Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.01.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
Set against 12% across Ireland’s towns, 0.5% of households live in a flat or apartment in Ballyhooly. At the 2022 Census Ballyhooly was home to 610 people in 216 households. Across Ballyhooly, just over one in ten residents are 65 or over. This Co. Cork town has more residents who said they are Catholic than four fifths of Irish towns, at 77%.
Ballyhooly grew +19% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 90% 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%.
Half of Ballyhooly is under 34.5, younger than 84% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 45–49 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
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%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 14%, a higher share than 87% of Irish towns
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
Compared with a typical 13%, associate professional and technical account for 17% of workers. By way of comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 11%.
Ballyhooly sits above 87% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (53%)
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, households average 2.7 people; in Ballyhooly, 2.8. One-person households account for 23%. Against that, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
6.6% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 89% 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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. About one household in 15 lives without a car or van.
Households here have a median income of €61,010 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €61,010 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
Ballyhooly ranks below 74% of Irish towns on residents born outside Ireland: 18%
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 the UK (5%) or outside the EU and UK (4.8%). Lower than in 73% of Irish towns: 11% of residents are citizens of another country. On average, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 82% of Irish towns: 0.7%
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%. The comparison figure for daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
In Ballyhooly, 86% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 82% 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: 86% of Ballyhooly · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (10%), Other, including mixed (1.7%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.2%). Lower than in 52% of Irish towns: 17% of residents said they have no religion. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns: 78%.
Ballyhooly sits above 99% of Irish towns for unpaid carers (7.5%)
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.
Married residents 15 and over are more common here than in just over half of Irish towns. Typically, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
39% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, a share 58% of Irish towns don’t reach
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Still in education: 17% of residents 15 and over. For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Ballyhooly and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyhooly | 610 | — | 34.5 | 11% | 53% |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 8.1 km | 38.9 | 14% | 42% |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 11.1 km | 34.7 | 5.2% | 57% |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 11.3 km | 36.3 | 12% | 51% |
| Watergrasshill | 1,840 | 15.4 km | 33.1 | 4.6% | 62% |
| Mitchelstown | 3,744 | 15.9 km | 41.7 | 19% | 42% |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 16.5 km | 38.6 | 15% | 47% |
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 Ballyhooly’s residents
What is the population of Ballyhooly?
Ballyhooly had 610 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballyhooly?
The median age is 34.5. 32% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballyhooly?
44% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (249 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballyhooly?
86% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballyhooly?
77% are Catholic, 17% have no religion and 6.4% another religion; 3% didn’t say.
Is Ballyhooly good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 32% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballyhooly are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballyhooly?
Median gross household income in Ballyhooly was €61,010 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).