Photo: Robert Ashby · CC BY-SA 2.0More households of parents with children than 96% of Irish towns: 58%
Here 15% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 24%. Carrigaline had 18,239 residents in 6,051 households at the 2022 Census. 3.3% of households live in a flat or apartment. On residents aged 65 and over, Carrigaline sits lower than just over four fifths of Irish towns: 9.6%.
What stands out about the people of Carrigaline
A town of families
48% of households are couples with children and 11% lone parents with children, more than in 96% of Irish towns; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Carrigaline grew +12% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 75% 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%.
Younger than 64% of Irish towns: half of Carrigaline is under 36.6
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: 9.2% of residents. Higher than in 73% of Irish towns: 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Montenotte, the oldest of Co. Cork’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Carrigaline, 36.6. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
13% of residents 15 and over are students, a share 84% of Irish towns don’t reach
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, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Carrigaline, 5.3%. Measured more widely, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 94% of Irish towns: 2.1%
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 typical household size is 3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
In Carrigaline, 5% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 96% 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
The share of households with broadband is 95%; 4% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Every 20th household or so has no car or van. On the census count, 0.1% of homes are holiday homes.
Households here have a median income of €78,110 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are above €78,110 a year before tax: 30% over the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Cork, the middle household has €60,670.
In Carrigaline, 12% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 64% 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.
Born outside Ireland: 19% of residents, against 22% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (5.5%) and in the UK (4.7%).
Irish speakers make up 47% of Carrigaline
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
Speakers of Irish: 8,103 residents, 47% of those aged 3 and over. 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, more than in 52% of Irish towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 81% in Carrigaline, more than in 59% 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: 81% of Carrigaline · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (12%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.4%) and Other, including mixed (2.3%). Measured more widely, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Carrigaline has more residents who said they are Catholic than 57% of Irish towns, at 72%. Residents with no religion are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 17%.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 90% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
Here, 5.5% of residents give unpaid care. 53% of Carrigaline’s residents 15 and over are single and 40% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
In Carrigaline, 42% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 64% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Carrigaline, 4.5%, and 16% hold a postgraduate qualification. As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
41 towns of 15,047 to 22,029 people: this is the 15th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Castletroy (29) and the oldest Ballinteer (44.1). Nearest to Carrigaline in age: Tallaght (36.3), Dooradoyle (36.4), Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney (36.8) and Dundrum (37).
The towns around Carrigaline are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigaline | 18,239 | — | 36.6 | 9.6% | 58% |
| Douglas | 22,029 | 6.1 km | 38.3 | 13% | 46% |
| Passage West-Monkstown | 6,051 | 6.6 km | 39.6 | 14% | 48% |
| Frankfield and Grange | 7,687 | 7.0 km | 37.1 | 11% | 51% |
| Crosshaven | 3,263 | 7.3 km | 39.9 | 15% | 47% |
| Cobh | 14,148 | 7.3 km | 38.7 | 13% | 46% |
| Tramore | 4,803 | 8.2 km | 41.1 | 19% | 39% |
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 Carrigaline’s residents
What is the population of Carrigaline?
Carrigaline had 18,239 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Carrigaline?
The median age is 36.6, younger than 64% of Irish towns. 28% are under 18 and 9.6% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Carrigaline?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (8,103 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Carrigaline?
81% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Carrigaline?
72% are Catholic, 17% have no religion and 10% another religion; 2.6% didn’t say.
Is Carrigaline good for families?
58% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Carrigaline are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carrigaline?
Median gross household income in Carrigaline was €78,110 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).