Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainIn Castlelyons, 58% of households are parents with children, more than in 95% of Irish towns
The share of households in flats is 0.7%, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.4% of the total. 84% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, a higher share than in 74% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 428 residents in 144 households.
A change of +7% since 2016 leaves Castlelyons behind 53% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 81% of Irish towns, at 9.6%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 12%. What’s more, with a median age of 36.3, Castlelyons is younger than just over two thirds of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
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%.
2.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% 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
Where 11% is typical, skilled trades take in 16% of workers. Few places have so few students among residents 15 and over: 10% here, fewer than in 52% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
3 people per household, more than in 87% 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.
21% of households are one person living alone; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 24%.
Households without a car or van: 6.4%, a lower share than 91% 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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. One household in every 16 has no car or van.
€66,970 a year: where the middle household sits
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €66,970 gross, 11% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Cork, the middle household has €60,670.
Fewer residents born outside Ireland than 79% of Irish towns: 16%
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 largest groups were born elsewhere in the EU (5.6%) and in the UK (4.9%). One in ten residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 77% of Irish towns. Residents born outside Ireland make up 22% across Ireland’s towns.
In Castlelyons, 43% 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
At 1.2%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Within Co. Cork, Ballincollig has the largest share, 2.1%.
Castlelyons: 76% of residents said they are Catholic, above 77% 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: 84% of Castlelyons · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (11%), Other, including mixed (2.1%) and Black or Black Irish (1.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, 71% of residents said they are Catholic. More residents with no religion than in 55% of Irish towns: 18%.
Above 93% of Irish towns: 41% 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.
6.5% of residents give unpaid care (Ireland’s towns: 5.4%). As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 35% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Castlelyons
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
14% of Castlelyons’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 6.2% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher.
Of the 5 towns nearest Castlelyons, 2 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlelyons | 428 | — | 36.3 | 9.6% | 58% |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 3.4 km | 34.7 | 5.2% | 57% |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 5.8 km | 38.9 | 14% | 42% |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 9.3 km | 36.3 | 12% | 51% |
| Watergrasshill | 1,840 | 11.6 km | 33.1 | 4.6% | 62% |
| Tallow | 1,022 | 16.2 km | 42.2 | 18% | 42% |
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 Castlelyons’s residents
What is the population of Castlelyons?
Castlelyons had 428 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Castlelyons?
The median age is 36.3. 31% are under 18 and 9.6% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Castlelyons?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (172 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Castlelyons?
84% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 16% were born abroad and 9.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Castlelyons?
76% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 5.5% another religion; 1.9% didn’t say.
Is Castlelyons good for families?
58% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Castlelyons are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Castlelyons?
Median gross household income in Castlelyons was €66,970 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).