Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 42.5: Farran is older than 92% of Irish towns
0.9% of households have no car or van, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 326 residents and 111 households in Farran. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish account for 96%.
Slower than most: +5% since 2016, behind 68% 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, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, by more than +7%.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 9.5% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. 22% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 98% of Irish towns: 3.1%
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 Farran, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 57% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 8.9%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 7.5%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of Irish towns, at 9.9%
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.
In Farran, 46% of households are parents with children, beside 43% across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. Average household size: 3 people.
Households in flats make up 0.9% in Farran, less than in 98% 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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. 94% of households are on broadband; 2.8% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%).
The middle household earns €87,400 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €87,400 a year before tax, the median household income is 45% above that of Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Cork, the median is €60,670.
Residents born outside Ireland: 9.5%, a lower share than 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.
French leads the languages spoken at home (0.9%), among the 4.4% who speak another language there; 0.3% speak English not well or not at all. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 4.9%, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns. As a reference point, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
1.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, more than in 81% of Irish towns
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%). Elsewhere, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
In Farran, 85% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 98% 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 Farran · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (3.5%), Other, including mixed (0.6%) and Irish Traveller (0.3%). At 9.8%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 94% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 54% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
7.1% of residents give unpaid care, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
More adults with a degree or higher than 76% of Irish towns: 48%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 16% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 2.3% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of adults with a degree or higher is 36%.
No nearby town is as old as Farran
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farran | 326 | — | 42.5 | 22% | 46% |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 5.9 km | 38.6 | 9.9% | 55% |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 9.8 km | 38.1 | 14% | 49% |
| Tower | 3,300 | 10.8 km | 39.4 | 13% | 54% |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 13.1 km | 38.9 | 11% | 53% |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 13.8 km | 39.6 | 18% | 44% |
| Bandon | 8,196 | 14.5 km | 38 | 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 Farran’s residents
What is the population of Farran?
Farran had 326 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Farran?
The median age is 42.5. 26% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Farran?
60% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (184 people), and 1.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Farran?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.5% were born abroad and 4.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Farran?
85% are Catholic, 9.8% have no religion and 5.7% another religion; 2.8% didn’t say.
Is Farran good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Farran are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Farran?
Median gross household income in Farran was €87,400 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).