Glenville: 69% of households are parents with children, above 99% of Irish towns
One-person households: 11% here and 24% across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 90% of Irish towns: 7.2% of residents are 65 or over. In 2022, the Census found 501 residents in Glenville, living in 148 households. Across Glenville, 85% of residents said they are Catholic.
From 2016 to 2022, 58% of Irish towns grew faster than Glenville: +6%
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 Co. Cork’s towns the median is +7%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of Irish towns: 16%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Glenville is 34.9, lower than in just over four fifths of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. In Montenotte, the oldest of Co. Cork’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
More students among residents 15 and over than 98% of Irish towns: 20%
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 Glenville, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 57% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 13%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 1.6% of the total.
Glenville households average 3.4 people, larger than in 99% 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.
Fewer car-free households than 99% of Irish towns: 2.8%
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
No internet at all: 9.9% (typical: 7.6%). Compared with other places, holiday homes are common here: 0.6%, more than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 17% across Ireland’s towns. Broadband: 86% of households.
Households here have a median income of €83,650 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €83,650 sits 39% above Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Cork, the middle household has €60,670.
Residents born outside Ireland: 5.6%, a lower share than 99% 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 share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 2.2%, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland. Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (2.6%) or outside the EU and UK (1.4%).
In Glenville, 2.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, more than in 95% 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
Speakers of Irish: 251 residents, 53% of those aged 3 and over. Across Ireland’s towns, daily speakers of Irish outside education come to 1.1%.
Glenville ranks above 99% of Irish towns on residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 96%
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 Glenville · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.4%), Black or Black Irish (1.2%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.6%). 13% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 78% of Irish towns.
In Glenville, 43% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% 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.
Glenville sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 5%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
39% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 58% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 14% of adults here, while 9.4% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns. Among residents 15 and over, 26% are still studying.
Glenville and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenville | 501 | — | 34.9 | 7.2% | 69% |
| Watergrasshill | 1,840 | 6.4 km | 33.1 | 4.6% | 62% |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 10.1 km | 34.7 | 5.2% | 57% |
| Riverstown | 3,664 | 12.6 km | 37.1 | 8.3% | 58% |
| Ballyvolane | 8,707 | 13.4 km | 38.4 | 13% | 54% |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 13.9 km | 38.9 | 14% | 42% |
| Glanmire | 4,454 | 14.1 km | 34.8 | 6.7% | 58% |
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 Glenville’s residents
What is the population of Glenville?
Glenville had 501 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Glenville?
The median age is 34.9. 36% are under 18 and 7.2% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Glenville?
53% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (251 people), and 2.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Glenville?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 5.6% were born abroad and 2.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Glenville?
85% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 2% another religion; 2.4% didn’t say.
Is Glenville good for families?
69% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 36% of residents are under 18. Schools near Glenville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Glenville?
Median gross household income in Glenville was €83,650 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).