Photo: Robert Ashby · CC BY-SA 2.060% of households are parents with children, a share 98% of Irish towns don’t reach
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%; Carrigtwohill has 17%. There were 1,864 households in the town at the 2022 Census, home to 5,568 residents. Households without a car or van account for 6.9%. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 94% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Carrigtwohill
A town of families
49% of households are couples with children and 11% lone parents with children, more than in 98% of Irish towns and the highest share in Co. Cork; 30% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
From 2016 to 2022, Carrigtwohill outgrew 71% of Irish towns: +12%
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 change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
Younger than 81% of Irish towns: half of Carrigtwohill is under 34.9
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 40–44: 14% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Carrigtwohill, 34.9. The typical town is 37.6.
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%.
A student town: 11% 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
Where 7.8% is typical, process, plant and machine operatives take in 12% of workers. Measured more widely, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 6.7% of the total.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 94% of Irish towns, at 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.
Households average 3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of households in flats than 65% of Irish towns, at 9.8%
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
93% of households are on broadband; 4.5% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). Few places have so few holiday homes: 0.1% here, fewer than in 74% of Irish towns. Typically, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Median household income: €70,870 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€70,870 a year before tax puts the median household 18% above Ireland (€60,120). County median: €60,670 (Co. Cork).
18% of residents are citizens of another country, more than in 65% 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.
The most common home language after English is Polish (12%); in all 28% speak another language, and 2.4% speak English not well or not at all. By way of comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside Ireland are common here: 25%, more than in 62% of Irish towns.
In Carrigtwohill, 41% of residents can speak Irish
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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 2,144 residents (41% of those aged 3 and over). In Co. Cork, Ballincollig has the highest share (2.1%). Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.8%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Carrigtwohill ranks below 76% of Irish towns on residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 70%
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: 70% of Carrigtwohill · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 16% answered none, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (19%), Black or Black Irish (5%) and Asian or Asian Irish (4%).
Above 71% of Irish towns: 37% of residents 15 and over are 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.
On unpaid carers, 5.1% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
More adults with a degree or higher than 56% of Irish towns: 38%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 13% of adults. Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher. Primary level or earlier: 5.4%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
41 towns of 4,948 to 6,258 people: this is the 9th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Gillabbey is the youngest (25.6); Sutton the oldest (45.4). Nearest to Carrigtwohill in age: Rathgar (34.2), Ballybeg (34.4), Monasterevin (35.2) and Dock (35.4).
Carrigtwohill and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigtwohill | 5,568 | — | 34.9 | 6% | 60% |
| Glounthaune | 5,000 | 5.5 km | 40.1 | 17% | 50% |
| Midleton | 13,906 | 5.9 km | 37 | 11% | 52% |
| Cobh | 14,148 | 7.3 km | 38.7 | 13% | 46% |
| Passage West-Monkstown | 6,051 | 7.5 km | 39.6 | 14% | 48% |
| Glanmire | 4,454 | 8.7 km | 34.8 | 6.7% | 58% |
| Aghada-Rostellan | 1,159 | 9.0 km | 43.5 | 15% | 48% |
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 Carrigtwohill’s residents
What is the population of Carrigtwohill?
Carrigtwohill had 5,568 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Carrigtwohill?
The median age is 34.9, younger than 81% of Irish towns. 34% are under 18 and 6% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Carrigtwohill?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,144 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Carrigtwohill?
70% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 25% were born abroad and 18% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Carrigtwohill?
72% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 12% another religion; 3.5% didn’t say.
Is Carrigtwohill good for families?
60% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 34% of residents are under 18. Schools near Carrigtwohill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carrigtwohill?
Median gross household income in Carrigtwohill was €70,870 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).