Photo: Sebastian “sebrem” B… · CC BY-SA 3.0Below 92% of Irish towns: 21% of households are parents with children
35% of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Households in flats: 37% of the total. The median age in Blackpool is 36.1, lower than in 70% of Irish towns. Its 1,407 households held 3,124 residents at the 2022 Census.
What stands out about the people of Blackpool
More born abroad than most towns
39% of residents were born abroad, against 19% across Co. Cork’s towns and 22% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born elsewhere in the EU (14%) and outside the EU and UK (13%); 34% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
42% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 93% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (25%), Asian or Asian Irish (6.5%) and Black or Black Irish (4.6%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
More with no religion than most
30% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 56% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +9% change since 2016: Blackpool grew faster than 56% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns the median change is +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, +7%.
Below 80% of Irish towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 25–29: 14% of residents, 2.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 63% of Irish towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Blackpool, 36.1. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 82% of Irish towns, at 12%
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
9.2% of residents 15 and over are students, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 18%, a higher share than 90% 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.
In Blackpool the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Blackpool sits above 91% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (42%)
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 rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. One household in 2 has no car or van.
The middle household earns €41,940 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 €41,940 a year, 30% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Cork’s median household income is €60,670.
39% of residents were born outside Ireland, a share 92% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 50%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 50%
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.
29% speak another language at home, most often Polish (4.6%); 3.4% speak English not well or not at all. For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%. At 34%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is higher than in 94% of Irish towns.
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 82% of Irish towns: 0.7%
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%). Across Ireland’s towns, daily speakers of Irish outside education come to 1.1%.
A lower White Irish share than 93% of Irish towns: 58% 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: 58% of Blackpool · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (25%), Asian or Asian Irish (6.5%) and Black or Black Irish (4.6%). Few places have so few residents who said they are Catholic: 56% here, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns is 78%. Against a figure of 17% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Blackpool comes in at 30%.
Only 24% of residents 15 and over are married in Blackpool
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.
4.2% of residents give unpaid care, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Degree or higher: 36% of adults
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 14% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 13% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. On adults with a degree or higher, Blackpool sits higher than 51% of Irish towns: 36%.
Of 41 towns its size (2,755 to 3,539 people), the 19th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Kilbarry (30.4), the youngest, and Ballybrack (45.5), the oldest. Nearest to Blackpool in age: Ballynanty (35.7), Virginia (35.8), Carndonagh (37.4) and Ballinrobe (37.6).
Around Blackpool, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | 3,124 | — | 36.1 | 12% | 21% |
| Farranree | 3,824 | 0.7 km | 38.1 | 15% | 39% |
| Shandon | 3,539 | 0.7 km | 34.6 | 8.3% | 15% |
| St Luke's | 4,278 | 0.9 km | 35 | 8.5% | 15% |
| The Glen | 6,119 | 1.1 km | 40.6 | 20% | 42% |
| Cork City Centre | 3,701 | 1.2 km | 34 | 9.1% | 12% |
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 1.2 km | 42.4 | 20% | 33% |
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 Blackpool’s residents
What is the population of Blackpool?
Blackpool had 3,124 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Blackpool?
The median age is 36.1, younger than 70% of Irish towns. 14% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Blackpool?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (672 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Blackpool?
58% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 39% were born abroad and 34% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Blackpool?
56% are Catholic, 30% have no religion and 14% another religion; 19% didn’t say.
Is Blackpool good for families?
21% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 14% of residents are under 18. Schools near Blackpool are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Blackpool?
Median gross household income in Blackpool was €41,940 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).