of 11 km/h or less and a low near 4°C. Over the coming week, Tuesday looks wettest, with about 16 mm of rain.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 10°C | 4°C | 322 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 228 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 12°C | 235 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 8°C | 313 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Graduates make up just over two in five adults. 0.8% speak Irish daily outside school, below Co. Cork’s towns (1.1%) and Irish towns (1.1%) alike. Foreign-born residents make up 19% of the population.
50.3% of Passage West-Monkstown’s residents are women
3,043 women and 3,008 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Passage West-Monkstown | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 14% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 6.3% | 8.3% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 13% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 34% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.4% | 5.9% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 41% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
General election turnout: 60%, above Co. Cork’s towns (58%) and Irish towns (59%) alike. Passage West-Monkstown answers to one council, Cork County Council; Ireland has no town tier. Cork County Council has no ruling majority: Fianna Fáil hold 19 of its 55 seats, short of the 28 needed.
| Turnout | Passage West-Monkstown | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 60% | 58% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 47% | 45% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
15.1% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (7.7%) and Irish towns (3.4%). The Sites and Monuments Record lists 9 sites here, below both Co. Cork’s towns (12) and Irish towns (11). Passage West-Monkstown has 215 buildings on the national inventory of architectural heritage, 3 of them rated of national or international importance.
| Heritage | Passage West-Monkstown | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 355 | 100 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 15.1% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
8% live in social housing, below Co. Cork’s towns (14%) and Irish towns (13%) alike. Renting privately is how 17% of households live.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| New homes | €362,500 | 52 |
| Second-hand homes | €315,000 | 186 |
| The last 12 months | €380,000 | 93 |
| Housing | Passage West-Monkstown | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 74% | 59% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 8% | 14% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €1,567 | €1,255 | €1,606 |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Passage West-Monkstown. Best known first.
ZooFota Wildlife Park2.4 km outside town, to the northeast · 415K visitors a year (2022)
CathedralSaint Colman's Cathedral2.6 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumSpike Island3.7 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleMTU Blackrock Castle Observatory3.9 km outside town, to the northwest
CastleBelvelly Castle2.6 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
8 notable people were born in Passage West-Monkstown.
J. Kevin Boland: Saint Joseph Catholic Church, CC BY 3.0 · Eyre Chatterton: Cyclopedia Publishing Company, Calcutta, Public domain
Urban area in Co. Cork
6,051 people live in Passage West-Monkstown, 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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passage West-Monkstown | 6,051 | — | A | B− | A+ | B+ |
| Cobh | 14,148 | 2.9 | B | B− | A− | C+ |
| Glounthaune | 5,000 | 5.1 | A− | C− | A | A |
| Douglas | 22,029 | 5.6 | A+ | C− | A+ | A |
| Mahon | 13,892 | 5.8 | C | C− | B− | C+ |
| Carrigaline | 18,239 | 6.6 | A+ | C | A | A− |
| Glanmire | 4,454 | 6.9 | A− | C | A | A |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Passage West-Monkstown had 6,051 people at the 2022 census, up from 5,778 in 2016: 4.7% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Passage West-Monkstown is 39.6, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns. 21% of residents are under 15 and 14% are 65 or over.
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).