Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 2.8% of households in Ballynoe have no car or van
Across Ireland’s towns, 43% of households are parents with children; in Ballynoe, 56%. 211 residents in 77 households: that is Ballynoe at the 2022 Census. In Ballynoe, 30% of households are one person living alone. At 10%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 89% of Irish towns.
A +12% change since 2016: faster than 75% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Cork’s towns +7%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 68% of Irish towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 38.4, Ballynoe is older than nearly three fifths of Irish towns. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. 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
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
6.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 71% 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
Process, plant and machine operatives stand out among workers: 13%, against a typical 7.8%. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. Students among residents 15 and over: a tenth of the total.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 87% of Irish towns: 2.6%
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.
At 2.7 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.7%.
1.1% of homes are holiday homes, a share 86% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. At home, 73% have broadband, while 13% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%).
Before tax, the median household income is €66,900 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 €66,900 a year, 11% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Cork comes in at €60,670 at the median.
Only 18% of Ballynoe’s residents were born outside Ireland
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.
The most common home language after English is Polish (11%); in all 20% speak another language, and 1.9% speak English not well or not at all. 14% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 57% of Irish towns. For comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 96% of Irish towns: 0.5%
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
No town in Co. Cork beats Ballincollig (2.1%). Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who said they are Catholic: 73%, a higher share than 65% 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: 78% of Ballynoe · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (17%), Irish Traveller (2%) and Other, including mixed (2%). 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, a higher share than in 52% of Irish towns. Typically, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 8.1% of residents give unpaid care
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.
Against a figure of 34% across Ireland’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Ballynoe comes in at 32%. The usual figure: 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Only 32% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Ballynoe
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: nearly one in ten adults. By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 13%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Ballynoe sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballynoe | 211 | — | 38.4 | 11% | 56% |
| Tallow | 1,022 | 7.6 km | 42.2 | 18% | 42% |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 12.7 km | 34.7 | 5.2% | 57% |
| Lismore | 1,347 | 14.2 km | 41.3 | 17% | 43% |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 15.2 km | 38.9 | 14% | 42% |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 16.2 km | 36.3 | 12% | 51% |
| Castlemartyr | 1,603 | 16.5 km | 38.3 | 8.6% | 50% |
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 Ballynoe’s residents
What is the population of Ballynoe?
Ballynoe had 211 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballynoe?
The median age is 38.4. 29% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballynoe?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (88 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballynoe?
78% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballynoe?
73% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 10% another religion; 7.6% didn’t say.
Is Ballynoe good for families?
56% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballynoe are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballynoe?
Median gross household income in Ballynoe was €66,900 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).