Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Castletownroche ranks below 99% of Irish towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.5%
11% of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Castletownroche’s 216 households held 509 residents at the 2022 Census. For Castletownroche, the census puts households in flats at 5.1%. Lower than in 85% of Irish towns: 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Slower than most: +4% since 2016, behind 77% 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 Co. Cork’s towns the median is +7%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Half of Castletownroche is over 42.2, older than 90% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
22% of residents are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with 9.4% of residents.
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 smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 6.7%
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
By occupation, process, plant and machine operatives are over-represented: 17%, against a typical 7.8%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 4.8% in Castletownroche. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 84% of Irish towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
Compared with 24% across Ireland’s towns, 29% of households are one person living alone here. Meanwhile, on households of parents with children, Castletownroche sits lower than 55% of Irish towns: 42%.
Holiday homes make up 1.6% in Castletownroche, more than in 90% 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
Broadband reaches 78% of households; 16% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). In Castletownroche, 15% of households have no car or van. Across the comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Households here have a median income of €44,920 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €44,920 gross, 25% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). In Co. Cork overall, the median comes to €60,670.
14% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 87% 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.
Most residents from abroad were born elsewhere in the EU (5.3%) or in the UK (3.9%). 8.2% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 86% of Irish towns. Set beside that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.6% in Castletownroche, less than in 90% 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
Ballincollig leads Co. Cork with 2.1%. The comparison figure for daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
Above 95% of Irish towns: 82% of residents said they are Catholic
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: 86% of Castletownroche · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 86%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
In Castletownroche, 9% of residents give unpaid care, 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.
On married residents 15 and over, Castletownroche sits lower than 59% of Irish towns: 33%. The share of unpaid carers across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 94% of Irish towns: 17%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 3.3% of adults; primary level or less for 24% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Castletownroche is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castletownroche | 509 | — | 42.2 | 22% | 42% |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 12.4 km | 38.6 | 15% | 47% |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 13.2 km | 38.9 | 14% | 42% |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 15.5 km | 36.3 | 12% | 51% |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 15.8 km | 40.9 | 19% | 38% |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 16.3 km | 34.7 | 5.2% | 57% |
| Mitchelstown | 3,744 | 17.0 km | 41.7 | 19% | 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 Castletownroche’s residents
What is the population of Castletownroche?
Castletownroche had 509 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Castletownroche?
The median age is 42.2. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Castletownroche?
31% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (145 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Castletownroche?
86% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 8.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Castletownroche?
82% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 7.1% another religion; 2.9% didn’t say.
Is Castletownroche good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Castletownroche are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Castletownroche?
Median gross household income in Castletownroche was €44,920 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).