Photo: TheLizardQueen · CC BY 2.0Crosshaven: 7% of homes are holiday homes, above 97% of Irish towns
Half of Crosshaven’s residents are over 39.9, older than in 78% of Irish towns. There were 1,217 households in the town at the 2022 Census, home to 3,263 residents. Here, 87% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. Across Ireland’s towns, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; locally, 2.5%.
What stands out about the people of Crosshaven
Growing faster than most
Crosshaven went from about 2,740 people in 2016 to 3,263 in 2022, +19%: faster growth than in 88% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
More with no religion than most
26% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 67% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Growth of +19% since 2016 puts Crosshaven ahead of 88% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
In Crosshaven, 15% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 60% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
10–14 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. At 12%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in three fifths of Irish towns. In Montenotte, the oldest of Co. Cork’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Crosshaven, 39.9. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Above 77% of Irish towns: 12% of residents 15 and over are students
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 Crosshaven, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in just over half of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 13%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 69% of Irish towns.
A family town: 47% 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.
The share of one-person households is 22%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Households here average 2.7 people each. By way of comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Only 4.8% of households live in a flat or apartment in Crosshaven
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
5.8% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 93% have broadband. To put it in context, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Households without a car or van: 6.6% of the total.
Median household income: €70,090 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are above €70,090 a year before tax: 17% over the Ireland median (€60,120). County median: €60,670 (Co. Cork).
Residents born outside Ireland: 16%, a lower share than 79% 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 largest groups were born in the UK (6.2%) and outside the EU and UK (4.9%). Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 9.8% here, fewer than in 77% of Irish towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Irish speakers: 46% of Crosshaven’s residents
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
No town in Co. Cork beats Ballincollig (2.1%). Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns.
More residents with no religion than 86% of Irish towns: 26%
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: 87% of Crosshaven · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (9.8%), Other, including mixed (1.8%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.9%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents with no religion come to 17%. Lower than in 69% of Irish towns: 67% of residents said they are Catholic.
More married residents 15 and over than 90% of Irish towns: 40%
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.
In Crosshaven, 6.5% of residents give unpaid care, beside 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
45% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 69% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Crosshaven’s adults, 18% went on to postgraduate study and 5.2% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
In its size band (2,846 to 3,744), the 7th oldest of 41 towns
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Taylor's Hill (31.8) and the oldest Ballybrack (45.5). Nearest to Crosshaven in age: Ballina (39.6), Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) (39.8), Togher (41.7) and Mitchelstown (41.7).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Crosshaven
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosshaven | 3,263 | — | 39.9 | 15% | 47% |
| Whitegate | 1,248 | 5.6 km | 36.6 | 7.5% | 60% |
| Cobh | 14,148 | 5.9 km | 38.7 | 13% | 46% |
| Aghada-Rostellan | 1,159 | 6.8 km | 43.5 | 15% | 48% |
| Carrigaline | 18,239 | 7.3 km | 36.6 | 9.6% | 58% |
| Passage West-Monkstown | 6,051 | 8.1 km | 39.6 | 14% | 48% |
| Douglas | 22,029 | 11.8 km | 38.3 | 13% | 46% |
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 Crosshaven’s residents
What is the population of Crosshaven?
Crosshaven had 3,263 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Crosshaven?
The median age is 39.9, older than 78% of Irish towns. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Crosshaven?
46% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,411 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Crosshaven?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 16% were born abroad and 9.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Crosshaven?
67% are Catholic, 26% have no religion and 7.9% another religion; 3.2% didn’t say.
Is Crosshaven good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Crosshaven are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Crosshaven?
Median gross household income in Crosshaven was €70,090 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).