Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
With a median age of 40.8, Ballymacoda is older than 83% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 223 residents and 89 households in the town. In Ballymacoda, 7.1% of households have no car or van. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 88% in Ballymacoda and 78% across Ireland’s towns.
A growing town: +8% since 2016, faster than 54% 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.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over: 11%, below nearly three quarters of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Only 6.9% of residents 15 and over are students in Ballymacoda
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
5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (Ireland’s towns: 7.5%). On average, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of one-person households than 77% of Irish towns, at 29%
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.
In Ballymacoda, 46% of households are parents with children, beside 43% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. Average household size: 2.5 people.
A larger share of holiday homes than 91% of Irish towns: 2%
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
68% have broadband at home and 12% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). For comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €63,180 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €63,180 gross, 5% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
Fewer residents born abroad than 87% of Irish towns: 14%
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 (5%) or in the UK (4.5%). As a reference point, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 9.9% here, fewer than in 76% of Irish towns.
In Ballymacoda, 0.5% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 96% of Irish towns
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 highest share in Co. Cork belongs to Ballincollig (2.1%). For comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. Irish speakers number 59, or 28% of residents aged 3 and over.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 70% of Irish towns: 21%
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: 88% of Ballymacoda · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, 71% of residents said they are Catholic; in Ballymacoda, 75%. The usual figure: 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
8.1% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over is 34%; Ballymacoda has 35%. The benchmark for unpaid carers across Ireland’s towns: 5.4%.
Ballymacoda ranks below 77% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 25%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Ballymacoda’s adults, 8.3% went on to postgraduate study and 8.3% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
A younger town than 1 of the 4 around it: Ballymacoda
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymacoda | 223 | — | 40.8 | 11% | 46% |
| Castlemartyr | 1,603 | 8.0 km | 38.3 | 8.6% | 50% |
| Youghal | 8,564 | 8.9 km | 42 | 18% | 41% |
| Cloyne | 1,967 | 13.1 km | 37.7 | 11% | 54% |
| Midleton | 13,906 | 16.2 km | 37 | 11% | 52% |
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 Ballymacoda’s residents
What is the population of Ballymacoda?
Ballymacoda had 223 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballymacoda?
The median age is 40.8. 25% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballymacoda?
28% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (59 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballymacoda?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 9.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballymacoda?
75% are Catholic, 21% have no religion and 4.1% another religion; 2.2% didn’t say.
Is Ballymacoda good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballymacoda are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballymacoda?
Median gross household income in Ballymacoda was €63,180 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).