Households without a car or van: 2.5%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
In Ladysbridge, 55% of households are parents with children, beside 43% across Ireland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 1.8%. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 7.9%, fewer than in 88% of Irish towns. Its 285 households held 809 residents at the 2022 Census.
Ladysbridge grew +11% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 68% 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 Co. Cork’s towns the median is +7%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Half of Ladysbridge is under 35, younger than 80% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 (Ireland’s towns: 12%). 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
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
4.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 86% 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
Among the working population, professional occupations make up 25%, against a typical 21%. Fewer students among residents 15 and over than in 75% of Irish towns: 9.2%. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%.
Bigger households than 69% of Irish towns: 2.8 people each on average
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.
21% of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns.
Holiday homes make up 1.6% in Ladysbridge, more than in 90% 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €62,780 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €62,780 a year here, close to Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Cork the median is €60,670.
In Ladysbridge, 15% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 85% 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.
Polish leads the languages spoken at home (3.8%), among the 13% who speak another language there; 1% speak English not well or not at all. At 9.9%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in just over three quarters of Irish towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Only 0.5% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Ladysbridge
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
Irish speakers number 351, or 47% of residents aged 3 and over. Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 71% of Irish towns: 83%
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: 83% of Ladysbridge · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 18% answered “no religion”, 74% Catholic and 8.4% another religion, against 17% and 71% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (12%), Other, including mixed (2.5%) and Black or Black Irish (1.6%). Residents with no religion are more common here than in 55% of Irish towns.
4.4% of residents give unpaid care, below 84% 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.
At 35%, the share of married residents 15 and over is higher than in 54% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
45% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, a share 70% of Irish towns don’t reach
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 16% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 3.2% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Ladysbridge are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladysbridge | 809 | — | 35 | 7.9% | 55% |
| Castlemartyr | 1,603 | 1.9 km | 38.3 | 8.6% | 50% |
| Cloyne | 1,967 | 6.8 km | 37.7 | 11% | 54% |
| Midleton | 13,906 | 9.2 km | 37 | 11% | 52% |
| Aghada-Rostellan | 1,159 | 13.3 km | 43.5 | 15% | 48% |
| Youghal | 8,564 | 14.3 km | 42 | 18% | 41% |
| Whitegate | 1,248 | 14.6 km | 36.6 | 7.5% | 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 Ladysbridge’s residents
What is the population of Ladysbridge?
Ladysbridge had 809 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ladysbridge?
The median age is 35. 34% are under 18 and 7.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ladysbridge?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (351 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ladysbridge?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 9.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ladysbridge?
74% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 8.4% another religion; 3.2% didn’t say.
Is Ladysbridge good for families?
55% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 34% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ladysbridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ladysbridge?
Median gross household income in Ladysbridge was €62,780 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).