Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0In Inishannon, 3.1% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Inishannon, 2.9. In Inishannon, 93% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 96% of Irish towns. This Co. Cork town is home to 1,043 residents in 364 households, by the 2022 Census.
What stands out about the people of Inishannon
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 7.7% lone parents with children, more than in 86% of Irish towns; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Slower growth than 55% of Irish towns: Inishannon changed by +7% 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 change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 70% of Irish towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Inishannon’s residents are over 38.9, older than in nearly two thirds of Irish towns. Set beside that, 14% of residents are 65 or over 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
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 97% of Irish towns: 3.3%
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
Among the working population, professional occupations make up 37%, against a typical 21%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 10% of residents 15 and over are students in Inishannon.
More households of parents with children than 86% of Irish towns: 53%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.7% here and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 18%.
A smaller share of households in flats than 90% of Irish towns: 4.4%
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
At 1%, holiday homes sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, households in flats come to 12%.
Median household income here: €79,480 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €79,480, 32% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). County median: €60,670 (Co. Cork).
Only 12% of Inishannon’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.
With residents with another country’s citizenship at 6.1%, Inishannon is behind 97% of Irish towns on that count. Residents born outside Ireland: 22% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Another language is spoken at home by 6.2%, most often Polish (1.2%); 0.8% speak English not well or not at all.
Can speak Irish: 52% of Inishannon’s residents
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
No town in Co. Cork beats Ballincollig (2.1%). Nothing unusual on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.1%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 94% of Irish towns, at 82%
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 Inishannon · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 17%; Inishannon has 12%. Typically, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (6.4%), Black or Black Irish (0.4%) and Other, including mixed (0.4%).
44% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 98% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 6.2%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
57% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, a share 88% 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
Primary level or earlier: 3.6%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: nearly a quarter of adults.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Inishannon
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inishannon | 1,043 | — | 38.9 | 11% | 53% |
| Bandon | 8,196 | 6.2 km | 38 | 13% | 46% |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 11.4 km | 38.6 | 9.9% | 55% |
| Kinsale | 5,991 | 11.6 km | 41.8 | 18% | 43% |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 13.7 km | 38.1 | 14% | 49% |
| Inishkenny | 5,552 | 15.3 km | 33.6 | 9.9% | 41% |
| Lehenagh | 4,154 | 15.7 km | 35.1 | 9.7% | 54% |
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 Inishannon’s residents
What is the population of Inishannon?
Inishannon had 1,043 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Inishannon?
The median age is 38.9. 28% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Inishannon?
52% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (513 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Inishannon?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 6.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Inishannon?
82% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 6.6% another religion; 2% didn’t say.
Is Inishannon good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Inishannon are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Inishannon?
Median gross household income in Inishannon was €79,480 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).