Photo: Donal.hunt · CC BY-SA 4.0Households of parents with children make up 67% in Carrignavar, more than in 99% of Irish towns
One-person households make up 11%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 86% of Irish towns: 5.3% of households live in a flat or apartment. In 2022, the Census found 563 residents in Carrignavar, living in 171 households. For Carrignavar, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White Irish at 91%.
A change of −7% since 2016 leaves Carrignavar behind 99% 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 higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of Irish towns, at 16%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Carrignavar is 37.5, lower than in 52% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 10% locally. In Montenotte, the oldest of Co. Cork’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
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%.
In Carrignavar, 15% of residents 15 and over are students, more than in 92% of Irish towns
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
Among workers, caring, leisure and other services stand out: 12%, against a typical 8.3%. For comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 3.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.8%, a lower share than 97% 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.
Households in Carrignavar hold 3.3 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). The wider picture: 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 1.2% 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
96% of households are on broadband; 3% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). Typically, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
The median household brings in €84,200 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €84,200 a year before tax, the median household income is 40% above that of Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
Residents born outside Ireland: 12%, a lower share than 96% 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.
5.6% of residents are citizens of another country, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. The most common home language after English is Polish (1.8%); in all 6.8% speak another language, and 0.9% speak English not well or not at all. Measured more widely, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
In Carrignavar, 0.2% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
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
283 residents, 54% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Measured more widely, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
In Carrignavar, 80% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 91% 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: 91% of Carrignavar · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (5.4%), Black or Black Irish (1.7%) and Other, including mixed (1.7%). Lower than in 52% of Irish towns: 16% of residents said they have no religion. As a reference point, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
In Carrignavar, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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.
Against a figure of 5.4% across Ireland’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Carrignavar comes in at 7.1%. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
36% of adults 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
Primary level or earlier: 5.4%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: just over one in ten adults. Fewer adults with a degree or higher than in 50% of Irish towns: 36%.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Carrignavar are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrignavar | 563 | — | 37.5 | 10% | 67% |
| Ballyvolane | 8,707 | 7.8 km | 38.4 | 13% | 54% |
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly | 8,606 | 8.1 km | 35.7 | 11% | 55% |
| The Glen | 6,119 | 8.1 km | 40.6 | 20% | 42% |
| Fair Hill | 4,910 | 8.2 km | 44.9 | 21% | 41% |
| Riverstown | 3,664 | 8.3 km | 37.1 | 8.3% | 58% |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 8.4 km | 39.6 | 18% | 44% |
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 Carrignavar’s residents
What is the population of Carrignavar?
Carrignavar had 563 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Carrignavar?
The median age is 37.5. 25% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Carrignavar?
54% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (283 people), and 0.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Carrignavar?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 5.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Carrignavar?
80% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 3.1% another religion; 3.7% didn’t say.
Is Carrignavar good for families?
67% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Carrignavar are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carrignavar?
Median gross household income in Carrignavar was €84,200 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).