1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% of Irish towns
Compared with 24% across Ireland’s towns, 34% of households are one person living alone here. The 2022 Census counted 183 residents in 68 households. The share of residents who said they are Catholic stands at 83%. Half of Crookstown’s residents are over 41.1, older than in 85% of Irish towns.
Growth of +12% since 2016 puts Crookstown ahead of 75% 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.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of Irish towns, at 9.8%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 10–14: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. More residents aged 65 and over than in 62% of Irish towns: 15%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Only 2.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Crookstown
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
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of students among residents 15 and over is 10%; Crookstown has 13%. On average, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
A family town: 46% of households are parents with children
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.
Each household has 2.7 people on average. Households of parents with children: 43% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
In Crookstown, 4.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer 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
20% of households have no car or van, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
A median household income of €81,540 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€81,540 a year before tax puts the median household 36% above Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Cork the median is €60,670.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 7.7% in Crookstown, less than in 98% 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.
7.9% speak another language at home, most often French (2.7%); 0.5% speak English not well or not at all. Lower than in 99% of Irish towns: 3.9% of residents are citizens of another country. The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns: 3.5%
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
83 residents, 48% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. For comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A higher White Irish share than 99% of Irish towns: 96% of residents
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: 96% of Crookstown · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (15%), Crookstown is below two thirds of Irish towns. The wider picture: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Unpaid carers make up 9.3% in Crookstown, 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.
Married residents 15 and over make up 39%, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. Unpaid carers: 5.4% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
In Crookstown, 23% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 83% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, nearly one in ten adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 21% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
The towns around Crookstown are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crookstown | 183 | — | 41.1 | 15% | 46% |
| Macroom | 4,096 | 12.0 km | 38.4 | 14% | 45% |
| Bandon | 8,196 | 12.3 km | 38 | 13% | 46% |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 12.5 km | 38.6 | 9.9% | 55% |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 14.2 km | 38.9 | 11% | 53% |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 16.6 km | 38.1 | 14% | 49% |
| Tower | 3,300 | 18.0 km | 39.4 | 13% | 54% |
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 Crookstown’s residents
What is the population of Crookstown?
Crookstown had 183 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Crookstown?
The median age is 41.1. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Crookstown?
48% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (83 people), and 3.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Crookstown?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.7% were born abroad and 3.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Crookstown?
83% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 2.8% another religion; 2.7% didn’t say.
Is Crookstown good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Crookstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Crookstown?
Median gross household income in Crookstown was €81,540 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).