Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Knocknagree is over 42.5, older than 92% of Irish towns
A household here has 2.1 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. At 6.2%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 99% of Irish towns. Locally, 43% of households are one person living alone.
+2% since 2016: slower than 83% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns the median change is +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, +7%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.6%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in Knocknagree.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 3.5%, a lower share than 99% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Knocknagree, 37% and 20%. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns.
Knocknagree sits below 99% of Irish towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1%)
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.
Against a figure of 43% across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children in Knocknagree comes in at 32%. For comparison, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
A holiday town: 2.5% of homes are holiday homes
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
Households in flats: 6.1%, below 83% of Irish towns. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 12% here, fewer than in 71% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
€51,710 a year: where the middle household sits
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €51,710 a year before tax, the median household income is 14% under that of Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Cork overall, the median comes to €60,670.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 11% in Knocknagree, less than in 97% 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 Poland (7%) and in the UK (3.3%). Across Ireland’s towns, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland. Knocknagree has fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 87% of Irish towns, at 8.1%.
A higher share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 77% of Irish towns, at 1.5%
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
Top of Co. Cork: Ballincollig, at 2.1%. Across Ireland’s towns, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 98% of Irish towns, at 92%
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: 92% of Knocknagree · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Here 90% of residents said they are Catholic, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 71%. As a reference point, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
3.3% of residents give unpaid care, below 95% of Irish towns
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.
Married residents 15 and over: just over a third of the total. About 10 residents (3.3%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
Only 25% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Knocknagree
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, nearly one in ten adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 12% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher.
Of the 2 towns nearest Knocknagree, 1 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knocknagree | 213 | — | 42.5 | 22% | 32% |
| Millstreet | 1,722 | 12.6 km | 41.3 | 18% | 38% |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 17.5 km | 48.6 | 28% | 33% |
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 Knocknagree’s residents
What is the population of Knocknagree?
Knocknagree had 213 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Knocknagree?
The median age is 42.5. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Knocknagree?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (63 people), and 1.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Knocknagree?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 8.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Knocknagree?
90% are Catholic, 6.2% have no religion and 3.4% another religion; 2.3% didn’t say.
Is Knocknagree good for families?
32% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Knocknagree are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Knocknagree?
Median gross household income in Knocknagree was €51,710 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).