Photo: Richard Fensome · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of Irish towns: 7.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24
The share of residents who said they are Catholic is 82%, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. One-person households account for 36%. Few places have so few households in flats: 4.6% here, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns. Baile Mhic Íre is home to 366 residents in 151 households, by the 2022 Census.
What stands out about the people of Baile Mhic Íre
Irish spoken every day, in the Gaeltacht
20% of residents speak Irish every day outside education, more than in 99% of Irish towns; 68% can speak it. Baile Mhic Íre is in the Gaeltacht. Irish speakers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 20% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
Residents aged 3 and over who can speak Irish, and how often they speak it outside education (CSO).
Irish speakers · residents aged 3 and over
The ability to speak Irish extends to 229 residents (68% of those aged 3 and over). As a reference point, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A +15% change since 2016: faster than 82% of Irish towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2022 censuses, on 2022 boundaries, and the change beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Change, 2016 to 2022
CSO publishes yearly population estimates for counties and regions, not towns, so the trend is two censuses rather than a line; 2016 ages aren’t on 2022 boundaries, so there is no change by age.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
A median age of 37.9: Baile Mhic Íre is older than 52% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: 10% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Here, 15% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 97% of Irish towns: 7.5%
CSO’s social classes (everyone, by their own or their family’s occupation), the occupations of those at work, and where residents lived a year before the Census.
Residents by social class · all residents
Where residents lived a year earlier
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Workers by occupation · residents at work
In Baile Mhic Íre, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 37% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 23%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.1% here.
Smaller households than 80% of Irish towns: 2.5 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Cork’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children is 43%; Baile Mhic Íre has 41%. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 3.3%.
In Baile Mhic Íre, 8.2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 82% of Irish towns
Home types, cars and the internet, by household. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Internet at home · share of households
1.1% of homes are holiday homes, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
€50,840 a year: where the middle household sits
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€50,840 a year before tax puts the median household 15% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Cork comes in at €60,670 at the median.
Only 18% of residents were born outside Ireland in Baile Mhic Íre
Place of birth and citizenship as CSO asks them: born abroad includes Irish citizens born abroad.
Born abroad, by birthplace · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizens of another country, by citizenship; CSO counts dual Irish citizens as Irish.
Other languages · share of all residents
CSO’s small-area tables don’t give the year people arrived.
Most residents from abroad were born in Poland (8.5%) or elsewhere in the EU (3.8%). As a reference point, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Nothing unusual on residents with another country’s citizenship: 15%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
No religion: 11% of residents, a lower share than 90% of Irish towns
Ethnic or cultural background and religion, in CSO’s categories, as people described themselves.
Ethnic groups other than White Irish · all residents
White Irish, not charted: 78% of Baile Mhic Íre · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish account for 78%. The usual figure: 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
In Baile Mhic Íre, 4.1% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 89% of Irish towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, and unpaid carers.
Partnership status · residents 15 and over
The small-area tables count carers, not their hours of care.
33% of residents 15 and over are married; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 34%. Typically, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 60% of Irish towns: 32%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: nearly one in ten adults. For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%. Primary level or earlier: 9.8%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is older than Baile Mhic Íre
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baile Mhic Íre | 366 | — | 37.9 | 15% | 41% |
| Macroom | 4,096 | 13.7 km | 38.4 | 14% | 45% |
| Millstreet | 1,722 | 14.7 km | 41.3 | 18% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Cork’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Cork’s towns of 2,500 or more and over the Irish towns of 2,500 or more (city totals left out). Percentiles are within Ireland only.
- The earlier population is an estimate. Towns had no official 2016 count on today’s boundaries, so the 2016 figure is CSO’s electoral-division count shared out by where people lived in 2022: read a small town in a large rural division loosely.
- What these tables don’t give. The small-area tables give no year of arrival and no hours of care, and a town’s electoral divisions run past its edge, so the page doesn’t split a town into named areas (a city lists its neighbourhoods).
- Speaking Irish. CSO asks everyone aged 3 and over whether they can speak Irish and how often; “daily outside education” leaves out speaking it only at school.
- The census’s own words. Born abroad, citizenship, ethnic or cultural background and religion are CSO’s questions and categories; the page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Baile Mhic Íre’s residents
What is the population of Baile Mhic Íre?
Baile Mhic Íre had 366 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Baile Mhic Íre?
The median age is 37.9. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Baile Mhic Íre?
68% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (229 people), and 20% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns. Baile Mhic Íre is in the Gaeltacht, the districts where Irish is the community language.
How diverse is Baile Mhic Íre?
78% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 15% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Baile Mhic Íre?
82% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 7.2% another religion; 5.5% didn’t say.
Is Baile Mhic Íre good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Baile Mhic Íre are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Baile Mhic Íre?
Median gross household income in Baile Mhic Íre was €50,840 in 2022, against €60,670 across Co. Cork and €60,120 for Ireland.
Sources: CSO, Census of Population 2022, Small Area Population Statistics · CSO PxStat FP009 (2016 by electoral division) · CSO GPIIA, household income 2022. 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).