Photo: Sebastian “sebrem” B… · CC BY-SA 3.0Shared households of unrelated adults make up 8.6% in Shanakiel, more than in 76% of Irish towns
Households of parents with children: 40%, below 66% of Irish towns. Shanakiel counted 3,804 residents and 1,452 households at the 2022 Census. In Shanakiel, just over a fifth of households live in a flat or apartment. With a median age of 36.3, Shanakiel is younger than just over two thirds of Irish towns.
Since 2016, Shanakiel has changed by +5%, slower than 70% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 57% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
25–29 is the most common age band: 8.9% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 14%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Shanakiel, 36.3. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
More students among residents 15 and over than 56% 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
29% of Shanakiel’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 19% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Shanakiel, 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Fewer people live alone than in 66% of Irish towns: 21% of households
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 typical household size is 2.6 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. One-person households: 24% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
More households without a car or van than 72% of Irish towns: 22%
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
At home, 91% have broadband, while 6.8% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, households without a car or van come to 17%. 0.1% of homes are holiday homes.
Household income, middle of the range: €55,280 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 €55,280 gross, 8% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Cork as a whole, the figure is €60,670.
Shanakiel sits below 71% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (18%)
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% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (2%); 1.3% speak English not well or not at all. On average, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Can speak Irish: 36% of Shanakiel’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
Irish speakers number 1,182, or 36% of residents aged 3 and over. In Co. Cork, Ballincollig has the highest share (2.1%). Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns.
More residents with no religion than 66% of Irish towns: 20%
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: 81% of Shanakiel · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (9.9%), Asian or Asian Irish (4.9%) and Irish Traveller (1.9%). Across the comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as White Irish, Shanakiel sits higher than just over three fifths of Irish towns: 81%. What’s more, in Shanakiel, 72% of residents said they are Catholic, beside 71% across Ireland’s towns.
Only 31% of residents 15 and over are married in Shanakiel
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.
Across Shanakiel, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care. 60% of the neighbourhood’s residents 15 and over are single and 31% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 60% of Irish towns, at 32%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, just over one in ten adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 12% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
15th lowest median age among 41 towns of 3,263 to 4,502
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Castlegar is the youngest (33.1); Montenotte the oldest (46.5). Nearest to Shanakiel in age: Rahoon (35.2), Newtownmountkennedy (35.5), Kilcullen (36.9) and Riverstown (37.1).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Shanakiel
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | — | 36.3 | 14% | 40% |
| Knocknaheeny | 5,592 | 1.1 km | 39.3 | 16% | 44% |
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | 1.2 km | 33 | 11% | 18% |
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | 1.4 km | 25.6 | 11% | 11% |
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 1.7 km | 42.4 | 20% | 33% |
| Glasheen | 5,981 | 1.8 km | 36.3 | 19% | 26% |
| Bishopstown | 14,529 | 2.0 km | 38 | 23% | 29% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Shanakiel’s residents
What is the population of Shanakiel?
Shanakiel had 3,804 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Shanakiel?
The median age is 36.3, younger than 68% of Irish towns. 21% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Shanakiel?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,182 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Shanakiel?
81% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Shanakiel?
72% are Catholic, 20% have no religion and 8.1% another religion; 12% didn’t say.
Is Shanakiel good for families?
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Shanakiel are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Shanakiel?
Median gross household income in Shanakiel was €55,280 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).