Photo: Seighean · Public domainIn Rathcormac, 5.2% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 97% of Irish towns
Where 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns, Rathcormac has 4.2%. 1,957 residents in 661 households: that is Rathcormac at the 2022 Census. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.3% here. Lower than in 70% of Irish towns: 20% of households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Rathcormac
A town of families
46% of households are couples with children and 11% lone parents with children, more than in 94% of Irish towns; 29% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +11% change since 2016: Rathcormac grew faster than 68% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
A median age of 34.7: Rathcormac is younger than 82% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: 13% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 10%.
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5% in Rathcormac, less than in 85% 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 Rathcormac, 37% and 18%. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Rathcormac: 57% of households are parents with children, above 94% 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.
The average household has 3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Households of parents with children: 43% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 91% of Irish towns: 6.4%
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 92%; 6.7% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%. Here, 0.3% of homes are holiday homes.
Median household income: €61,430 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 €61,430 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). Co. Cork as a whole has a median of €60,670.
Only 19% of residents were born outside Ireland in Rathcormac
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.
15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns, against 13% in Rathcormac. Across Ireland’s towns, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland. The largest groups were born in Poland (5.6%) and elsewhere in the EU (4.7%).
Irish speakers: 42% of Rathcormac’s residents
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.3%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. Speakers of Irish: 769 residents, 42% of those aged 3 and over.
In Rathcormac, 77% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 80% of Irish towns
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: 80% of Rathcormac · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (15%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.4%) and Other, including mixed (1.9%). More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than in 56% of Irish towns: 80%. By way of comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents with no religion trails 58% of Irish towns: 16%.
Above 56% of Irish towns: 35% of residents 15 and over are married
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 are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 4.8%. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Rathcormac ranks below 62% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 31%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Rathcormac’s adults, 9.6% went on to postgraduate study and 5.6% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Rathcormac
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | — | 34.7 | 5.2% | 57% |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 6.9 km | 38.9 | 14% | 42% |
| Watergrasshill | 1,840 | 8.5 km | 33.1 | 4.6% | 62% |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 11.5 km | 36.3 | 12% | 51% |
| Riverstown | 3,664 | 17.4 km | 37.1 | 8.3% | 58% |
| Carrigtwohill | 5,568 | 18.2 km | 34.9 | 6% | 60% |
| Glanmire | 4,454 | 18.6 km | 34.8 | 6.7% | 58% |
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 Rathcormac’s residents
What is the population of Rathcormac?
Rathcormac had 1,957 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rathcormac?
The median age is 34.7. 34% are under 18 and 5.2% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Rathcormac?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (769 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Rathcormac?
80% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 13% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Rathcormac?
77% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 7.2% another religion; 3.4% didn’t say.
Is Rathcormac good for families?
57% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 34% of residents are under 18. Schools near Rathcormac are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rathcormac?
Median gross household income in Rathcormac was €61,430 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).