Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0More households of parents with children than 99% of Irish towns: 70%
Set against 24% across Ireland’s towns, 12% of households are one person living alone in Ballygarvan. Locally, 1.9% of households have no car or van. With a median age of 34.6, Ballygarvan is younger than 83% of Irish towns. The town’s 165 households held 556 residents at the 2022 Census.
From 2016 to 2022, Ballygarvan outgrew 52% of Irish towns: +8%
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.
5.4% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 96% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
18% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Ballygarvan ranks above 97% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 19%
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
Residents who moved in within the year: 4.8% here and 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.8% in Ballygarvan, less than in 97% 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.
Households average 3.4 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
Households in flats: 3.6%, a lower share than 94% 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
Home broadband covers 95% of households, while 3.2% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). As a yardstick, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Households here have a median income of €83,480 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €83,480 a year, 39% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Cork, the figure is €60,670.
Ballygarvan ranks below 98% of Irish towns on residents born outside Ireland: 9.1%
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.
Residents born abroad were most often born outside the EU and UK (3.3%), then elsewhere in the EU (2.5%). At 4.8%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 98% of Irish towns. For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%.
Ballygarvan sits below 90% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (0.6%)
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
Ballincollig leads Co. Cork with 2.1%. For comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Ballygarvan sits above 99% of Irish towns for residents who describe themselves as White Irish (94%)
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 Ballygarvan · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, against 84% in Ballygarvan. Residents with no religion: 12% of the total. The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns is 78%.
More married residents 15 and over than 86% of Irish towns: 39%
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.
Ballygarvan sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 5%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Ballygarvan sits above 67% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (44%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Students still in education make up 25% of residents 15 and over. On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 4.2%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Ballygarvan
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballygarvan | 556 | — | 34.6 | 5.4% | 70% |
| Frankfield and Grange | 7,687 | 4.8 km | 37.1 | 11% | 51% |
| Carrigaline | 18,239 | 4.8 km | 36.6 | 9.6% | 58% |
| Lehenagh | 4,154 | 5.2 km | 35.1 | 9.7% | 54% |
| Douglas | 22,029 | 5.9 km | 38.3 | 13% | 46% |
| Inishkenny | 5,552 | 6.4 km | 33.6 | 9.9% | 41% |
| Tramore | 4,803 | 6.6 km | 41.1 | 19% | 39% |
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 Ballygarvan’s residents
What is the population of Ballygarvan?
Ballygarvan had 556 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballygarvan?
The median age is 34.6. 34% are under 18 and 5.4% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballygarvan?
58% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (306 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballygarvan?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.1% were born abroad and 4.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballygarvan?
84% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 4.2% another religion; 1.6% didn’t say.
Is Ballygarvan good for families?
70% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 34% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballygarvan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballygarvan?
Median gross household income in Ballygarvan was €83,480 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).