Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in flats than 98% of Irish towns: 1.3%
Nearly half of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns: 43%). Few places have as many residents who said they are Catholic: 77% here, more than in just over four fifths of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census Killeagh was home to 895 people in 318 households. Here, 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Killeagh’s population moved +3% on 2016, less than in 78% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
Killeagh sits below 71% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (11%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Killeagh is 36.4, lower than in nearly two thirds of Irish towns. For comparison, 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
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
3.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 97% 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
Where 11% is typical, skilled trades take in 16% of workers. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. In Killeagh, 12% of residents 15 and over are students.
Killeagh households average 2.8 people, larger than in 71% 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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.8%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Here, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone.
Killeagh sits below 75% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (9.9%)
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
Home broadband covers 87% of households, while 7.4% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). Elsewhere, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes account for 0.3%.
Before tax, the median household income is €65,640 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 €65,640 a year, 9% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Cork, the middle household has €60,670.
Below 83% of Irish towns: 15% of 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.
12% speak another language at home, most often Polish (3.9%); 0.5% speak English not well or not at all. Across Ireland’s towns, residents born outside Ireland come to 22%. At 9.7%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 78% of Irish towns.
Only 0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Killeagh
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
Irish speakers number 344, or 43% of residents aged 3 and over. To put it in context, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A higher White Irish share than 77% of Irish towns: 85% of residents
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: 85% of Killeagh · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (11%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.8%) and Black or Black Irish (1.6%). At 15%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 65% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White Irish come to 78%.
35% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 58% 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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 6%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 70% of Irish towns: 28%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Killeagh, 7.8%, and 11% hold a postgraduate qualification. The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Of the 6 towns nearest Killeagh, 5 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killeagh | 895 | — | 36.4 | 11% | 49% |
| Castlemartyr | 1,603 | 4.9 km | 38.3 | 8.6% | 50% |
| Youghal | 8,564 | 9.7 km | 42 | 18% | 41% |
| Cloyne | 1,967 | 12.4 km | 37.7 | 11% | 54% |
| Midleton | 13,906 | 12.6 km | 37 | 11% | 52% |
| Tallow | 1,022 | 17.1 km | 42.2 | 18% | 42% |
| Carrigtwohill | 5,568 | 18.4 km | 34.9 | 6% | 60% |
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 Killeagh’s residents
What is the population of Killeagh?
Killeagh had 895 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Killeagh?
The median age is 36.4. 29% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killeagh?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (344 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killeagh?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 9.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killeagh?
77% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 8.2% another religion; 8.5% didn’t say.
Is Killeagh good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killeagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killeagh?
Median gross household income in Killeagh was €65,640 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).