Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 99% of Irish towns: 63% of households are parents with children
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.9%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. The 2022 Census put Belgooly’s population at 823, in 263 households. On the census count, 1.1% of households live in a flat or apartment. This Co. Cork town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 92% of Irish towns, at 6.6%.
Since 2016, Belgooly has changed by +1%, slower than 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 15%, a higher share than 84% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 10–14: 14% of residents, 2 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The median age in Belgooly is 37.7, higher than in just over half of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A student town: 17% of residents 15 and over are students
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
7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns, against 2.6% in Belgooly. Against that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
3.2 people per household, more than in 96% 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.
Set against 24% across Ireland’s towns, 16% of households are one person living alone in Belgooly.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 4% of households have no car or van
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 about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 0.4%. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 17% across Ireland’s towns.
The median household brings in €76,900 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €76,900 sits 28% above Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Cork, the middle household has €60,670.
8.2% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 86% of Irish towns
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%; Belgooly has 18%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (7.4%) and outside the EU and UK (6.3%). To put it in context, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
Irish speakers make up 50% of Belgooly
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%. On daily speakers of Irish outside education, Belgooly sits lower than 56% of Irish towns: 1%.
A higher White Irish share than 86% of Irish towns: 87% of residents
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: 87% of Belgooly · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion tops 72% of Irish towns: 22%. Compared with other places, residents who said they are Catholic are scarce here: 70%, fewer than in 56% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (7%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.3%) and Other, including mixed (2.6%).
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 84% of Irish towns, at 39%
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.
Belgooly sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 6%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Belgooly, 48% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 75% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, just over a fifth of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 5% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Belgooly
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgooly | 823 | — | 37.7 | 6.6% | 63% |
| Kinsale | 5,991 | 4.4 km | 41.8 | 18% | 43% |
| Carrigaline | 18,239 | 10.8 km | 36.6 | 9.6% | 58% |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 12.3 km | 38.9 | 11% | 53% |
| Lehenagh | 4,154 | 14.0 km | 35.1 | 9.7% | 54% |
| Frankfield and Grange | 7,687 | 14.1 km | 37.1 | 11% | 51% |
| Inishkenny | 5,552 | 14.8 km | 33.6 | 9.9% | 41% |
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 Belgooly’s residents
What is the population of Belgooly?
Belgooly had 823 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Belgooly?
The median age is 37.7. 34% are under 18 and 6.6% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Belgooly?
50% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (389 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Belgooly?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 8.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Belgooly?
70% are Catholic, 22% have no religion and 8.2% another religion; 4.9% didn’t say.
Is Belgooly good for families?
63% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 34% of residents are under 18. Schools near Belgooly are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Belgooly?
Median gross household income in Belgooly was €76,900 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).