Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0More households of parents with children than 99% of Irish towns: 68%
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 96% of Irish towns: 5.7%. Rathard-Aherla is home to 562 residents in 168 households, by the 2022 Census. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish account for 94%. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Rathard-Aherla’s population moved +6% on 2016, less than in 59% 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%.
Rathard-Aherla: 19% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 97% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 35.3, Rathard-Aherla is younger than 77% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. In Montenotte, the oldest of Co. Cork’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
More students among residents 15 and over than 98% of Irish towns: 20%
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
Work here tilts toward professional occupations, at 30% against a typical 21%. At 4.4%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in 92% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of Irish towns, at 9.5%
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.
Here 1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 4.7%. Households here average 3.4 people each. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
0.6% of households have no car or van, below 99% 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
Broadband: 96% of households. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 17% across Ireland’s towns. No internet at all: 3.8% (typical: 7.6%).
The middle household earns €88,000 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €88,000 sits 46% above Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Cork, the median is €60,670.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 10% in Rathard-Aherla, less than in 98% 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.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 4.2%, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. At home, 5.9% use another language, chiefly French (1.4%), and 1.1% speak English not well or not at all.
Rathard-Aherla: 2.5% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, above 97% of Irish towns
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
319 residents, three fifths of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of residents who said they are Catholic than 97% of Irish towns: 84%
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: 94% of Rathard-Aherla · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (3.7%), Black or Black Irish (1.3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.9%). Across Ireland’s towns, 71% of residents said they are Catholic. 12% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 84% of Irish towns.
8.5% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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.
Married residents 15 and over: 43% here and 34% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, unpaid carers come to 5.4%.
49% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, a share 77% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Rathard-Aherla, 2.4%, and 17% hold a postgraduate qualification. The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns. Among residents 15 and over, 26% are still studying.
Every neighbour of Rathard-Aherla has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathard-Aherla | 562 | — | 35.3 | 5.7% | 68% |
| Killumney | 1,466 | 5.8 km | 38.6 | 9.9% | 55% |
| Ballincollig | 21,940 | 9.9 km | 38.1 | 14% | 49% |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 10.8 km | 38.9 | 11% | 53% |
| Tower | 3,300 | 11.8 km | 39.4 | 13% | 54% |
| Bandon | 8,196 | 12.2 km | 38 | 13% | 46% |
| Blarney | 2,779 | 14.7 km | 39.6 | 18% | 44% |
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 Rathard-Aherla’s residents
What is the population of Rathard-Aherla?
Rathard-Aherla had 562 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rathard-Aherla?
The median age is 35.3. 27% are under 18 and 5.7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Rathard-Aherla?
60% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (319 people), and 2.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Rathard-Aherla?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 4.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Rathard-Aherla?
84% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 4.4% another religion; 2.8% didn’t say.
Is Rathard-Aherla good for families?
68% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Rathard-Aherla are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rathard-Aherla?
Median gross household income in Rathard-Aherla was €88,000 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).