Photo: David P Howard · CC BY-SA 2.012% said they have no religion, fewer than in 87% of Irish towns
Households of parents with children: 47% here and 43% across Ireland’s towns. Mallow had 13,456 residents in 4,866 households at the 2022 Census. In Mallow, 8% of households live in a flat or apartment. At 3.2%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is lower than in 78% of Irish towns.
A change of +7% since 2016 leaves Mallow behind 51% 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.
Older than 62% of Irish towns: half of Mallow is over 38.6
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 40–44: nearly one in ten residents. 15% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 57% 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+
■ Mallow, 38.6. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Mallow: 11% of residents 15 and over are students, above 65% 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
The occupation that stands out is caring, leisure and other services: 12%, where 8.3% is typical. At 6.8%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in 60% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Mallow households average 2.7 people, larger than in 61% 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.
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 53% of Irish towns.
Households without a car or van make up 16% in Mallow, less than in 57% 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
The share of households with broadband is 87%; 10% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Lower than in 54% of Irish towns: 0.2% of homes are holiday homes. As a yardstick, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Median household income here: €51,320 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 €51,320 gross, 15% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Cork, the median is €60,670.
17% of residents are citizens of another country, a share 60% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 (5.6%), among the 21% who speak another language there; 2.8% speak English not well or not at all. Few places have as many residents born outside Ireland: 23% here, more than in 54% of Irish towns. The comparison figure for residents with another country’s citizenship is 15% across Ireland’s towns.
41% of Mallow 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
Mallow sits close to the norm on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.9%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. No town in Co. Cork beats Ballincollig (2.1%).
76% of residents said they are Catholic, a share 77% 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: 74% of Mallow · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish; in Mallow, 74%. Set beside that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (13%), Black or Black Irish (6%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3.5%).
More married residents 15 and over than 60% of Irish towns: 36%
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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 5.9%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Mallow, 31% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 64% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for one in ten adults; primary level or less for 10% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Castletroy is the youngest (29); Foxrock the oldest (44.7). Nearest to Mallow in age: Bishopstown (38), Tullamore (38.1), Castlebar (38.7) and Cobh (38.7).
Around Mallow, 1 of 2 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
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 Mallow’s residents
What is the population of Mallow?
Mallow had 13,456 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mallow?
The median age is 38.6, older than 62% of Irish towns. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Mallow?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (4,996 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Mallow?
74% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 23% were born abroad and 17% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Mallow?
76% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 12% another religion; 6.3% didn’t say.
Is Mallow good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Mallow are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mallow?
Median gross household income in Mallow was €51,320 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).