Photo: Hywel Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0Gillabbey is younger than 99% of Irish towns: a median age of 25.6
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 37%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Gillabbey, 50% of households live in a flat or apartment. 69% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, a lower share than in 79% of Irish towns. Its 2,038 households held 5,857 residents at the 2022 Census.
What stands out about the people of Gillabbey
A student neighbourhood
43% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 99% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 43% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Gillabbey’s residents are under 25.6 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 43% are 15 to 24 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
30% of residents lived somewhere else a year before the Census, 4 times the share across Ireland’s towns; 8.3% came from abroad. Social class & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
36% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 51% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Slower growth than 80% of Irish towns: Gillabbey changed by +2% since 2016
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%.
43% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 20–24: 36% of residents, 6.1 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 11% of the total.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Gillabbey, 25.6. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
More students among residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 43%
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
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (30%), Gillabbey is above 99% of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Gillabbey sits below 99% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (11%)
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 typical household size is 2.5 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for households of parents with children across Ireland’s towns: 43%. Locally, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Gillabbey: 45% of households have no car or van, above 94% 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
Broadband reaches 88% of households; 9.2% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 17% across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes: 0.6% of the total.
A median household income of €44,090 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Gillabbey’s households have a gross income below €44,090 a year, 27% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). Co. Cork comes in at €60,670 at the median.
Gillabbey ranks above 90% of Irish towns on residents born outside Ireland: 35%
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 45%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
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 most common home language after English is Spanish (2.5%); in all 22% speak another language, and 2.1% speak English not well or not at all. At 29%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is higher than in 90% of Irish towns.
2.1% of residents speak Irish every day outside education
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
In all, 2,272 residents aged 3 and over (44%) can speak Irish. It is the highest share of Co. Cork’s 54 towns of 2,500+. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%.
Residents with no religion make up 36% in Gillabbey, more than in 96% 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: 69% of Gillabbey · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
51% of residents said they are Catholic; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 71%. Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (15%), Asian or Asian Irish (10%) and Other, including mixed (4.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion.
Married residents 15 and over make up 15% in Gillabbey, less 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.
5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns, against 2.5% in Gillabbey. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 88% of Irish towns, at 56%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Gillabbey’s adults, 25% went on to postgraduate study and 7.1% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Among residents 15 and over, 88% are still studying.
In its size band (5,228 to 6,555), the 1st youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Gillabbey (25.6), the youngest, and Sutton (45.4), the oldest. Nearest to Gillabbey in age: Ballinfoile and Terryland (30.4) and St Stephen's Green (32.2).
Every neighbour of Gillabbey has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | — | 25.6 | 11% | 11% |
| Glasheen | 5,981 | 0.7 km | 36.3 | 19% | 26% |
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | 0.7 km | 33 | 11% | 18% |
| Cork City Centre | 3,701 | 1.2 km | 34 | 9.1% | 12% |
| South Gate | 7,185 | 1.3 km | 33.7 | 9.4% | 18% |
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 1.3 km | 42.4 | 20% | 33% |
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 1.4 km | 36.3 | 14% | 40% |
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 Gillabbey’s residents
What is the population of Gillabbey?
Gillabbey had 5,857 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Gillabbey?
The median age is 25.6, younger than 99% of Irish towns. 6.8% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Gillabbey?
44% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,272 people), and 2.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Gillabbey?
69% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 35% were born abroad and 29% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Gillabbey?
51% are Catholic, 36% have no religion and 13% another religion; 10% didn’t say.
Is Gillabbey good for families?
11% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 6.8% of residents are under 18. Schools near Gillabbey are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Gillabbey?
Median gross household income in Gillabbey was €44,090 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 · 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).