Photo: Andrew Wood · CC BY-SA 2.061% of households are parents with children, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
Against a figure of 12% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Shanbally comes in at 19%. Its 118 households held 350 residents at the 2022 Census. Locally, 0.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. On households in flats, Shanbally sits lower than 96% of Irish towns: 2.5%.
Shanbally’s population changed by +9% since 2016, more than in 60% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 84% of Irish towns: 8.9%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 15–19: one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Half of Shanbally’s residents are under 37.1, younger than in 57% of Irish 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%.
A student town: 17% of residents 15 and over are students
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
By occupation, associate professional and technical are over-represented: 23%, against a typical 13%. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 92% of Irish towns. On average, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
3 people per household, more than in 90% 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.
One-person households make up 21%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 2.6%, a lower share than 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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Typically, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Home broadband covers 96% of households, while 3.5% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%).
Households here have a median income of €76,300 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 €76,300 sits 27% above Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €60,670 across Co. Cork.
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 96% 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.
The largest groups were born in the UK (5.2%) and in Poland (2.9%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%. Shanbally has fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 98% of Irish towns, at 5.5%.
A larger share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 88% of Irish towns: 1.8%
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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 161 residents (49% of those aged 3 and over). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%. The highest share in Co. Cork belongs to Ballincollig (2.1%).
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 98% of Irish towns: 91%
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: 91% of Shanbally · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
13% of residents said they have no religion; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 17%. To put it in context, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents who said they are Catholic at 82% in Shanbally.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 76% of Irish towns don’t reach
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, at 5.1%. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 66% of Irish towns: 30%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Nearly a tenth of Shanbally’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 4.3% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Students still in education make up 22% of residents 15 and over.
Older than Shanbally: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanbally | 350 | — | 37.1 | 8.9% | 61% |
| Carrigaline | 18,239 | 3.1 km | 36.6 | 9.6% | 58% |
| Passage West-Monkstown | 6,051 | 4.2 km | 39.6 | 14% | 48% |
| Cobh | 14,148 | 4.3 km | 38.7 | 13% | 46% |
| Crosshaven | 3,263 | 5.3 km | 39.9 | 15% | 47% |
| Douglas | 22,029 | 6.5 km | 38.3 | 13% | 46% |
| Mahon | 13,892 | 8.2 km | 39.4 | 17% | 42% |
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 Shanbally’s residents
What is the population of Shanbally?
Shanbally had 350 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Shanbally?
The median age is 37.1. 28% are under 18 and 8.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Shanbally?
49% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (161 people), and 1.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Shanbally?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 5.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Shanbally?
82% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 5.5% another religion; 2% didn’t say.
Is Shanbally good for families?
61% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Shanbally are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Shanbally?
Median gross household income in Shanbally was €76,300 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).