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Leaving Cert Geography: Urbanisation

How often Urbanisation comes up on the Geography papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 6 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

OL Asked on 10 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

June 2028 is the first exam on the new Geography course. These come from the 2016–2026 papers, so read them as a guide.

Urbanisation, Higher Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Urbanisation.

(a)Movement of people out of cities to live in rural towns and villages?
  1. Urbanisation
  2. Counter-urbanisation
  3. Rural depopulation
(b)Rising share of a country's population living in towns and cities?
  1. Suburbanisation
  2. Counter-urbanisation
  3. Urbanisation
(c)Reasons such as unemployment or drought that drive people out of rural areas?
  1. Push factors
  2. Multiplier effects
  3. Pull factors
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(a) Counter-urbanisation

(b) Urbanisation

(c) Push factors

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Urbanisation.

Higher Level

Asked on 6 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Q6C
2024Q5C
2023Q4C
2022Not asked
2021SQ12, Q5C
2019Not asked
2018Q6B
2017Not asked
2016Q6C

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Urbanisation questions

Urbanisation, 2 marks

Decline of an old inner-city area as people and businesses move out?

  1. Urban sprawl
  2. Gentrification
  3. Urban decay
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Urban decay

Buildings fall derelict and services close as people leave, which can trap the remaining residents in poverty.

Urbanisation, 3 marks

Movement of people back into renovated inner-city areas?

  1. Suburbanisation
  2. Re-urbanisation
  3. Counter-urbanisation
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Re-urbanisation

New apartments, jobs and services in the centre attract people back, often young adults who want to live near work.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 10 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q6C
2025Q6C
2024Q5C
2023Q5C
2022SQ12, Q6B
2021Q5B
2019Q5B
2018Q4C
2017SQ10, Q5C
2016Q5C

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Urbanisation questions

Urbanisation, 2 marks

Term for the growth in the share of people living in towns and cities?

  1. Rural depopulation
  2. Commuting
  3. Urbanisation
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Urbanisation

People move to cities for work, education and services, so the urban share of the population rises, fastest today in poorer countries.

Urbanisation, 2 marks

Name for the movement of people from the countryside into cities?

  1. Commuting
  2. Rural to urban migration
  3. Counter-urbanisation
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Rural to urban migration

People move to the city in search of work, schooling and services, and this is the main cause of rapid city growth in Global South (developing) countries.

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