Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Millstreet is over 41.3, older than 86% of Irish towns
The share of residents with no religion is 9.8%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. 32% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 90% of Irish towns. There were 708 households in Millstreet at the 2022 Census, home to 1,722 residents. Across Millstreet, 1.7% of homes are holiday homes.
What stands out about the people of Millstreet
Older than most towns
Half of Millstreet’s residents are under 41.3 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 18% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A change of +5% since 2016 leaves Millstreet behind 65% 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%.
18% of Millstreet is 65 or over, a higher share than 83% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
In Millstreet, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. The largest age band is 35–39: 8.8% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
5.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 75% 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
In Millstreet, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 32% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 20%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 86% 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.
Households of parents with children: 38% here and 43% across Ireland’s towns. Across Millstreet, 3.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Only 9.3% of households live in a flat or apartment in Millstreet
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 79%, nothing for 17% (typical: 7.6%). 16% of households have no car or van, a lower share than in 60% of Irish towns. To put it in context, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €48,710 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€48,710 a year before tax puts the median household 19% below Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Cork overall, the median comes to €60,670.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 19% in Millstreet, more than in 70% 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.
By its share of residents born outside Ireland (25%), Millstreet is above 62% of Irish towns. Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 15% across Ireland’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Poland (14%) and in the UK (3.9%).
Of Millstreet’s residents, 36% 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 ability to speak Irish extends to 570 residents (36% of those aged 3 and over). In Co. Cork, Ballincollig has the highest share (2.1%). Millstreet sits close to the norm on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.1%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns.
More residents who said they are Catholic than 98% of Irish towns: 85%
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: 77% of Millstreet · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (19%), Other, including mixed (1.9%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.4%). Measured more widely, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White Irish than in 53% of Irish towns: 77%.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 75% of Irish towns, at 38%
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 figure for unpaid carers is 6.4% in Millstreet and 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Millstreet sits below 74% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (27%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 8.4% of adults. As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 11%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Millstreet is younger than 1 of its 3 nearest neighbours
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 Millstreet’s residents
What is the population of Millstreet?
Millstreet had 1,722 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Millstreet?
The median age is 41.3. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Millstreet?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (570 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Millstreet?
77% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 25% were born abroad and 19% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Millstreet?
85% are Catholic, 9.8% have no religion and 5% another religion; 5.3% didn’t say.
Is Millstreet good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Millstreet are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Millstreet?
Median gross household income in Millstreet was €48,710 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).