Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in flats than 97% of Irish towns: 1.9%
With a median age of 40.6, The Glen is older than just over four fifths of Irish towns. Nearly four in five residents said they are Catholic. At the 2022 Census The Glen was home to 6,119 people in 2,171 households. Households average 2.7 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns.
What stands out about the people of The Glen
Fewer people than before
The Glen went from about 6,170 people in 2016 to 6,119 in 2022, −1%: slower growth than in 95% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Many older residents
20% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 88% of Irish towns; 3.4% are 80 or over, and 22% of households are one person living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
From 2016 to 2022, 95% of Irish towns grew faster than The Glen: −1%
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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
20% of The Glen is 65 or over, a higher share than 88% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns, The Glen has 15%. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ The Glen, 40.6. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Below 95% of Irish towns: 3.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
The occupation that stands out is elementary occupations: 16%, where 11% is typical. Students among residents 15 and over account for 10%. Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A smaller share of one-person households than 60% of Irish towns: 22%
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.
At 4.1%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 42% of households are parents with children in The Glen.
A larger share of households without a car or van than 67% of Irish towns: 21%
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 0.1%, the share of holiday homes is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Household income, middle of the range: €48,490 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 €48,490 sits 19% below Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Cork, the middle household has €60,670.
Fewer residents born outside Ireland than 91% of Irish towns: 13%
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 outside the EU and UK (4.2%) and in the UK (3.3%). Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than in 87% of Irish towns: 8.1%. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.6% in The Glen, less than in 90% of Irish towns
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
Within Co. Cork, Ballincollig has the largest share, 2.1%. On average, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 85%, a higher share than 76% 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 The Glen · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 14% in The Glen and 17% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (6.9%), Irish Traveller (3.3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (2.1%).
The Glen ranks above 54% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 35%
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.
5.7% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In The Glen, 17% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 94% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
4.7% of The Glen’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 17% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%).
The 8th oldest of 41 towns of 5,445 to 6,872 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 25.6 in Gillabbey to 45.4 in Sutton. Nearest to The Glen in age: Marino (39.8), Salthill (40.4), Westport (41.3) and Harmonstown (41.6).
The Glen is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
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 The Glen’s residents
What is the population of The Glen?
The Glen had 6,119 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in The Glen?
The median age is 40.6, older than 81% of Irish towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in The Glen?
33% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,717 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is The Glen?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 8.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in The Glen?
79% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 7% another religion; 13% didn’t say.
Is The Glen good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near The Glen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in The Glen?
Median gross household income in The Glen was €48,490 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).