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A town in Co. Wicklow, home to 623 people.
A typical home sold for €419,600, or 6.6 years of the town’s median household income. Of those who commute, 6% go on foot, by bike or by public transport.
There are no grades for Glenealy: Irish towns need 1,000 residents for them.
The one thing Glenealy does most differently from other towns.
3 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 Glenealy.
Since 2019/20, pupils changed −3%, below Co. Wicklow’s towns (+12%) and Irish towns (+4%) alike. Pupils at the school within 3 km of Glenealy: 116.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenealy 1 N.S. DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 116 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Glenealy | Co. Wicklow | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 20% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −3% | +12% | +4% |
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.
The nearest bathing water to Glenealy is Silver Strand, 9.5 km away, rated sufficient in 2025. 100% of its homes sit in high-radon areas, above Co. Wicklow’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%) alike. Next to none of its homes lie low beside a river or the sea.
| Share of homes | Glenealy | Co. Wicklow | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Across the year it averages 10.2°C, about level with Irish towns (10.3°C) and below Co. Wicklow’s towns (10.5°C). Glenealy sees January nights of 2.9°C on average. November is the wettest month in the town, with 144 mm of rain on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Glenealy | Co. Wicklow | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,184 mm | 988 mm | 937 mm |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.2°C | 10.5°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 2.9°C | 3.3°C | 2.9°C |
| July high | 19.7°C | 19.7°C | 19.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Weighed against its ages, bad health in Glenealy runs at 99 per 100 expected. For its ages, Glenealy has 114 people with a disability for every 100 expected, near Co. Wicklow’s towns (111) and higher than Irish towns (106). Nearly a quarter of residents in Glenealy live with a disability.
| Census 2022 | Glenealy | Co. Wicklow | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 7.9% | 5.6% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 24% | 24% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 89% | 90% | 88% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Council and housing-body homes hold 18% of households. Owners make up 69% of households, about level with Co. Wicklow’s towns (71%) and above Irish towns (61%).
| Housing | Glenealy | Co. Wicklow | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households renting privately | 11% | 16% | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 18% | 14% | 13% |
| Median sale price | €420K | €440K | €350K |
| Households owning their home | 69% | 71% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area A67, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
100% of homes are within 400 m of green space, above Co. Wicklow’s towns (75%) and Irish towns (92%) alike. Among the protected sites near Glenealy is Deputy's Pass Nature Reserve SAC. This Co. Wicklow town offers 4.7 ha of green space per 1,000 residents.
| Outdoors | Glenealy | Co. Wicklow | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 36% | 5.7% | 2.7% |
| Near a park | 100% | 75% | 92% |
| Sea within 5 km | 0% | 34% | 0% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.5 km per km² | 1.2 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Today brings about 1 mm of rain and a breeze of up to 31 km/h; the low is 8°C. The heaviest rain of the week is due on Tuesday, around 16 mm. For Glenealy, a normal November afternoon peaks at 11°C, and a normal night bottoms out at 5°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 332 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 246 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 238 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 8°C | 369 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Home was the main workplace for 13% of workers at the census. The car took 80% of commuters, above Co. Wicklow’s towns (74%) and Irish towns (66%) alike. The commute to work averages 33 min.
| Census 2022 | Glenealy | Co. Wicklow | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 6.1% | 8.9% | 9.2% |
| Average trip | 33 min | 31.6 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 28% | 36% | 31% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 67% | 69% | 68% |
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.
People aged 15 to 24 are 14% of the population. Children under 15 make up 23%, close to Co. Wicklow’s towns (24%) and above Irish towns (20%). Over-65s are 14% of the population.
50.2% of Glenealy’s residents are women
313 women and 310 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Glenealy | Co. Wicklow | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 24% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 26% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 24% |
| 65+ | 14% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 9.7% | 10% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 33% | 36% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.2% | 6.5% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 35% | 32% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Wicklow and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
53% of voters turned out at the last local elections, about level with Co. Wicklow’s towns (54%) and above Irish towns (46%). Wicklow County Council runs Glenealy: Ireland has one tier of local government, with no town council below it. At the general election, 68% of voters took part. Also worth knowing: there is no majority on Wicklow County Council; Independent have the most seats, 10 of 32, short of 17.
| Turnout | Glenealy | Co. Wicklow | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 68% | 68% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 53% | 54% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
The archaeological record lists 3 sites here. Scaled to its population, that is 48 inventory buildings for every 10,000 people in Glenealy.
| Heritage | Glenealy | Co. Wicklow | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1919 | 9% | 5.5% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 3 | 14 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Glenealy. Best known first.
Garden · Office of Public WorksNational Botanic Gardens - Kilmacurragh3.2 km outside town, to the southGardenGardenMount Usher Gardens4.9 km outside town, to the northeastWater parkWater parkSplash Valley Aqua Park4.1 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Glenealy’s built heritage counts 3 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 3 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
3 notable people were born in Glenealy.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
Glenealy had 623 people at the 2022 census, up from 593 in 2016: 5.1% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Glenealy is 40.5, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Wicklow
623 people live in Glenealy, in the area of Wicklow 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).