Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of holiday homes than 98% of Irish towns: 8%
20% of residents are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put households of parents with children at 34% in Timoleague. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in three quarters of Irish towns. There were 148 households here at the 2022 Census, home to 387 residents.
Since 2016, Timoleague has changed by −5%, slower than 99% 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.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9%, a lower share than 98% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Timoleague is 41.4, higher than in 87% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. More residents are 65–69 than any other five-year age: 9.3% of residents, 2.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Timoleague sits below 95% of Irish towns for students among residents 15 and over (7.8%)
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
Skilled trades stand out among workers: 34%, against a typical 11%. Timoleague has more residents who moved in within the year than 53% of Irish towns, at 7.6%. By way of comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
More one-person households than 83% of Irish towns: 30%
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 average household has 2.6 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, one-person households come to 24%. For Timoleague, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 5.4%.
In Timoleague, 3.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 94% 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
Four in five households are on broadband; 15% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). On average, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. For Timoleague, the census puts households without a car or van at 18%.
The middle household earns €56,990 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €56,990 a year, 5% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
More residents born abroad than 87% of Irish towns: 33% in Timoleague
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 40%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
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.
25% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (13%); 11% speak English not well or not at all. More residents with another country’s citizenship than in 90% of Irish towns: 29%. Set beside that, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
1.9% of Timoleague’s residents use Irish every day outside education
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
Some 168 people here, 45% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The benchmark for daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns: 1.1%.
In Timoleague, 68% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer 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: 68% of Timoleague · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 14% answered “no religion”, 73% Catholic and 14% another religion, against 17% and 71% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78% across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (28%), Asian or Asian Irish (4.2%) and Other, including mixed (0.5%).
More married residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 46%
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.
Here 6.5% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 25% in Timoleague, less than in 76% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 6.7% of adults; primary level or less for 11% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Nearby, 1 of 4 towns have older populations than Timoleague
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timoleague | 387 | — | 41.4 | 20% | 34% |
| Clonakilty | 5,112 | 8.8 km | 40.5 | 18% | 43% |
| Bandon | 8,196 | 11.3 km | 38 | 13% | 46% |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 15.7 km | 38.9 | 11% | 53% |
| Kinsale | 5,991 | 18.3 km | 41.8 | 18% | 43% |
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 Timoleague’s residents
What is the population of Timoleague?
Timoleague had 387 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Timoleague?
The median age is 41.4. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Timoleague?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (168 people), and 1.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Timoleague?
68% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 33% were born abroad and 29% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Timoleague?
73% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 14% another religion; 0.8% didn’t say.
Is Timoleague good for families?
34% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Timoleague are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Timoleague?
Median gross household income in Timoleague was €56,990 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).