Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 99% of Irish towns: 65% of households are parents with children
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 0.9% in Grenagh and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 4.5%, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census, 724 people lived in the town, in 223 households. Across Grenagh, 84% of residents said they are Catholic.
A +11% change since 2016: faster than 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of Irish towns, at 5%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 10–14: just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Locally, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. With a median age of 34.2, Grenagh is younger than 87% of Irish towns.
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%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of Irish towns, at 3.7%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Grenagh, 43% and 17%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns: 7.5%.
12% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% 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.
Households average 3.3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Typically, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 2.8%, a lower share than 99% 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. The share of households without a car or van across Ireland’s towns is 17%.
Median household income here: €83,330 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €83,330 a year, 39% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). County median: €60,670 (Co. Cork).
8.5% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (3.7%) and outside the EU and UK (2.5%). 5.1% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 98% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
54% of Grenagh’s residents can speak Irish
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
Some 357 people here, 54% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. At 1.3%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is higher than in two thirds of Irish towns.
Grenagh: 93% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, above 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: 93% of Grenagh · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (4.8%), Other, including mixed (2%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.6%). Measured more widely, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 17%; Grenagh has 13%.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 86% 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.
At 5.8%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Grenagh, 35% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 51% 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 just over one in ten adults here, while 3.8% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Grenagh has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenagh | 724 | — | 34.2 | 5% | 65% |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 8.9 km | 39.6 | 18% | 44% |
| Tower | 3,300 | 9.5 km | 39.4 | 13% | 54% |
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly | 8,606 | 13.0 km | 35.7 | 11% | 55% |
| Fair Hill | 4,910 | 13.7 km | 44.9 | 21% | 41% |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 13.8 km | 38.6 | 15% | 47% |
| Knocknaheeny | 5,592 | 13.9 km | 39.3 | 16% | 44% |
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 Grenagh’s residents
What is the population of Grenagh?
Grenagh had 724 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Grenagh?
The median age is 34.2. 33% are under 18 and 5% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Grenagh?
54% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (357 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Grenagh?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 8.5% were born abroad and 5.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Grenagh?
84% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 2.9% another religion; 3.6% didn’t say.
Is Grenagh good for families?
65% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 33% of residents are under 18. Schools near Grenagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Grenagh?
Median gross household income in Grenagh was €83,330 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).