Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 90% of Irish towns: 41% of households have no car or van
Compared with 24% across Ireland’s towns, 31% of households are one person living alone here. Farranree is home to 3,824 residents in 1,571 households, by the 2022 Census. Locally, just over three quarters of residents said they are Catholic. On households of parents with children, Farranree sits lower than 71% of Irish towns: 39%.
+7% since 2016, a pace below 55% 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 across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Cork’s towns +7%.
Half of Farranree is over 38.1, older than 56% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
15% of residents are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. No age band is larger than 40–44: 8% of residents.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Farranree, 38.1. The typical town is 37.6.
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%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 8.5% in Farranree, less than in 87% 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
The occupation that stands out is elementary occupations: 18%, where 11% is typical. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 6.7% in Farranree.
2.4 people per household, fewer than in 85% of Irish towns
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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (8.4%), Farranree is above 76% of Irish towns.
In Farranree, 15% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 61% 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
Most homes are connected: 81% have broadband, and 16% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Households in flats make up 12% across Ireland’s towns.
A median household income of €37,600 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €37,600 gross, 37% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Cork comes in at €60,670 at the median.
Only 20% of Farranree’s residents were born outside Ireland
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 outside the EU and UK (6.3%) and elsewhere in the EU (6.1%). Farranree has more residents with another country’s citizenship than 55% of Irish towns, at 15%. The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns.
Only 1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Farranree
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
Top of Co. Cork: Ballincollig, at 2.1%. Across Ireland’s towns, daily speakers of Irish outside education come to 1.1%.
14% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 69% 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: 77% of Farranree · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (12%), Black or Black Irish (3.4%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3.1%). At 77%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is lower than in 53% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Farranree sits below 92% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (25%)
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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 5.8%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 91% of Irish towns, at 19%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Farranree’s adults, 6.2% went on to postgraduate study and 20% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
41 towns of 3,263 to 4,502 people: this is the 18th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Castlegar (33.1) and the oldest Montenotte (46.5). Nearest to Farranree in age: Castleblayney (38), Grange (38), Charleville (38.2) and Macroom (38.4).
Around Farranree, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farranree | 3,824 | — | 38.1 | 15% | 39% |
| Blackpool | 3,124 | 0.7 km | 36.1 | 12% | 21% |
| Fair Hill | 4,910 | 0.7 km | 44.9 | 21% | 41% |
| Shandon | 3,539 | 0.9 km | 34.6 | 8.3% | 15% |
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 1.0 km | 42.4 | 20% | 33% |
| The Glen | 6,119 | 1.3 km | 40.6 | 20% | 42% |
| Cork City Centre | 3,701 | 1.4 km | 34 | 9.1% | 12% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Farranree’s residents
What is the population of Farranree?
Farranree had 3,824 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Farranree?
The median age is 38.1, older than 56% of Irish towns. 23% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Farranree?
31% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,015 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Farranree?
77% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 15% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Farranree?
76% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 10% another religion; 12% didn’t say.
Is Farranree good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Farranree are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Farranree?
Median gross household income in Farranree was €37,600 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).