Photo: Masha Dunaeva EN:User:Dunaevam · Public domainOlder than 99% of Irish towns: half of Baltimore is over 47
54% of homes are holiday homes; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 0.2%. On shared households of unrelated adults, Baltimore sits lower than 98% of Irish towns: 1.7%. The town counted 414 residents and 173 households at the 2022 Census. For Baltimore, the census puts households of parents with children at 35%.
+13% since 2016, a pace 77% of Irish towns didn’t match
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 change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
22% of Baltimore is 65 or over, a higher share than 93% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.7%, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Baltimore, 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 82% 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
Against a figure of 10% across Ireland’s towns, the share of students among residents 15 and over in Baltimore comes in at 8.4%. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
One-person households: 36%, a higher share than 98% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Baltimore, 2.2. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 13% in Baltimore, less than in 68% 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
No internet at all: 5.4% (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. Here, nearly one in ten households live in a flat or apartment.
Half of households earn more than €49,160 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€49,160 a year before tax puts the median household 18% below Ireland (€60,120). County median: €60,670 (Co. Cork).
A higher share of residents born outside Ireland than 71% of Irish towns, at 28%
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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
17% speak a language other than English at home, French most of all (4.3%); 1.7% speak English not well or not at all. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%. On residents with another country’s citizenship, Baltimore sits higher than 67% of Irish towns: 18%.
1.3% of residents speak Irish every day outside education
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 wider picture: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 36% in Baltimore, more than in 96% 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 Baltimore · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who said they are Catholic at 54%, Baltimore is behind 90% of Irish towns on that count. As a yardstick, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (20%), Other, including mixed (1.6%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.8%). 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer than in 51% of Irish towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 38% in Baltimore, more than in 78% 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.
7% of residents give unpaid care (Ireland’s towns: 5.4%). Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 49% in Baltimore, more than in 77% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Baltimore’s adults, 20% went on to postgraduate study and 2.7% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
The places around Baltimore
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | 414 | — | 47 | 22% | 35% |
| Skibbereen | 2,903 | 10.5 km | 39.2 | 17% | 37% |
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 Baltimore’s residents
What is the population of Baltimore?
Baltimore had 414 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Baltimore?
The median age is 47. 17% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Baltimore?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (186 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Baltimore?
78% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 28% were born abroad and 18% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Baltimore?
54% are Catholic, 36% have no religion and 10% another religion; 2.7% didn’t say.
Is Baltimore good for families?
35% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Baltimore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Baltimore?
Median gross household income in Baltimore was €49,160 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).