Photo: Robert Ashby · CC BY-SA 2.0Holiday homes make up 8.7% in Shanagarry, more than in 98% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children is 43%; Shanagarry has 55%. At the 2022 Census Shanagarry was home to 700 people in 246 households. On the census count, 17% of households are one person living alone. Half of the town’s residents are over 41, older than in 84% of Irish towns.
Growth of +17% since 2016 puts Shanagarry ahead of 84% 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%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 72% of Irish towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 50–54: 9.4% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in 61% of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 80% of Irish towns: 11%
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 Shanagarry, 49% and 14%. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 74% of Irish towns: 2.9 people on average
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.
4.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
In Shanagarry, 3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 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
Households in flats: 1.2% here and 12% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €62,320 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €62,320 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Cork, the middle household has €60,670.
A lower share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 73% of Irish towns, at 11%
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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (8.2%) and elsewhere in the EU (3.6%). Compared with other places, residents born outside Ireland are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 66% of Irish towns. For residents with another country’s citizenship, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 15%.
Irish speakers: 45% of Shanagarry’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
Nothing unusual on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.3%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Speakers of Irish: 285 residents, 45% of those aged 3 and over. The highest share in Co. Cork belongs to Ballincollig (2.1%).
In Shanagarry, 24% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 81% 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: 85% of Shanagarry · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who said they are Catholic (68%), Shanagarry is below 64% of Irish towns. The wider picture: 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White Irish at 85% here.
More married residents 15 and over than 94% of Irish towns: 42%
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: 7.3% here and 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
41% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, a share 61% 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 Shanagarry, 5.2%, and 13% hold a postgraduate qualification. As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Older than Shanagarry: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanagarry | 700 | — | 41 | 11% | 55% |
| Cloyne | 1,967 | 6.6 km | 37.7 | 11% | 54% |
| Castlemartyr | 1,603 | 6.6 km | 38.3 | 8.6% | 50% |
| Midleton | 13,906 | 11.9 km | 37 | 11% | 52% |
| Aghada-Rostellan | 1,159 | 12.6 km | 43.5 | 15% | 48% |
| Whitegate | 1,248 | 13.7 km | 36.6 | 7.5% | 60% |
| Youghal | 8,564 | 16.2 km | 42 | 18% | 41% |
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 Shanagarry’s residents
What is the population of Shanagarry?
Shanagarry had 700 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 17% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Shanagarry?
The median age is 41. 27% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Shanagarry?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (285 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Shanagarry?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Shanagarry?
68% are Catholic, 24% have no religion and 7.8% another religion; 4.6% didn’t say.
Is Shanagarry good for families?
55% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Shanagarry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Shanagarry?
Median gross household income in Shanagarry was €62,320 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).