Photo: Glenrua66 who is Lorna Macdonald, the photographer · CC BY 3.0In Conna, 7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
Here just over three quarters of residents said they are Catholic, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 71%. The 2022 Census counted 609 residents in 200 households. On the census count, 51% of households are parents with children. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 2.5%, fewer than in 88% of Irish towns.
Conna grew +15% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 82% 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 median change is +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, +7%.
Conna is younger than 54% of Irish towns: a median age of 37.4
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
15% of residents are 65 or over (Ireland’s towns: 14%). In Montenotte, the oldest of Co. Cork’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 11%, a higher share than 79% 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
37% of Conna’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 21% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Conna households average 2.9 people, larger than in 74% 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.
One-person households: 23% here and 24% across Ireland’s towns.
In Conna, 8.2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 82% 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. To put it in context, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. At home, 80% have broadband, while 15% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%).
€64,940 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.
A median gross household income of €64,940 sits 8% above Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Cork, the median is €60,670.
Fewer residents born abroad than 75% of Irish towns: 17%
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, 15% of residents are citizens of another country; in Conna, 12%. The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (6%) and in Poland (3.8%).
Irish: 38% of Conna’s residents can speak it
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 192 residents (38% of those aged 3 and over). The highest share in Co. Cork belongs to Ballincollig (2.1%). Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 84% in Conna, more than in 74% 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 Conna · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (12%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.9%) and Irish Traveller (1.1%). Measured more widely, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Higher than in 64% of Irish towns: 20% of residents said they have no religion.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 78% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
The share of unpaid carers is 3.9%, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Conna, 30% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 65% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: nearly one in ten adults. Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 9.1%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Conna are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conna | 609 | — | 37.4 | 15% | 51% |
| Tallow | 1,022 | 7.3 km | 42.2 | 18% | 42% |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 11.9 km | 34.7 | 5.2% | 57% |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 12.8 km | 38.9 | 14% | 42% |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 13.0 km | 36.3 | 12% | 51% |
| Lismore | 1,347 | 13.1 km | 41.3 | 17% | 43% |
| Watergrasshill | 1,840 | 18.6 km | 33.1 | 4.6% | 62% |
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 Conna’s residents
What is the population of Conna?
Conna had 609 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Conna?
The median age is 37.4. 31% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Conna?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (192 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Conna?
84% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Conna?
76% are Catholic, 20% have no religion and 5% another religion; 12% didn’t say.
Is Conna good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Conna are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Conna?
Median gross household income in Conna was €64,940 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).