Photo: Xx78900 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households of parents with children: 58%, a higher share than 95% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion; in Crossbarry, 6.5%. At the 2022 Census Crossbarry was home to 399 people in 125 households. The share of one-person households stands at 14%. With a median age of 34.8, Crossbarry is younger than 82% of Irish towns.
A change of −3% since 2016 leaves Crossbarry behind 98% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
6.3% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 93% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with 13% of residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 84% of Irish towns.
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%.
Crossbarry: 18% of residents 15 and over are students, above 96% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Crossbarry, 5.8%. Against that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Bigger households than 98% of Irish towns: 3.3 people each on average
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 figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 2.4% in Crossbarry and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Only 3.3% of households have no car or van in Crossbarry
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
Home broadband covers nearly nine in ten households, while 6% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). Across the comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 8% of households live in a flat or apartment in Crossbarry. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Median household income here: €92,920 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€92,920 a year before tax puts the median household 55% above Ireland (€60,120). County median: €60,670 (Co. Cork).
8% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer 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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (4.3%) and outside the EU and UK (2.5%). Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 4.1% here, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns. For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%.
In Crossbarry, 61% of residents can speak Irish
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
Nothing unusual on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.8%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Top of Co. Cork: Ballincollig, at 2.1%.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 96% in Crossbarry, more than in 99% 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: 96% of Crossbarry · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who said they are Catholic is 89%, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Crossbarry: 8.3% of residents give unpaid care, 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.
Compared with 34% across Ireland’s towns, 44% of residents 15 and over are married here. Across Ireland’s towns, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care.
Crossbarry ranks above 89% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 57%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Crossbarry’s adults, 20% went on to postgraduate study and 5% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Among residents 15 and over, 23% are still studying.
Of the 6 towns nearest Crossbarry, 5 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossbarry | 399 | — | 34.8 | 6.3% | 58% |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 3.9 km | 38.9 | 11% | 53% |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 7.7 km | 38.6 | 9.9% | 55% |
| Bandon | 8,196 | 9.2 km | 38 | 13% | 46% |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 9.8 km | 38.1 | 14% | 49% |
| Inishkenny | 5,552 | 12.0 km | 33.6 | 9.9% | 41% |
| Bishopstown | 14,529 | 12.3 km | 38 | 23% | 29% |
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 Crossbarry’s residents
What is the population of Crossbarry?
Crossbarry had 399 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Crossbarry?
The median age is 34.8. 34% are under 18 and 6.3% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Crossbarry?
61% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (230 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Crossbarry?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 8% were born abroad and 4.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Crossbarry?
89% are Catholic, 6.5% have no religion and 4.1% another religion; 3.3% didn’t say.
Is Crossbarry good for families?
58% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 34% of residents are under 18. Schools near Crossbarry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Crossbarry?
Median gross household income in Crossbarry was €92,920 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).