Photo: Honourablemencandiffer · Public domainA median age of 47.3: Myrtleville is older than 99% of Irish towns
By its share of residents with no religion (26%), Myrtleville is above 85% of Irish towns. Meanwhile, fewer households without a car or van than in 95% of Irish towns: 5.2%. There were 380 households in the town at the 2022 Census, home to 965 residents. Census figures put households of parents with children at 38% locally.
A growing town: +21% since 2016, faster than 91% 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, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, by more than +7%.
22% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 93% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 90% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
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%.
Myrtleville: 11% of residents 15 and over are students, above 52% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Myrtleville, 50% and 12%. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 8.1%, more than in three fifths of Irish towns.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 87% 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.
27% of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Households average 2.5 people.
More holiday homes than 99% of Irish towns: 22% of homes
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
93% have broadband at home and 5.8% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, holiday homes come to 0.2%.
Median household income: €70,410 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €70,410, 17% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). Co. Cork as a whole has a median of €60,670.
A lower share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 87% of Irish towns, at 8%
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.
At home, 7.6% use another language, chiefly French (1.2%), and 0.5% speak English not well or not at all. Myrtleville has fewer residents born outside Ireland than three quarters of Irish towns, at 17%. By way of comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
In Myrtleville, 45% 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: 409 residents, 45% of those aged 3 and over. On daily speakers of Irish outside education, Myrtleville sits higher than nearly three fifths of Irish towns: 1.2%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 91% of Irish towns: 88%
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: 88% of Myrtleville · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who said they are Catholic: 64%, below 75% of Irish towns. For residents who describe themselves as White Irish, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 78%. Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (8.6%), Other, including mixed (1.5%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.9%).
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 98% of Irish towns: 44%
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.
About 70 residents (7.6%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%). To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
43% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, a share 65% 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
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 18% of adults; primary level or less for 4.3% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Myrtleville is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtleville | 965 | — | 47.3 | 22% | 38% |
| Crosshaven | 3,263 | 2.2 km | 39.9 | 15% | 47% |
| Whitegate | 1,248 | 7.2 km | 36.6 | 7.5% | 60% |
| Carrigaline | 18,239 | 7.8 km | 36.6 | 9.6% | 58% |
| Cobh | 14,148 | 8.0 km | 38.7 | 13% | 46% |
| Aghada-Rostellan | 1,159 | 8.5 km | 43.5 | 15% | 48% |
| Passage West-Monkstown | 6,051 | 10.0 km | 39.6 | 14% | 48% |
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 Myrtleville’s residents
What is the population of Myrtleville?
Myrtleville had 965 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 21% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Myrtleville?
The median age is 47.3. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Myrtleville?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (409 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Myrtleville?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Myrtleville?
64% are Catholic, 26% have no religion and 11% another religion; 2.4% didn’t say.
Is Myrtleville good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Myrtleville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Myrtleville?
Median gross household income in Myrtleville was €70,410 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).