Photo: Guliolopez · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Turner's Cross is over 43, older than 94% of Irish towns
Set against 12% across Ireland’s towns, 3.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Turner's Cross. At the 2022 Census Turner's Cross was home to 7,208 people in 3,055 households. The share of one-person households stands at 31%. Higher than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns: 75% of residents said they are Catholic.
What stands out about the people of Turner's Cross
Older than most towns
Half of Turner's Cross’s residents are under 43 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 20% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
About 510 residents (7.1%) give regular unpaid care, more than in 96% of Irish towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Turner's Cross has changed by +1%, slower than 87% 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.
20% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 88% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 7.7% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Turner's Cross.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Turner's Cross, 43. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Turner's Cross 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
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (6%), Turner's Cross is below 73% of Irish towns. The wider picture: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Only 34% of households are parents with children in Turner's Cross
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.
5.7% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. Households here average 2.4 people each.
In Turner's Cross, 25% of households have no car or van, more than in 76% 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
Turner's Cross sits close to the norm on holiday homes: 0.1%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Every 4th household or so has no car or van.
Median gross household income: €47,960 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 €47,960 gross, 20% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 91% of Irish towns, at 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.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 8.4%, below 85% of Irish towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (4%) and in the UK (3.4%).
Irish speakers make up 39% of Turner's Cross
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 highest share in Co. Cork belongs to Ballincollig (2.1%). 1.2% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
Turner's Cross sits above 94% of Irish towns for residents who describe themselves as White Irish (89%)
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: 89% of Turner's Cross · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (6%), Other, including mixed (2.3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.9%). Turner's Cross has more residents with no religion than 64% of Irish towns, at 20%. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%.
In Turner's Cross, 7.1% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 96% of Irish towns
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.
The share of married residents 15 and over is 33%, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 5.4% across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 70% of Irish towns: 28%
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 just over one in ten adults; primary level or less for 14% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of adults with a degree or higher is 36%.
41 towns of 6,258 to 8,320 people: this is the 5th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Temple Bar is the youngest (31.4); Dalkey the oldest (50.3). Nearest to Turner's Cross in age: Baldoyle (40.9), Westport (41.3), Farranshone (43.5) and Perrystown (45.1).
Turner's Cross is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner's Cross | 7,208 | — | 43 | 20% | 34% |
| South Gate | 7,185 | 1.1 km | 33.7 | 9.4% | 18% |
| Togher | 3,007 | 1.2 km | 41.7 | 20% | 43% |
| Glasheen | 5,981 | 1.4 km | 36.3 | 19% | 26% |
| Tramore | 4,803 | 1.5 km | 41.1 | 19% | 39% |
| Gillabbey | 5,857 | 1.6 km | 25.6 | 11% | 11% |
| Cork City Centre | 3,701 | 1.8 km | 34 | 9.1% | 12% |
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 Turner's Cross’s residents
What is the population of Turner's Cross?
Turner's Cross had 7,208 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Turner's Cross?
The median age is 43, older than 94% of Irish towns. 16% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Turner's Cross?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,578 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Turner's Cross?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 8.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Turner's Cross?
75% are Catholic, 20% have no religion and 5.2% another religion; 3.9% didn’t say.
Is Turner's Cross good for families?
34% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 16% of residents are under 18. Schools near Turner's Cross are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Turner's Cross?
Median gross household income in Turner's Cross was €47,960 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).