Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0In Ballyclogh, 1.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns
Here 84% of residents said they are Catholic, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 71%. At the 2022 Census Ballyclogh was home to 272 people in 110 households. In Ballyclogh, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Since 2016, Ballyclogh has changed by −2%, slower than 98% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, +7%.
A median age of 41.3: Ballyclogh is older than 86% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: 9.9% of residents. Ballyclogh has more residents aged 65 and over than 58% of Irish towns, at 15%. In Montenotte, the oldest of Co. Cork’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 97% of Irish towns: 3.3%
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
Among workers, process, plant and machine operatives stand out: 12%, against a typical 7.8%. Typically, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put students among residents 15 and over at 9.6% in Ballyclogh.
More one-person households than 67% of Irish towns: 27%
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.
Households average 2.6 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put households of parents with children at 44% in Ballyclogh. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 97% of Irish towns: 4.6%
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
13% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 86% have broadband. The benchmark for households without a car or van across Ireland’s towns: 17%. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
The middle household earns €57,350 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €57,350 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). County median: €60,670 (Co. Cork).
Ballyclogh ranks below 98% of Irish towns on residents with another country’s citizenship: 4.4%
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.
Compared with 22% across Ireland’s towns, 13% of residents were born outside Ireland here. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (6.6%) and outside the EU and UK (4%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents with another country’s citizenship come to 15%.
In Ballyclogh, Irish is spoken by 43% of residents
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.8%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. Some 112 people here, 43% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. In Co. Cork, Ballincollig has the highest share (2.1%).
Above 99% of Irish towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
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: 94% of Ballyclogh · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 17% across Ireland’s towns, one in ten residents said they have no religion in Ballyclogh. Next after White Irish come Other White (3.7%), Black or Black Irish (1.8%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.4%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%.
Ballyclogh ranks above 99% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 8.8%
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.
37% of residents 15 and over are married (Ireland’s towns: 34%). For unpaid carers, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%.
In Ballyclogh, 24% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 79% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 7.9% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 8.5% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Ballyclogh sits below 1 of its 4 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
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.
Questions about Ballyclogh’s residents
What is the population of Ballyclogh?
Ballyclogh had 272 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballyclogh?
The median age is 41.3. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballyclogh?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (112 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballyclogh?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 4.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballyclogh?
84% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 6% another religion; 1.5% didn’t say.
Is Ballyclogh good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballyclogh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballyclogh?
Median gross household income in Ballyclogh was €57,350 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).