A higher share of households of parents with children than 99% of Irish towns, at 70%
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 93% in Knockraha and 78% across Ireland’s towns. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 517, in 146 households. In Knockraha, nearly one in ten households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 5.2%, fewer than in 97% of Irish towns.
A +21% change since 2016: faster than 91% 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.
Below 97% of Irish towns: 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 35.5, Knockraha is younger than 76% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 1.6% in Knockraha, less than in 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, 10% of residents 15 and over are students; in Knockraha, 12%. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 0.7% in Knockraha, less than in 99% 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.
At 3.6 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of Irish towns: 1.4%
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
No internet at all: 2.1% (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. Broadband: 86% of households. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Median household income: €89,180 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 €89,180 gross, 48% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Cork, the middle household has €60,670.
9.1% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 98% 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 outside the EU and UK (3.9%) and in the UK (2.5%). At 5.3%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 98% of Irish towns. Residents born outside Ireland make up 22% across Ireland’s towns.
0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 90% 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
The highest share in Co. Cork belongs to Ballincollig (2.1%). For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%. Speakers of Irish: 266 residents, 56% of those aged 3 and over.
Knockraha ranks below 99% of Irish towns on residents with no religion: 7.7%
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 Knockraha · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (4.4%), Other, including mixed (1.2%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.8%). At 89%, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is higher than in 99% of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 43%, a higher share than 96% 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.
On the census count, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care. As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 70% of Irish towns, at 45%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 17% of adults here, while 6.3% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Knockraha sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockraha | 517 | — | 35.5 | 5.2% | 70% |
| Riverstown | 3,664 | 4.4 km | 37.1 | 8.3% | 58% |
| Glounthaune | 5,000 | 5.1 km | 40.1 | 17% | 50% |
| Glanmire | 4,454 | 5.2 km | 34.8 | 6.7% | 58% |
| Watergrasshill | 1,840 | 5.8 km | 33.1 | 4.6% | 62% |
| Ballyvolane | 8,707 | 6.9 km | 38.4 | 13% | 54% |
| Carrigtwohill | 5,568 | 7.6 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 Knockraha’s residents
What is the population of Knockraha?
Knockraha had 517 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 21% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Knockraha?
The median age is 35.5. 40% are under 18 and 5.2% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Knockraha?
56% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (266 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Knockraha?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.1% were born abroad and 5.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Knockraha?
89% are Catholic, 7.7% have no religion and 3% another religion; 2.5% didn’t say.
Is Knockraha good for families?
70% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 40% of residents are under 18. Schools near Knockraha are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Knockraha?
Median gross household income in Knockraha was €89,180 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).