# Metropolitan Cork

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Metropolitan Cork
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| image_caption = Cork, the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland
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| subdivision_name1 = [County Cork](/source/County_Cork)
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| subdivision_name2 = [Cork](/source/Cork_(city)) (222,526)<ref name="cityCensus2022"/>
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'''Metropolitan Cork''', or the Cork Metropolitan Area (CMA), includes the city of [Cork](/source/Cork_(city)), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland), its [suburb](/source/suburb)s, the rural hinterland that surrounds it, which includes several smaller towns and villages.<ref name="casp2001">{{cite report|url = http://www.corkcity.ie/casp/strategicplan/strategic_plan_A.pdf | title = Cork Area Strategic Plan | date = 2001 | publisher = Cork City Council | access-date = 22 September 2018 | page = 2 | quote = ''Metropolitan Cork [..] encompasses both the City proper, and the settlements of Ballincollig, Blarney, Carrigaline, Douglas, Glanmire, Glounthane, Carrigtwohill, Midleton and Cobh''}}</ref> Some of the latter towns and villages are within the administrative area of [County Cork](/source/County_Cork). 

The term Metropolitan Cork was used in the Cork Area Strategic Plan to refer to the area whose labour and property market is shared with the city.<ref name="strategiccorkguide">{{cite web|url = http://www.corkcity.ie/strategiccorkguide/competitive_edge/local_economy_cork.shtml | title = CorkCity.ie/strategiccorkguide - Local Economy - Metropolitan Cork | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071119182215/http://www.corkcity.ie/strategiccorkguide/competitive_edge/local_economy_cork.shtml | archive-date = 19 November 2007 }}</ref> The plan declared that it was envisaged as an area with "an integrated transport system, and the social, cultural and educational facilities of a modern European city".<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/431500.pdf | title = Cork Area Strategic Plan - CSAP - Part A | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060710113249/http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/431500.pdf |archive-date = 10 July 2006 }}</ref> Metropolitan Cork is the core employment hub of the [Southern Region](/source/Southern_Region%2C_Ireland).

According to the Cork Area Transit System (CATS) Study Final Report of February 2010, at that time, the [metropolitan area](/source/metropolitan_area) covered 820{{nbsp}}km<sup>2</sup> and approximately 270,000 people.<ref name=corkcity>{{cite report|url = https://www.corkcity.ie/services/roadstransportation/transportationdivision/corkareatransitsystemstudy/CATS%20Study%20Final%20Report%20Feb%202010_opt1.pdf | publisher = Cork City Council |page =1.7 | title = Cork Area Transit System Study - Draft Final Report | date = April 2009 | access-date = 22 September 2018 | quote = ''The Metropolitan area, as defined in CASP, includes Cork City and the towns and areas in the immediate hinterland [..It..] covers 820 km2, and has a population of 272,541, as determined from Census 2006''}}</ref>

By mid-2018, legislation was drafted to [expand the boundary of Cork city](/source/2019_Cork_boundary_change), to include a number of the metropolitan area towns (such as [Blarney](/source/Blarney) and [Carrigtwohill](/source/Carrigtwohill)).<ref name="boundslaw">{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/bill-set-to-give-effect-to-cork-boundary-extension-858843.html | publisher = Irish Examiner | website = irishexaminer.com | title = Bill set to give effect to Cork boundary extension | date = 31 July 2018 | access-date = 26 August 2018 }}</ref><ref name="boundary1">{{cite web | url= https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/boundary-increase-for-cork-city-council-approved-by-cabinet-1.3521614 | publisher = The Irish Times | title = Boundary increase for Cork City Council approved by Cabinet | date = 6 June 2018 }}</ref> This change proposed to bring much of "Metropolitan Cork" within the bounds of the Cork City Council area.<ref name="boundslaw"/><ref name="boundary1"/> On 31 May 2019, the boundary change came into force with the city bounds being extended to include [Ballincollig](/source/Ballincollig), [Blarney](/source/Blarney), [Glanmire](/source/Glanmire), [Rochestown](/source/Rochestown), Grange and [Cork Airport](/source/Cork_Airport), and thereby increasing the city population from 125,000 to approximately 210,000.<ref name="expansion2019">{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cork-citys-population-to-grow-by-85000-and-expand-fivefold-at-midnight-927835.html | publisher = Irish Examiner | website = irishexaminer.com | title = Cork City's population to grow by 85,000 and expand fivefold ... at midnight | date = 30 May 2019 | access-date = 31 May 2019 }}</ref>

== Geography ==
The Cork Area Strategic Plan (CASP) and subsequent regional planning documents, such as the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy, have used the term to describe a continuous urban core and a commuter belt stretching from [Ovens](/source/Ovens%2C_County_Cork) to [Midleton](/source/Midleton) and [Watergrasshill](/source/Watergrasshill) and Blarney to [Carrigaline](/source/Carrigaline).<ref>{{Cite web |title=1. Introduction {{!}} Cork City Council's Online Consultation Portal |url=https://consult.corkcity.ie/en/consultation/draft-cork-city-development-plan-2022-2028/chapter/1-introduction |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=consult.corkcity.ie}}</ref>

The metropolitan area includes Cork City and nearby commuter towns such as Ballincollig'','' Blarney, Carrigaline, Carrigtwohill, [Cobh](/source/Cobh), Glanmire, [Glounthaune](/source/Glounthaune), Midleton, [Passage West](/source/Passage_West), and [Ringaskiddy](/source/Ringaskiddy).<ref name="caspUpdate">{{cite web | url = http://www.corkcity.ie/casp/strategicplan/Final_CASP_Strategy_Update_opt.pdf | title = Cork Area Strategic Plan – Strategy for Additional Economic and Population Growth - An Update - July 2008 | publisher = Cork City Council | date = July 2008 | access-date = 22 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055421/http://www.corkcity.ie/casp/strategicplan/Final_CASP_Strategy_Update_opt.pdf | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | url-status = dead | quote = Metropolitan Cork consists of [..] Cork City and Douglas [..] The Satellite towns of Ballincollig, Blarney, Carrigaline, Glanmire, Glounthane, Carrigtwohill, Midleton and Cobh; and [..] The existing strategic employment areas of Little Island, Carrigtwohill, Cork Airport Business Park, Ringaskiddy and Whitegate/Aghada. }}</ref> The boundary is not fixed and varies across contexts (e.g. transport, planning, and statistical definitions).<ref name="casp2001" />

==Greater Cork==
Greater Cork is an area that extends beyond Metropolitan Cork, and includes the Metropolitan Cork area itself (referred to in the regional planning guidelines as the "Cork Gateway"), plus [Mallow](/source/Mallow%2C_County_Cork) and its hinterland, as well as the ring towns of [Bandon](/source/Bandon%2C_County_Cork), [Fermoy](/source/Fermoy), [Kinsale](/source/Kinsale), [Macroom](/source/Macroom) and [Youghal](/source/Youghal).<ref name="swra2010">{{cite report|url = https://www.southernassembly.ie/uploads/general-files/http---www.southernassembly_.ie-images-uploads-SWRA_Planning_Guidelines_.pdf | title = Regional Planning Guidelines 2010-2022 | publisher = South West Regional Authority | pages = 16, 26 | access-date = 22 September 2018 | quote = ''Greater Cork, which comprises the Cork Gateway, and includes the Mallow Hub and a number of other towns known as the Ring towns (Fermoy, Youghal, Bandon, Kinsale, Macroom)''}}</ref> This Greater Cork area was recorded as having a population of 377,596 in 2006.<ref name="swra2010"/>

==Population==
The Cork City administrative area (after the 2019 boundary extension) recorded a population of 224,004 in the [2022 census](/source/2022_census_of_Ireland),<ref name="cityCensus2022">{{Cite web |date=2023-05-30 |title=Press Statement Census of Population 2022 - Summary Results Cork - CSO - Central Statistics Office |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/csolatestnews/pressreleases/2023pressreleases/pressstatementcensusofpopulation2022-summaryresultscork/ |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=www.cso.ie |language=en}}</ref> while the overall population of County Cork was 584,156.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-30 |title=Press Statement Census of Population 2022 - Summary Results Cork - CSO - Central Statistics Office |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/csolatestnews/pressreleases/2023pressreleases/pressstatementcensusofpopulation2022-summaryresultscork/ |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=www.cso.ie |language=en}}</ref> The population of the wider Metropolitan Cork area was estimated to be around 305,000 as of 2016.<ref name="Cork 2050 Main Report"/>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!width=150|Cork city
!width=150|Cork city and suburbs
!width=150|Metropolitan Cork
!width=150|Greater Cork
|-
|'''2000'''
|123,810 <ref name="areaplan">{{cite report|url = http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/431500.pdf | title = Cork Area Strategic Plan, Cork City Council and Cork County Council, 22 October, 2001 (Table 2.1 Future Population) | page = 28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060710113249/http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/431500.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2006 | quote = ''2000 Population / City: 123,810 / Rest of Metropolitan Cork: 127,700 [..] Total: 345,100''}}</ref>
|—
|251,510 <ref name="areaplan"/>
|345,100 <ref name="areaplan"/>
|-
|'''2001'''
|123,600 <ref name="housing">{{cite web|url = http://www.corkcity.ie/ourservices/planning/developmentplan/housingstrategy/chapter3.pdf |title = Cork Joint Housing Strategy | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060526002056/http://www.corkcity.ie/ourservices/planning/developmentplan/housingstrategy/chapter3.pdf |archive-date = 26 May 2006 }}</ref>
|—
|253,000 <ref name="housing"/>
|—
|-
|'''2002'''
|123,062 <ref name="census2006"/>
|186,239
|—
|349,388 <ref name="swra2010"/>
|-
|'''2006'''
|119,418 <ref name="census2006">{{cite web|url = https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=C0112&PLanguage=0 | publisher = CSO.ie | title =Census 2006 - Population by Alphabetical List of Towns, CensusYear and Statistic | date = 2006 | access-date = 22 September 2018 | quote = ''Cork City, Cork / Population 2006 (Number): 119,418 [..] Cork Suburbs, Cork / Population 2006 (Number): 70,966''}}</ref>
|190,384 <ref name="census2006"/>
|274,000 <ref name="housing"/>
|377,596 <ref name="swra2010"/>
|-
|'''2011'''
|119,230 <ref name="census2011">{{cite web|url = https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=CD114&TabStrip=Select&PLanguage=0&FF=1 | publisher = CSO.ie | title = Census 2011 - Population and Percentage Change 2006 and 2011| date = 2011 | access-date = 22 September 2018 | quote = ''2011 / Both sexes / Cork City/  Population (Number): 119,230 [..] Cork Suburbs Total, Co. Cork / Population (Number): 79,352'' }}</ref>
|198,582 <ref name="census2011"/>
|289,739 <ref>{{cite report|url = http://www.corkcitydevelopmentplan.ie/images/Downloads/Metropolitan_Cork_Joint_Retail_Strategy_2015.pdf | publisher = Corkcitydevelopmentplan.ie| title = Metropolitan Cork Joint Retail Strategy (Table 4) | date = March 2015 | page = 8 | access-date = 23 September 2018 }}</ref>
|''397,800'' †<ref name="CASP">{{cite web |url = http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/98281500.pdf | title = CASP Supporting Analysis| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926124936/http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/98281500.pdf |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}</ref>
|-
|'''2016'''
|125,622 <ref name="census">{{cite web|url = https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=EP001&PLanguage=0 | publisher = CSO.ie | title = Census 2016 - Preliminary Actual and Percentage Change in Population 2011-2016 | date = 2016 | access-date = 22 September 2018 }}</ref>
|208,669 <ref>{{cite report|url = https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/population/2017/Chapter_2_Geographical_distribution.pdf | publisher = CSO.ie | title = Census 2016 - Geographical distribution - Population by constituency - Chapter 2 (Table 2.2 Population of urban areas, 2011 and 2016) | page = 15 | date = 2016 | access-date = 22 September 2018 }}</ref>
|305,222<ref name="Cork 2050 Main Report">{{cite web |title=Cork 2050 Main Report |url=https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2017-08/Cork%202050%20Main%20Report.pdf |publisher=Cork County Council & Cork City Council | website = corkcoco.ie | date = March 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220408010116/https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2017-08/Cork%202050%20Main%20Report.pdf | archive-date = 8 April 2022 | page = 21 | quote = Cork Population Distribution [..] 2016 [..] Total Metropolitan Cork [..] 305,222 }}</ref>
|—
|-
|'''2019'''
|colspan = 2 style ="text-align:center" | 210,000 ‡<ref name="expansion2019"/>
|—
|—
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| colspan = 5 style="text-align:left;" | <small>'''Note:''' † indicates medium-migration scenario projection from 2007 CASP plan<br>'''Note:''' ‡ [2019 Cork boundary change](/source/2019_Cork_boundary_change) brought many suburbs into Cork City Council bounds''<br>'''Note:''' — indicates no available data.''</small>
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==References==
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