Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its architectural heritage runs to 280 buildings on the national inventory. 2,807 people call this neighbourhood in Cork home.
Police record more crime here than in most towns: gardaí record 9.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, and 8.1 burglaries and acts of criminal damage. Homes sell for a median €337,000, about 6.6 times what a household here earns in a year. Where it does best is walkability. 59% of commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the typical Irish town: 23%). Put together, the subjects come to a C overall, better than 31% of Irish towns. That places it #38 of 54 in Co. Cork.
Figures: commuting, CSO Census 2022 · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO.
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. Health less sure: few enough residents report bad health that the town's figure could be well above or below its true level.
The 3 things Sunday's Well does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sunday's Well 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 →
16 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
50% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Sunday's Well. Best known first.
MuseumCork Public Museumin town
CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral300 m outside town, to the southeast
CathedralCathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne300 m outside town, to the northeast
MuseumCork Butter Museum100 m outside town, to the east
Abbey or prioryRed Abbey800 m outside town, to the southeast
MuseumLewis Glucksman Gallery100 m outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sunday's Well.
Presentation Brothers College is the nearest secondary school, 0.5 km away. Families in Sunday's Well have 69 schools within 3 km to choose from: 39 primary schools, 23 secondary schools and 7 special schools. Pupil numbers changed −1% since 2019/20, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (+2%) and Irish towns (+4%).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Antaine BoysLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 581 | 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 | Sunday's Well | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 52% | 35% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −1% | +2% | +4% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · There are no letters or results on these cards, because Ireland publishes none school by school.
The graded crime recorded most in Sunday's Well was assaults and harassment (2023–2025). Recorded crime of every kind runs at 70.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Also worth knowing: for its size, Sunday's Well records more crime per resident than 72% of the 201 Irish towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
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 | Sunday's Well | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 9.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| Burglary & damage | 8.1 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
| All recorded crime | 70.2 | 43.4 | 54.3 |
| Theft | 19.4 | 10.2 | 15.3 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
For radon, the estimate for Sunday's Well is 4% of homes above the reference level. Low-lying near a river: 30% of homes, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (2.1%) and Irish towns (0.5%).
| Share of homes | Sunday's Well | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 30% | 2.1% | 0.5% |
| Low-lying near the coast | 3.1% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
36% of households own their home, below Co. Cork’s towns (60%) and Irish towns (61%) alike. Council and housing-body homes hold 6% of households.
| Housing | Sunday's Well | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households renting privately | 56% | 21% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 36% | 60% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 6% | 14% | 13% |
| Median sale price | €337K | €360K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area T23, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
14% of workers worked mainly from home, above both Co. Cork’s towns (11%) and Irish towns (11%). Unemployment stands at 10%. Among people aged 15 to 64, 64% were working at the census.
| Census 2022 | Sunday's Well | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 64% | 69% | 68% |
| Unemployment rate | 10% | 7.9% | 9.2% |
| Average trip | 24.6 min | 24.8 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €51,270 | €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.
Day and night, summer and winter, Sunday's Well averages 10.8°C. Here July highs average 20.1°C, close to Co. Cork’s towns (20.0°C) and above Irish towns (19.9°C). The town gets 1,089 mm of rain a year.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Sunday's Well | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature over the year | 10.8°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 3.5°C | 3.5°C | 2.9°C |
| July high | 20.1°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,089 mm | 1,114 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
A short walk to green space: 100% of homes, above Co. Cork’s towns (88%) and Irish towns (92%) alike. Sunday's Well has 9 parks, with 23 ha of green space in all.
| Outdoors | Sunday's Well | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paths per km² of town | 7.3 km per km² | 1.7 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Near a park | 100% | 88% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 2.7% | 4.2% | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Sunday's Well’s November pattern is steady: afternoons average 12°C, nights 5°C. No rain is due today, though a breeze picks up to 21 km/h; the low is 7°C. By December, a normal day reaches 10°C and a normal night 4°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 10°C | 4°C | 326 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 6°C | 226 mm |
| Summer | 20°C | 12°C | 226 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 8°C | 311 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
39% of residents were born outside the country. People aged 15 to 24 make up 18% of the town, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (12%) and Irish towns (12%). The 65-and-over age group makes up just over one in ten residents.
47.7% of Sunday's Well’s residents are women
1,340 women and 1,467 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Sunday's Well | Co. Cork | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 8.9% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 18% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 44% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 19% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 5.2% | 8.3% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 8.2% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 22% | 34% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.5% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 59% | 38% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Cork and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Sunday's Well is split between local electoral areas: 63% of its residents are in Cork City North West, most of the rest in Cork City South Central. No party holds a majority on Cork City Council: Fianna Fáil lead with 9 of 31 seats, short of the 16 needed. It sits in the Cork City North West local electoral area, which elects 6 councillors.
| Turnout | Sunday's Well | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 42% | 45% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 58% | 58% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Scaled to its population, Sunday's Well has 998 inventory buildings per 10,000 people, higher than both Co. Cork’s towns (100) and Irish towns (48). Half of homes date from before 1919. Beneath and around the town lie 16 recorded archaeological sites.
| Heritage | Sunday's Well | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 998 | 100 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 49.9% | 7.7% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 16 | 9 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
At the census, 1.3% of people here described their health as bad or very bad. Allowing for its ages, Sunday's Well has 83 residents in bad health per 100 expected, lower than both Co. Cork’s towns (107) and Irish towns (113). Asked at the census, nearly nine in ten residents of Sunday's Well said they were in good or very good health.
| Census 2022 | Sunday's Well | Co. Cork | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad or very bad health | 1.3% | 2% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.1% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 24% | 24% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 89% | 88% | 88% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Sunday's Well has 280 buildings on the national inventory of architectural heritage, 4 of them rated of national or international importance. The national record lists 16 archaeological sites in and around the town.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | — | C | C | C− | B |
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 0.7 | D | C+ | C | D |
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | 0.7 | D | C− | C− | C |
| Cork City Centre | 3,701 | 1 | D− | C− | D− | D |
| Knocknaheeny | 5,592 | 1.1 | D | C+ | C | D− |
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 1.2 | C− | C+ | C | C− |
| Shandon | 3,539 | 1.2 | C− | C+ | D | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Sunday's Well had 2,807 people at the 2022 census, up from 2,431 in 2016: 15.5% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Sunday's Well is 33, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Neighbourhood in Cork
Sunday's Well has 2,807 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).
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).