Photo: David P Howard · CC BY-SA 2.01.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% of Irish towns
Set against 24% across Ireland’s towns, 32% of households are one person living alone in Coachford. The town’s 184 households held 450 residents at the 2022 Census. 88% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. Lower than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns: 11% of households have no car or van.
Growth of +10% since 2016 puts Coachford ahead of 60% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
Coachford is older than 61% of Irish towns: a median age of 38.5
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 8.9% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in just over three fifths of Irish 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%.
Above 78% of Irish towns: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
In Coachford, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 35% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 19%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.5 people, below 80% 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.
43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns, against 41% in Coachford.
11% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 59% 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
83% of households are on broadband; 12% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
A median household income of €64,060 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €64,060, 7% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
A smaller share of residents born outside Ireland than 96% of Irish towns: 12%
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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (3.4%), then elsewhere in the EU (2.9%). The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns. At 9.1%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in just over four fifths of Irish towns.
Coachford sits below 82% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (0.7%)
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
161 residents, nearly two fifths of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
Coachford ranks above 89% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 80%
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: 88% of Coachford · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion; in Coachford, 14%. Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (8.3%), Black or Black Irish (2.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.1%). The share of residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns is 71%.
Coachford: 6.9% of residents give unpaid care, above 96% 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.
Compared with 34% across Ireland’s towns, 32% of residents 15 and over are married here. The usual figure: 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Coachford sits below 76% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (25%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
7.2% of Coachford’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 9.2% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Coachford is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coachford | 450 | — | 38.5 | 15% | 41% |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 10.3 km | 38.6 | 9.9% | 55% |
| Macroom | 4,096 | 12.1 km | 38.4 | 14% | 45% |
| Tower | 3,300 | 12.8 km | 39.4 | 13% | 54% |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 13.5 km | 38.1 | 14% | 49% |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 15.8 km | 39.6 | 18% | 44% |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 17.9 km | 38.9 | 11% | 53% |
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 Coachford’s residents
What is the population of Coachford?
Coachford had 450 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Coachford?
The median age is 38.5. 21% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Coachford?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (161 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Coachford?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 9.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Coachford?
80% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 6.4% another religion; 2.4% didn’t say.
Is Coachford good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Coachford are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Coachford?
Median gross household income in Coachford was €64,060 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).