Photo: Ralph Rawlinson · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer car-free households than 99% of Irish towns: 2.1%
In Halfway, 8.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across Ireland’s towns. The town’s 100 households held 252 residents at the 2022 Census. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 83% of the total. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 62% of Irish towns.
Since 2016, Halfway has changed by +5%, slower than 70% 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%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of Irish towns, at 6%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Halfway’s residents are under 36.5, younger than in 65% of Irish towns. No age band is larger than 40–44: 15% of residents, 1.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 8.4% in Halfway, less than in 89% 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
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.8%, above just over two thirds of Irish towns. The wider picture: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
2.5 people per household, fewer than in 72% 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.
Parents with children are 44% of households (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% are one person living alone (Co. Cork’s towns 26%). One-person households are rarer here than in 52% of Irish towns.
24% of households live in a flat or apartment, a share 79% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 benchmark for households in flats across Ireland’s towns: 12%.
The median household brings in €86,870 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €86,870 a year here, 44% above Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
Halfway sits below 70% of Irish towns for residents with another country’s citizenship (11%)
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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in Poland (6.3%), then outside the EU and UK (5.2%). Measured more widely, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. 18% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 68% of Irish towns.
Irish speakers make up 47% of Halfway
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, 108 residents aged 3 and over (47%) can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
A larger share of residents who said they are Catholic than 77% of Irish towns: 76%
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: 83% of Halfway · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (13%), Other, including mixed (2.1%) and Black or Black Irish (0.8%). By way of comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 16%, fewer than in 54% of Irish towns.
Halfway ranks above 99% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 7.5%
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.
The share of married residents 15 and over tops 62% of Irish towns: 36%. Against that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
45% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, a share 70% of Irish towns don’t reach
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 15% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 3.6% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Halfway
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halfway | 252 | — | 36.5 | 6% | 44% |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 7.2 km | 38.9 | 11% | 53% |
| Inishkenny | 5,552 | 8.5 km | 33.6 | 9.9% | 41% |
| Lehenagh | 4,154 | 8.7 km | 35.1 | 9.7% | 54% |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 9.2 km | 38.1 | 14% | 49% |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 9.3 km | 38.6 | 9.9% | 55% |
| Bishopstown | 14,529 | 9.4 km | 38 | 23% | 29% |
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 Halfway’s residents
What is the population of Halfway?
Halfway had 252 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Halfway?
The median age is 36.5. 28% are under 18 and 6% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Halfway?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (108 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Halfway?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Halfway?
76% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 7.7% another religion; 6.7% didn’t say.
Is Halfway good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Halfway are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Halfway?
Median gross household income in Halfway was €86,870 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).