Photo: David P Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0A holiday town: 7.1% of homes are holiday homes
The typical household size is 2.5 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. For Youghal, the census puts one-person households at 30%. More residents who said they are Catholic than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns: 77%. In 2022, the Census found 8,564 residents in the town, living in 3,450 households.
What stands out about the people of Youghal
Older than most towns
Half of Youghal’s residents are under 42 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 18% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +8% change since 2016: Youghal grew faster than 54% 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.
Older than 89% of Irish towns: half of Youghal is over 42
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 11% in Youghal and 12% across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 18%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Youghal, 42. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Youghal sits below 90% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (4.6%)
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
In Youghal, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 31% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 19%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%.
Fewer households of parents with children than 63% of Irish towns: 41%
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.
Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 4.7% in Youghal. Across the comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
In Youghal, 21% of households have no car or van, more than in 68% 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
Home broadband covers 87% of households, while 11% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). 14% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 60% of Irish towns, against a typical 12% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €44,290 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 €44,290 a year here, 26% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
Only 19% of residents were born outside Ireland in Youghal
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.
With residents with another country’s citizenship at 13%, Youghal is behind 62% of Irish towns on that count. By way of comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (6.1%) and in Poland (4.8%).
1.1% of residents speak 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
The highest share in Co. Cork belongs to Ballincollig (2.1%). The ability to speak Irish extends to 3,177 residents (42% of those aged 3 and over).
83% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 69% 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: 83% of Youghal · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (13%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.7%) and Other, including mixed (1.6%). The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns is 78%. Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 17%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Half of adults have never married
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.
On unpaid carers, 6.1% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put married residents 15 and over at 34% in Youghal.
Youghal ranks below 76% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 26%
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 7.2% of adults; primary level or less for 13% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
41 towns of 7,438 to 9,895 people: this is the 10th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Grand Canal Dock is the youngest (32.1); Dalkey the oldest (50.3). Nearest to Youghal in age: Cabra West (40.8), Baldoyle (40.9), Grantstown and Ballinakill (42.5) and Killiney (42.5).
1 of the 2 nearest towns are older than Youghal
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youghal | 8,564 | — | 42 | 18% | 41% |
| Castlemartyr | 1,603 | 14.2 km | 38.3 | 8.6% | 50% |
| Tallow | 1,022 | 18.7 km | 42.2 | 18% | 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 Youghal’s residents
What is the population of Youghal?
Youghal had 8,564 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Youghal?
The median age is 42, older than 89% of Irish towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Youghal?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (3,177 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Youghal?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 13% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Youghal?
77% are Catholic, 17% have no religion and 6.6% another religion; 8.1% didn’t say.
Is Youghal good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Youghal are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Youghal?
Median gross household income in Youghal was €44,290 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).