Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 83% of Irish towns: 52% of households are parents with children
Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over; in Midleton, 11%. 13% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 69% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 13,906 residents in 4,969 households. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 3%.
Midleton grew +8% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 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.
Younger than 58% of Irish towns: half of Midleton is under 37
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: nearly one in ten residents. Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 13% here, more than in 64% 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+
■ Midleton, 37. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A higher share of students among residents 15 and over than 78% of Irish towns, at 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
6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
2.8 people per household, more than in 67% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%; Midleton has 21%.
Midleton: 16% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 67% 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
7.7% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 89% have broadband. Midleton has more holiday homes than 65% of Irish towns, at 0.4%. Households in flats: 12% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
€63,460 a year: where the middle household sits
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 €63,460 a year here, 6% above Ireland (€60,120). Co. Cork as a whole has a median of €60,670.
Midleton ranks above 60% of Irish towns on residents with another country’s citizenship: 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.
The share of residents born outside Ireland tops 57% of Irish towns: 24%. Against that, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (6.9%) and in Poland (6.8%).
In Midleton, 42% of 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
Speakers of Irish: 5,333 residents, 42% of those aged 3 and over. The highest share in Co. Cork belongs to Ballincollig (2.1%). Midleton sits close to the norm on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 65% of Irish towns: 74%
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 Midleton · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Nearly a fifth of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Residents who said they are Catholic: 70% of the total.
Married residents 15 and over make up 36% in Midleton, more than in 64% 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.
Unpaid carers: 5.2% of the total. 55% of Midleton’s residents 15 and over are single and 36% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Midleton ranks above 55% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 38%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Midleton, 7.3%, and 14% hold a postgraduate qualification. For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (11,911 to 16,038 people), the 20th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Castletroy (29) and the oldest Foxrock (44.7). Nearest to Midleton in age: Knocklyon (36.9), Finglas South (37), Cabra East (37.5) and Enniscorthy (37.5).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Midleton
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midleton | 13,906 | — | 37 | 11% | 52% |
| Carrigtwohill | 5,568 | 5.9 km | 34.9 | 6% | 60% |
| Cloyne | 1,967 | 6.7 km | 37.7 | 11% | 54% |
| Castlemartyr | 1,603 | 8.4 km | 38.3 | 8.6% | 50% |
| Aghada-Rostellan | 1,159 | 9.0 km | 43.5 | 15% | 48% |
| Whitegate | 1,248 | 10.1 km | 36.6 | 7.5% | 60% |
| Cobh | 14,148 | 11.3 km | 38.7 | 13% | 46% |
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 Midleton’s residents
What is the population of Midleton?
Midleton had 13,906 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Midleton?
The median age is 37, younger than 58% of Irish towns. 28% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Midleton?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (5,333 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Midleton?
74% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 24% were born abroad and 17% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Midleton?
70% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 11% another religion; 4% didn’t say.
Is Midleton good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Midleton are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Midleton?
Median gross household income in Midleton was €63,460 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).