Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This neighbourhood in Limerick has a population of 14,213.
Several subjects drag its grade down. With a D− overall, Corbally and King's Island is better than 2% of Irish towns. The ranking puts it #314 of 320 Irish towns. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D): for every 100 its ages would predict, 182 residents are in bad health and 119 have a disability. Home prices sit at a median €311,900, which is 6.8 years of the town’s median household income. It is easy to get around without a car (B+): a quarter of commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train, against 23% in the typical Irish town. Crime is the sore point: gardaí record 7.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, and 10.4 burglaries and acts of criminal damage.
Figures: commuting and health, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025.
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.
Each subject compares Corbally and King's Island 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 Corbally and King's Island does most differently from other towns.
68 buildings on the National Inventory inside Corbally and King's Island, 2 of them of national importance.
The record adds 121 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 6%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Corbally and King's Island has 68 buildings on the national inventory of architectural heritage, 2 of them rated of national or international importance. 121 archaeological sites are on the record here.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Corbally and King's Island.
At the census, 3.5% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, higher than both Co. Limerick’s towns (2.7%) and Irish towns (2%). Self-reported good health: 83% of Corbally and King's Island’s residents. 26% of residents in Corbally and King's Island live with a disability.
| Census 2022 | Corbally and King's Island | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 87% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.5% | 2.7% | 2% |
| With a disability | 26% | 24% | 22% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Ardscoil Mhuire is the nearest secondary school, 0.2 km away. Irish-medium schools make up 13%, higher than both Co. Limerick’s towns (12%) and Irish towns (8%). 45 schools lie within 3 km of Corbally and King's Island: 29 primary schools, 12 secondary schools and 4 special schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Moin A Lin Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 847 | Catholic |
| Limerick City East Secondary SchoolLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 811 | Multi-denominational |
| Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh GaelcholáisteTeaches through IrishPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 606 | Inter-denominational |
| Thomond Community College DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 597 | Multi-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Corbally and King's Island | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-sex secondaries | 58% | 54% | 39% |
| Teach through Irish | 13% | 12% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 49% | 46% | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No letters, no results: Irish schools aren’t ranked one by one.
For its size, Corbally and King's Island records more crime per resident than 80% of the 118 Irish towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. In all, 88.9 crimes per 1,000 residents were recorded a year, between Co. Limerick’s towns (97.5) and Irish towns (54.3). Of the graded crimes locally, damage to property came up most often (2023–2025).
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 | Corbally and King's Island | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 10.4 | 11.3 | 6.4 |
| Theft | 29.6 | 27 | 15.3 |
| All recorded crime | 88.9 | 97.5 | 54.3 |
| Violent crime | 7.9 | 9.7 | 5.7 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
58% of people aged 15 to 64 were in work at the census. Commutes averaged 23 min, near Co. Limerick’s towns (22.8 min) and lower than Irish towns (27.6 min). Income per household averages €45,560 a year, before tax.
| Census 2022 | Corbally and King's Island | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 15% | 11% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 58% | 62% | 68% |
| Median household income | €45,560 | €51,115 | €57,760 |
| Average trip | 23 min | 22.8 min | 27.6 min |
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.
Private tenants account for a fifth of households. Rent averaged €1,671 a month, below Co. Limerick’s towns (€1,786) but above Irish towns (€1,606). Owners make up 59% of households.
| Housing | Corbally and King's Island | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 19% | 13% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 20% | 27% | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area V94, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
The year’s mean temperature is 10.6°C, close to Co. Limerick’s towns (10.5°C) and above Irish towns (10.3°C). Corbally and King's Island gets 1,056 mm of rain a year. In July, daytime highs in Corbally and King's Island average 20.0°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Corbally and King's Island | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature over the year | 10.6°C | 10.5°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 1,056 mm | 1,032 mm | 937 mm |
| July high | 20.0°C | 19.9°C | 19.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Within 1 km, 3.7% of the land is woodland, above Co. Limerick’s towns (1.5%) and Irish towns (2.7%) alike. Corbally and King's Island counts 5 parks, adding up to 31 ha of green space. Protected nature near Corbally and King's Island includes Lower River Shannon SAC.
| Outdoors | Corbally and King's Island | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected nature within 5 km | 9.5% | 9.8% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 3.7% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 3.0 km per km² | 2.4 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 2.2 ha | 4.9 ha | 4.1 ha |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
A typical November day reaches 11°C and drops to 5°C at night: the forecast for Corbally and King's Island is set against that. The sky keeps its rain tomorrow; wind tops out at 5 km/h, and the low reaches 4°C. Rain peaks later in the week on Wednesday, at about 26 mm for the day.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 311 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 5°C | 210 mm |
| Summer | 20°C | 11°C | 244 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 7°C | 291 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
0.8% speak Irish daily outside school, about level with Co. Limerick’s towns (0.9%) and below Irish towns (1.1%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 14%. Foreign-born residents make up 16% of the population.
Women make up 51.6% of Corbally and King's Island
7,332 women and 6,881 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Corbally and King's Island | Co. Limerick | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 31% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 23% | 24% |
| 65+ | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 17% | 10% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 35% | 33% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.1% | 5.6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 24% | 37% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Limerick and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
No party holds a majority on Limerick City and County Council: Fine Gael lead with 13 of 40 seats, short of the 21 needed. The voters of Limerick City and County Council also elect its mayor directly: John Moran (Independent), since 7 June 2024. Turnout at the general election came to 55%.
| Turnout | Corbally and King's Island | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 55% | 55% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 47% | 48% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
The Sites and Monuments Record lists 121 sites here, higher than both Co. Limerick’s towns (10) and Irish towns (11). Homes built before 1919 account for 6.1% of the housing. Corbally and King's Island has 68 buildings on the national inventory of architectural heritage, 2 of them rated of national or international importance.
| Heritage | Corbally and King's Island | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 48 | 15 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 121 | 10 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 6.1% | 3.1% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
About 1.6% of homes in Corbally and King's Island are estimated to pass the radon reference level. No part of Corbally and King's Island is mapped as high landslide susceptibility.
| Share of homes | Corbally and King's Island | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 48% | 8.5% | 0.5% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Corbally and King's Island. Best known first.
CathedralSaint Mary's Cathedralin town
CastleFanning's Castlein town
CathedralSt John's Cathedral100 m outside town, to the south
MuseumThe Hunt Museum100 m outside town, to the southwest
Art galleryLimerick City Gallery of Art900 m outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Neighbourhood in Limerick
14,213 people live in Corbally and King's Island, in the area of Limerick City and County Council. TownRatings splits Limerick 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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbally and King's Island | 14,213 | — | D− | C | D | D |
| Limerick City Centre | 3,434 | 1.3 | C− | C | D | B− |
| Westbury Clare | 3,636 | 1.5 | B− | C− | A | C− |
| Galvone | 5,412 | 1.6 | D− | C | D | D− |
| Garryowen | 5,428 | 1.7 | D | B | D | D |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 1.9 | B | C | C− | A− |
| Dock | 6,258 | 2 | D | C | D | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Corbally and King's Island had 14,213 people at the 2022 census, up from 13,863 in 2016: 2.5% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Corbally and King's Island is 39.5, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
65% of working residents drive to work and 25% walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the median of Irish towns: 23%). 10% mostly work from home, and 33% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
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).