Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 87% of Irish towns: 29% of households are parents with children
17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns, against 26% in Knockrea. At 14%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is higher than in 85% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census put the neighbourhood’s population at 5,228, in 2,094 households. Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% of the total.
What stands out about the people of Knockrea
More with no religion than most
31% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 59% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Knockrea has grown +15%, faster than 82% 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 typical town changed +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, +7%.
Half of Knockrea is under 37.4, younger than 54% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over: 13%, below 58% 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+
■ Knockrea, 37.4. 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%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 81% of Irish towns: 12%
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
Knockrea sits close to the norm on students among residents 15 and over: 9.5%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 83% 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.
Where 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns, Knockrea has 29%.
Knockrea ranks above 83% of Irish towns on households in flats: 35%
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
Connected households: 93% on broadband; 6.5% offline (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes account for 0.3%. Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment.
A median household income of €70,750 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 €70,750 gross, 18% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). County median: €60,670 (Co. Cork).
Residents born outside Ireland: 28%, a higher share than 74% 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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns, against 21% in Knockrea. Residents born outside Ireland: 22% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Another language is spoken at home by 20%, most often Spanish (2.8%); 1.4% speak English not well or not at all.
Able to speak Irish: 45% in Knockrea
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
On daily speakers of Irish outside education, 0.8% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Within Co. Cork, Ballincollig has the largest share, 2.1%.
31% of residents said they have no religion, a share 93% of Irish towns don’t reach
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: 75% of Knockrea · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
In Knockrea, three quarters of residents describe themselves as White Irish, beside 78% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. 59% of residents said they are Catholic.
In Knockrea, 32% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 69% 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.
The census found that 5.4% of residents give unpaid care in Knockrea. 60% of the neighbourhood’s residents 15 and over are single and 32% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 62%, a higher share than 94% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 28% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 4.7% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of adults with a degree or higher is 36%.
Of 41 towns its size (4,726 to 5,792 people), the 19th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 32.1 in Woodquay and Nuns Island to 45.4 in Sutton. Nearest to Knockrea in age: Cashel (37.3), Carrick-On-Shannon (37.3), Mountmellick (37.6) and Blessington (37.6).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Knockrea
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockrea | 5,228 | — | 37.4 | 13% | 29% |
| Ballinlough | 5,435 | 0.9 km | 44.1 | 22% | 38% |
| St Luke's | 4,278 | 1.1 km | 35 | 8.5% | 15% |
| South Gate | 7,185 | 1.4 km | 33.7 | 9.4% | 18% |
| Montenotte | 4,113 | 1.6 km | 46.5 | 25% | 33% |
| Tramore | 4,803 | 1.6 km | 41.1 | 19% | 39% |
| Cork City Centre | 3,701 | 1.7 km | 34 | 9.1% | 12% |
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 Knockrea’s residents
What is the population of Knockrea?
Knockrea had 5,228 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Knockrea?
The median age is 37.4, younger than 54% of Irish towns. 17% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Knockrea?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,078 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Knockrea?
75% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 28% were born abroad and 21% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Knockrea?
59% are Catholic, 31% have no religion and 10% another religion; 8.1% didn’t say.
Is Knockrea good for families?
29% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Knockrea are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Knockrea?
Median gross household income in Knockrea was €70,750 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).