Only 5.9% of residents are 65 or over in Lyre
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 169 residents and 59 households in Lyre. The census found that 7% of households have no car or van in the town. Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; locally, 3.
+6% since 2016, a pace below 62% 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%.
Younger than 69% of Irish towns: half of Lyre is under 36.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: 14% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Here, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 86% of Irish towns: 4.8%
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
Workers here lean to sales and customer service: 16%, against a typical 7.8%. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Students among residents 15 and over: just over a tenth of the total.
49% of households are parents with children, more than in 77% 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.
One-person households: 20% here and 24% across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
100% of homes are houses
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
Internet at home: broadband for 82%, nothing for 13% (typical: 7.6%). Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
A median household income of €57,280 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €57,280 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Cork overall, the median comes to €60,670.
A smaller share of residents born outside Ireland than 78% of Irish towns: 17%
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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born elsewhere in the EU (6.5%) and in Poland (4.1%). Lyre has fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 70% of Irish towns, at 11%. Against that, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
43% of Lyre’s residents can speak Irish
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%). In all, 68 residents aged 3 and over (43%) can speak Irish.
Lyre sits below 76% of Irish towns for residents with no religion (13%)
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: 80% of Lyre · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Four in five residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. On top of that, at 73%, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is higher than in just over three fifths of Irish towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 17%.
7.1% of residents give unpaid care, a share 96% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
With married residents 15 and over at 37%, Lyre is ahead of 73% of Irish towns on that count. Against that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Below 73% of Irish towns: 27% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
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 6.5% of adults here, while 4.3% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as young as Lyre
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyre | 169 | — | 36.2 | 5.9% | 49% |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 11.6 km | 37.9 | 16% | 44% |
| Millstreet | 1,722 | 13.7 km | 41.3 | 18% | 38% |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 16.1 km | 38.6 | 15% | 47% |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 17.6 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 Lyre’s residents
What is the population of Lyre?
Lyre had 169 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lyre?
The median age is 36.2. 32% are under 18 and 5.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Lyre?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (68 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Lyre?
80% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Lyre?
73% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 14% another religion; 2.4% didn’t say.
Is Lyre good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 32% of residents are under 18. Schools near Lyre are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lyre?
Median gross household income in Lyre was €57,280 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).