Photo: Sebastian “sebrem” B… · CC BY-SA 3.0Sunday's Well is younger than 93% of Irish towns: a median age of 33
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, 43% of households have no car or van here. 2,807 residents in 1,106 households: that is Sunday's Well at the 2022 Census. Here, 31% of households are one person living alone. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 23% here, more than in 95% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Sunday's Well
A student neighbourhood
18% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 96% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 18% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
41% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 45% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
21% of residents lived somewhere else a year before the Census, 2.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns; 7.3% came from abroad. Social class & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Sunday's Well’s residents are under 33 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 18% are 15 to 24 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Sunday's Well grew +16% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 82% 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 typical town changed +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, +7%.
Above 95% of Irish towns: 18% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 25–29: 16% of residents, 2.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Across Sunday's Well, 11% of residents are 65 or over. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Sunday's Well, 33. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 18%, a higher share than 96% 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
Where 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns, Sunday's Well has 21%. Typically, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Only 18% of households are parents with children in Sunday's Well
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.
In Sunday's Well the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Sunday's Well: 41% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 90% 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: 1.2% here and 0.2% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across Ireland’s towns: 12%.
Household income, middle of the range: €51,270 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €51,270 a year here, 15% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
Sunday's Well sits above 91% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (39%)
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 45%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
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 outside the EU and UK (16%) and elsewhere in the EU (11%). 33% of residents are citizens of another country, a higher share than in 94% of Irish towns. The share of residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns is 22%.
Irish speakers: 36% of Sunday's Well’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
At 1.4%, daily speakers of Irish outside education sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. The ability to speak Irish extends to 854 residents (36% of those aged 3 and over). In Co. Cork, Ballincollig has the highest share (2.1%).
No religion: 41% of residents, a higher share than 99% 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: 62% of Sunday's Well · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 78% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish in Sunday's Well comes in at 62%. Measured more widely, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents who said they are Catholic at 45% here.
Only 25% of residents 15 and over are married in Sunday's Well
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.
Sunday's Well sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 5.1%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Sunday's Well ranks above 92% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 59%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Just over a quarter of those 15 and over have not yet finished their education. For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
41 towns of 2,510 to 3,211 people: this is the 4th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Kilbarry (30.4) and the oldest Ballybrack (45.5). Nearest to Sunday's Well in age: Taylor's Hill (31.8), Murrough (32.8), Kinnegad (33.8) and Ballyhaunis (34.5).
Sunday's Well is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday's Well | 2,807 | — | 33 | 11% | 18% |
| Gurranebraher | 4,502 | 0.7 km | 42.4 | 20% | 33% |
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | 0.7 km | 25.6 | 11% | 11% |
| Cork City Centre | 3,701 | 1.0 km | 34 | 9.1% | 12% |
| Knocknaheeny | 5,592 | 1.1 km | 39.3 | 16% | 44% |
| Shanakiel | 3,804 | 1.2 km | 36.3 | 14% | 40% |
| Shandon | 3,539 | 1.2 km | 34.6 | 8.3% | 15% |
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 Sunday's Well’s residents
What is the population of Sunday's Well?
Sunday's Well had 2,807 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 16% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Sunday's Well?
The median age is 33, younger than 93% of Irish towns. 10% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Sunday's Well?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (854 people), and 1.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Sunday's Well?
62% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 39% were born abroad and 33% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Sunday's Well?
45% are Catholic, 41% have no religion and 14% another religion; 14% didn’t say.
Is Sunday's Well good for families?
18% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 10% of residents are under 18. Schools near Sunday's Well are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Sunday's Well?
Median gross household income in Sunday's Well was €51,270 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).