Photo: Ian Paterson · CC BY-SA 2.0In Ballincollig, 6.2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 92% of Irish towns
Compared with 43% across Ireland’s towns, 49% of households are parents with children here. There were 7,683 households in Ballincollig at the 2022 Census, home to 21,940 residents. On the census count, three quarters of residents said they are Catholic. Few places have so few one-person households: 19% here, fewer than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 73% of Irish towns, at 11%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Half of Ballincollig’s residents are over 38.1, older than in 56% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. In Montenotte, the oldest of Co. Cork’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Ballincollig, 38.1. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A larger share of students among residents 15 and over than 52% of Irish towns: 11%
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
The occupation that stands out is professional occupations: 32%, where 21% is typical. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Ballincollig households average 2.9 people, larger than in 73% of Irish towns
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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (3.7%), Ballincollig is below just over two thirds of Irish towns.
Only 11% of households live in a flat or apartment in Ballincollig
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
At 0.1%, the share of holiday homes is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
The middle household earns €76,190 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Ballincollig’s households have a gross income above €76,190 a year, 27% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
Ballincollig ranks below 66% of Irish towns on residents with another country’s citizenship: 12%
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.
18% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (4%); 1.5% speak English not well or not at all. Few places have so few residents born outside Ireland: 20% here, fewer than in just over three fifths of Irish towns. For comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 93% of Irish towns, at 2.1%
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
Some 10,422 people here, 51% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. It is the highest share of Co. Cork’s 54 towns of 2,500+. As a reference point, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 58% of Irish towns: 81%
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: 81% of Ballincollig · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (11%), Asian or Asian Irish (4.6%) and Other, including mixed (2.1%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns: 78%. Asked about religion, 16% answered none, against 17% across Ireland’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 40% in Ballincollig, more than in 88% 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.
6.2% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Ballincollig: 47% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, above 72% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 5%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Postgraduate: 19% of adults.
The 16th oldest of 41 towns of 17,994 to 26,180 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Jobstown (32.4) and the oldest Templeogue (43.3). Nearest to Ballincollig in age: Old Bawn (38), Knocknacarra (38), Douglas (38.3) and Celbridge (38.4).
Older than Ballincollig: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | — | 38.1 | 14% | 49% |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 4.1 km | 38.6 | 9.9% | 55% |
| Tower | 3,300 | 4.6 km | 39.4 | 13% | 54% |
| Bishopstown | 14,529 | 5.2 km | 38 | 23% | 29% |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 6.2 km | 39.6 | 18% | 44% |
| Inishkenny | 5,552 | 6.2 km | 33.6 | 9.9% | 41% |
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 6.2 km | 36.3 | 14% | 40% |
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).
- 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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Ballincollig’s residents
What is the population of Ballincollig?
Ballincollig had 21,940 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood.
What is the average age in Ballincollig?
The median age is 38.1, older than 56% of Irish towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballincollig?
51% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (10,422 people), and 2.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballincollig?
81% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballincollig?
75% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 9% another religion; 3.3% didn’t say.
Is Ballincollig good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballincollig are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballincollig?
Median gross household income in Ballincollig was €76,190 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).