Census 2016: Population of Cork rises 4.6%

The population of Cork rose by 4.6% in the five years between 2011 and 2016, according to the census results released by the Central Statistics Office yesterday.

Fri, 07 Apr, 2017 - 01:00

Joe Leogue

From a total of 542,868 residents, results show 125,657 live in Cork City and 417,211 in the rest of the county.

The CSO also provided statistics reflecting life in both city and county.

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