Photo: Hywel Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer car-free households than 99% of Irish towns: 2.3%
Households average 3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Census day 2022: 1,466 residents and 490 households in Killumney. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish account for 89%. 17% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 82% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Killumney
Fewer people than before
Killumney went from about 1,710 people in 2016 to 1,466 in 2022, −14%: slower growth than in 99% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 5.5% lone parents with children, more than in 92% of Irish towns; 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A −14% change since 2016: slower than 99% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 9.9%, a lower share than 78% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 38.6, Killumney is older than 62% of Irish towns. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 locally. 40–44 is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s 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 93% of Irish towns, at 4.3%
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
By occupation, professional occupations are over-represented: 35%, against a typical 21%. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. In Killumney, 10% of residents 15 and over are students.
Killumney sits above 92% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (55%)
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.
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 3.5% in Killumney and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Only 0.2% of households live in a flat or apartment in Killumney
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
Internet at home: broadband for 95%, nothing for 3.2% (typical: 7.6%). Against that, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Median household income here: €91,420 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 €91,420, 52% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Cork overall, the median comes to €60,670.
12% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 95% 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 largest groups were born in the UK (3.4%) and in Poland (3.3%). By way of comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. On residents with another country’s citizenship, Killumney sits lower than 86% of Irish towns: 8.3%.
Killumney ranks above 85% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.7%
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
785 residents, 57% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The comparison figure for daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1% across Ireland’s towns. In Co. Cork, Ballincollig has the highest share (2.1%).
In Killumney, 81% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 93% 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: 89% of Killumney · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (8.9%), Other, including mixed (1.4%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.7%). Lower than in 62% of Irish towns: 15% of residents said they have no religion. Residents who said they are Catholic: 71% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Above 96% of Irish towns: 44% of residents 15 and over are married
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, 5.9%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Killumney sits above 83% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (53%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Killumney’s adults, 20% went on to postgraduate study and 3.9% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Killumney are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killumney | 1,466 | — | 38.6 | 9.9% | 55% |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 4.1 km | 38.1 | 14% | 49% |
| Tower | 3,300 | 6.9 km | 39.4 | 13% | 54% |
| Bishopstown | 14,529 | 9.1 km | 38 | 23% | 29% |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 9.5 km | 39.6 | 18% | 44% |
| Inishkenny | 5,552 | 9.8 km | 33.6 | 9.9% | 41% |
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 10.3 km | 36.3 | 14% | 40% |
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 Killumney’s residents
What is the population of Killumney?
Killumney had 1,466 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 14% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Killumney?
The median age is 38.6. 30% are under 18 and 9.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killumney?
57% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (785 people), and 1.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killumney?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 8.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killumney?
81% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 3.7% another religion; 2.9% didn’t say.
Is Killumney good for families?
55% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 30% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killumney are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killumney?
Median gross household income in Killumney was €91,420 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).