northside suburbs (23%), the four urban towns of Ballincollig, Blarney, Glanmire and Tower (16%), and lastly the city centre (12%). With a high percentage of the population living in the suburbs, 63% of the population use a private car to get to and from work while only 9% use public transport. The analysis also showed that 16.7% of Cork City’s population is living in the disadvantaged “RAPID” areas of Churchfield/Gurranebraher, Fair Hill, Farranree/Farranferris and Knocknaheeny and Mahon. The communities living in these areas have the lowest levels of income, highest levels of single-parent households, highest levels of disability, lowest levels of education and lowest levels of health. While Cork City has experienced strong economic growth and prosperity, it has yet to properly translate into a substantial improvement in the standard of living for the marginalised and disadvantaged communities living in the RAPID areas. While there are considerable levels of high- paying job opportunities in the RAPID areas which account for 13.9% of all jobs in the city, most of these jobs are taken up by people not living in the area. Knocknaheeny and Mahon have the highest level of inward flow of workers where large quantities of people travelling to these areas daily from across the city to work for various large indigenous and multinational firms operating in these areas. Cork City’s population is a geing with a dependency ratio presently in line with the state average. The majority of Cork City’s population aged 65 and over are living in the southside suburbs of Ballinlough, Ballintemple, Bishopstown and Wilton and towns Ballincollig, Blarney and Glanmire. Cork City has a high level of one-parent households, with some areas having twice the national average. It also has a lower percentage of husband, wife and children households with the average number of persons per household being 2.63 people. Cork City’s population is diverse with 15.4% of the population being classified as “non - Irish” the majority of which are living in the city centre. 0.5% of Cork City's population is classified as white Irish traveller.
Socio-Economic Highlights Population Overview
Cork city has a population of 222,333 people, a 5.4% increase on 2016. There was a sizeable expansion of Cork city ’s boundary area in 2019 where the city grew to an area five times its size, raising the population overnight by over 60% or 85,000 more people. The majority of Cork City’s population live in the City’s suburbs (68%) followed second by urban towns (16%) and lastly by the city centre (12%). 23% of the population are living in the four RAPID areas of the city which are areas designated as disadvantaged.
Population Spread
The 2016 census showed th e percentage breakdown of where Cork City’s population were living. • Suburbs: 68% • Urban town: 16% • City Centre: 12%
Suburbs
The most populated suburbs were:
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Togher (4.6%) The Glen (4.1%) Mayfield (3.5%) Ballinlough (3.3%)
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