A median age of 32.1: Courtbrack is younger than 96% of Irish towns
Households average 3.4 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 1.5% of households have no car or van. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 95% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census Courtbrack was home to 459 people in 134 households.
A −50% change since 2016: slower than 99% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
Only 3.3% of residents are 65 or over in Courtbrack
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 12%. Against that, 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%.
12% of residents 15 and over are students, a share 77% 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
Workers here lean to professional occupations: 43%, against a typical 21%. 6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. On average, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
More households of parents with children than 99% of Irish towns: 64%
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.
Against a figure of 24% across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households in Courtbrack comes in at 6%. Households of parents with children: 43% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. 0.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
100% of homes are houses
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. Most homes are connected: 89% have broadband, and 0.8% have no internet (typical: 7.6%).
Median household income here: €87,980 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 €87,980, 46% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Cork, the median is €60,670.
A smaller share of residents born outside Ireland than 98% of Irish towns: 9.5%
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.
5.8% are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns 15%). Residents born abroad were most often born outside the EU and UK (3.5%), then in the UK (3.1%). The wider picture: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Above 85% of Irish towns: 1.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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
In all, 233 residents aged 3 and over (56%) can speak Irish. Across Ireland’s towns, daily speakers of Irish outside education come to 1.1%.
A larger share of residents who said they are Catholic than 89% of Irish towns: 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: 89% of Courtbrack · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White Irish come Other White (7.6%), Other, including mixed (2.7%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.9%). The comparison figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 71% across Ireland’s towns. 18% of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns.
Courtbrack: 47% of residents 15 and over are married, above 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.
3.7% of residents give unpaid care; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 5.4%. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
More adults with a degree or higher than 96% of Irish towns: 65%
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 31% of adults; primary level or less for 1.6% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is older than Courtbrack
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtbrack | 459 | — | 32.1 | 3.3% | 64% |
| Tower | 3,300 | 5.3 km | 39.4 | 13% | 54% |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 6.5 km | 39.6 | 18% | 44% |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 9.7 km | 38.1 | 14% | 49% |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 10.7 km | 38.6 | 9.9% | 55% |
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly | 8,606 | 11.4 km | 35.7 | 11% | 55% |
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 12.0 km | 36.3 | 14% | 40% |
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 Courtbrack’s residents
What is the population of Courtbrack?
Courtbrack had 459 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 50% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Courtbrack?
The median age is 32.1. 36% are under 18 and 3.3% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Courtbrack?
56% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (233 people), and 1.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Courtbrack?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.5% were born abroad and 5.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Courtbrack?
80% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 2.2% another religion; 0.7% didn’t say.
Is Courtbrack good for families?
64% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 36% of residents are under 18. Schools near Courtbrack are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Courtbrack?
Median gross household income in Courtbrack was €87,980 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).