Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Castletownshend is over 52.5, older than 99% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes; in Castletownshend, 40%. The 2022 Census counted 167 residents in 70 households. One-person households account for 31%. Just over a quarter of residents said they have no religion, a higher share than in 86% of Irish towns.
Castletownshend changed by +1% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 87% 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 typical town changed +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, +7%.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 55–59: just over one in ten residents, 2.2 times the share across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.4%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 88% 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
Among the working population, skilled trades make up 23%, against a typical 11%. On students among residents 15 and over, Castletownshend sits lower than 89% of Irish towns: 8.4%. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults tops 69% of Irish towns: 7.1%. By contrast, 39% of households are parents with children, fewer than in 71% of Irish towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 90% of Irish towns: 4.3%
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
With households without a car or van at 9.5%, Castletownshend is behind 77% of Irish towns on that count. Measured more widely, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
€48,080 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 €48,080 gross, 20% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Cork as a whole, the figure is €60,670.
21% of residents are citizens of another country, a share 76% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
Against a figure of 22% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland in Castletownshend comes in at 27%. As a yardstick, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (17%), then elsewhere in the EU (4.9%).
Only 0.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Castletownshend
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
Within Co. Cork, Ballincollig has the largest share, 2.1%. Across the comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer residents who said they are Catholic than 89% of Irish towns: 56%
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: 73% of Castletownshend · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, against 73% in Castletownshend. For comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Unpaid carers make up 8.4% in Castletownshend, 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.
By its share of married residents 15 and over (38%), Castletownshend is above just over three quarters of Irish towns. The share of unpaid carers across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%.
Castletownshend: 41% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, above 62% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Castletownshend’s adults, 17% went on to postgraduate study and 9.1% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
The places around Castletownshend
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castletownshend | 167 | — | 52.5 | 25% | 39% |
| Skibbereen | 2,903 | 6.5 km | 39.2 | 17% | 37% |
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 Castletownshend’s residents
What is the population of Castletownshend?
Castletownshend had 167 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Castletownshend?
The median age is 52.5. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Castletownshend?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (57 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Castletownshend?
73% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 27% were born abroad and 21% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Castletownshend?
56% are Catholic, 26% have no religion and 18% another religion; 11% didn’t say.
Is Castletownshend good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Castletownshend are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Castletownshend?
Median gross household income in Castletownshend was €48,080 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).