Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 99% of Irish towns, at 85%
33% of households have no car or van, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. At the 2022 Census Knocknaheeny was home to 5,592 people in 2,000 households. Here, 15% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 73% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Knocknaheeny
Fewer people than before
Knocknaheeny went from about 5,620 people in 2016 to 5,592 in 2022, −1%: slower growth than in 94% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A −1% change since 2016: slower than 94% 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.
Older than 69% of Irish towns: half of Knocknaheeny is over 39.3
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with 7.7% of residents. At 16%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 64% of Irish towns. In Montenotte, the oldest of Co. Cork’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Knocknaheeny, 39.3. The typical town is 37.6.
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%.
Only 2.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Knocknaheeny
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
In Knocknaheeny, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 13% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 26%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
2.8 people per household, more than in 64% 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.
Households of parents with children: 44% here and 43% across Ireland’s towns. Across Knocknaheeny, 23% of households are one person living alone.
Households in flats: 4%, a lower share than 92% of Irish towns
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. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. At home, 81% have broadband, while 15% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%).
A median household income of €43,950 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €43,950 gross, 27% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Cork, the median is €60,670.
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 98% of Irish towns, at 9.5%
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.
Polish leads the languages spoken at home (1.5%), among the 7.7% who speak another language there; 0.7% speak English not well or not at all. Residents born outside Ireland make up 22% across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 5.9% here, fewer than in 97% of Irish towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.5%, a lower share than 96% of Irish towns
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, 1,162 residents aged 3 and over (27%) can speak Irish. Across Ireland’s towns, daily speakers of Irish outside education come to 1.1%.
89% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 95% 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 Knocknaheeny · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (5%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.4%) and Irish Traveller (1.5%). On average, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 94% of Irish towns.
Only 27% of residents 15 and over are married in Knocknaheeny
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 unpaid carers stands at 5.2%. 62% of Knocknaheeny’s residents 15 and over are single and 27% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 10%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
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, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Knocknaheeny, 25%, and 3.2% hold a postgraduate qualification. The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
17th highest median age among 41 towns of 5,000 to 6,269
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Gillabbey (25.6) and the oldest Sutton (45.4). Nearest to Knocknaheeny in age: Roscrea (37.8), Ballybofey-Stranorlar (39.3), Edmondstown (39.5) and Passage West-Monkstown (39.6).
Knocknaheeny is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knocknaheeny | 5,592 | — | 39.3 | 16% | 44% |
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 1.0 km | 42.4 | 20% | 33% |
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | 1.1 km | 33 | 11% | 18% |
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 1.1 km | 36.3 | 14% | 40% |
| Hollyhill and Ballincolly | 8,606 | 1.1 km | 35.7 | 11% | 55% |
| Fair Hill | 4,910 | 1.2 km | 44.9 | 21% | 41% |
| Farranree | 3,824 | 1.5 km | 38.1 | 15% | 39% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Knocknaheeny’s residents
What is the population of Knocknaheeny?
Knocknaheeny had 5,592 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Knocknaheeny?
The median age is 39.3, older than 69% of Irish towns. 22% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Knocknaheeny?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,162 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Knocknaheeny?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.5% were born abroad and 5.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Knocknaheeny?
85% are Catholic, 9.8% have no religion and 4.8% another religion; 19% didn’t say.
Is Knocknaheeny good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Knocknaheeny are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Knocknaheeny?
Median gross household income in Knocknaheeny was €43,950 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).