Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 71% of residents describe themselves as White Irish in Bandon
Across Ireland’s towns, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Bandon, 3.2%. The census found that 46% of households are parents with children here. The median age in the town is 38, higher than in 54% of Irish towns. The town is home to 8,196 residents in 3,037 households, by the 2022 Census.
A +10% change since 2016: Bandon grew faster than 64% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 56% of Irish towns, at 13%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Bandon sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. No age band is larger than 35–39: nearly one in ten residents. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Bandon, 38. The typical town is 37.6.
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%.
33% of residents belong to the professional, managerial and technical classes
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
Students among residents 15 and over are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 10%. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 6.6%.
Bandon households average 2.7 people, smaller than in 52% 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.
The share of one-person households stands at 25%.
16% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 59% 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
Most homes are connected: 86% have broadband, and 11% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). One household in every 6 has no car or van. Bandon has fewer holiday homes than 54% of Irish towns, at 0.2%.
The middle household earns €51,590 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 €51,590 a year, 14% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Cork comes in at €60,670 at the median.
Above 81% of Irish towns: 22% of residents are citizens of another country
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.
Born outside Ireland: 28% of residents, against 22% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born elsewhere in the EU (8.6%) or outside the EU and UK (7.2%).
1.2% 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
Top of Co. Cork: Ballincollig, at 2.1%. The benchmark for daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns: 1.1%.
14% of residents said they have no religion, below 73% 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: 71% of Bandon · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (22%), Other, including mixed (3.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (2.3%). At 72%, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is higher than in 57% of Irish towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 17%.
Married residents 15 and over: 37%, a higher share than 70% 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.
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 5.8%. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Bandon, 29% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 66% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by one in ten adults here, while 9.7% stopped 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.
The 20th oldest of 41 towns of 6,971 to 9,647 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Temple Bar (31.4), the youngest, and Dalkey (50.3), the oldest. Nearest to Bandon in age: Newcastle West (37.4), Glasnevin (37.7), Tuam (38.1) and Ballyvolane (38.4).
Every nearby town is older than Bandon
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandon | 8,196 | — | 38 | 13% | 46% |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 6.2 km | 38.9 | 11% | 53% |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 15.3 km | 38.6 | 9.9% | 55% |
| Kinsale | 5,991 | 15.5 km | 41.8 | 18% | 43% |
| Clonakilty | 5,112 | 17.2 km | 40.5 | 18% | 43% |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 18.5 km | 38.1 | 14% | 49% |
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 Bandon’s residents
What is the population of Bandon?
Bandon had 8,196 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bandon?
The median age is 38, older than 54% of Irish towns. 25% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Bandon?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,887 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Bandon?
71% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 28% were born abroad and 22% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Bandon?
72% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 14% another religion; 4.7% didn’t say.
Is Bandon good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Bandon are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bandon?
Median gross household income in Bandon was €51,590 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).