Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.023% of residents are 65 or over, a share 95% of Irish towns don’t reach
The figure for households of parents with children is 29% in Bishopstown and 43% across Ireland’s towns. The neighbourhood had 14,529 residents in 5,138 households at the 2022 Census, with a median age of 38 (older than 54% of Irish towns). Locally, 16% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Compared with other places, households in flats are common here: 18%, more than in 71% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Bishopstown
A student neighbourhood
20% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 98% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 20% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Many older residents
23% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 95% of Irish towns; 8.1% are 80 or over, and 25% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
14% of residents lived somewhere else a year before the Census, 1.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns; 3.6% came from abroad. Social class & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
+2% since 2016, a pace below 80% 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%.
Bishopstown: 20% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 97% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Bishopstown is 38, higher than in 54% of Irish towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. In Montenotte, the oldest of Co. Cork’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Bishopstown, 38. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
A higher share of students among residents 15 and over than 98% of Irish towns, at 20%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Bishopstown, 44% and 8.1%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 14%.
Households here average 2.6 people, below 67% 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.
25% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 56% of Irish towns.
Households without a car or van: 15%, a lower share than 63% 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
Little separates the share of holiday homes here, 0.4%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. On average, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
The middle household earns €59,760 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 €59,760 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
Fewer residents born abroad than 56% of Irish towns: 20%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are outside the EU and UK (8.8%) and in the UK (3.9%). Typically, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in 55% of Irish towns.
More daily speakers of Irish outside education than 88% of Irish towns: 1.8%
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
In all, 6,587 residents aged 3 and over (52%) can speak Irish. The share of daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 58% of Irish towns: 81%
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: 81% of Bishopstown · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Asian or Asian Irish (8.1%), Other White (7.1%) and Other, including mixed (2.4%). Nearly a fifth of residents said they have no religion, more than in 56% of Irish towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns is 78%. At 71%, residents who said they are Catholic sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Half of adults have never married
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, at 5.9%. Married residents 15 and over account for 34%.
Above 81% of Irish towns: 52% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
27% of residents 15 and over are still in education. The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for just over a fifth of adults; primary level or less for 7.6% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%).
Ranked by age, 16th oldest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Castletroy is the youngest (29); Ballinteer the oldest (44.1). Nearest to Bishopstown in age: Enniscorthy (37.5), Whitehall (37.6), Tullamore (38.1) and Mallow (38.6).
Bishopstown and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopstown | 14,529 | — | 38 | 23% | 29% |
| Inishkenny | 5,552 | 1.5 km | 33.6 | 9.9% | 41% |
| Glasheen | 5,981 | 2.0 km | 36.3 | 19% | 26% |
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 2.0 km | 36.3 | 14% | 40% |
| Togher | 3,007 | 2.2 km | 41.7 | 20% | 43% |
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | 2.3 km | 25.6 | 11% | 11% |
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | 2.7 km | 33 | 11% | 18% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Bishopstown’s residents
What is the population of Bishopstown?
Bishopstown had 14,529 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bishopstown?
The median age is 38, older than 54% of Irish towns. 15% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Bishopstown?
52% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (6,587 people), and 1.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Bishopstown?
81% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Bishopstown?
71% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 10% another religion; 9.6% didn’t say.
Is Bishopstown good for families?
29% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 15% of residents are under 18. Schools near Bishopstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bishopstown?
Median gross household income in Bishopstown was €59,760 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).