Family Stages
Cork City’s households were classified as the following :
Lone Parent: 23.1% Pre-Family: 11.5%
Retired: 10%
Pre-adolescent: 10%
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Pre-School: 10%: Early School: 10.5%
Adolescent: 11%
Empty Nest: 9%
Adults: 27%
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One-Parent Families
Cork City’s RAPID areas had the highest rates of one parent households. In the last three censuses, Knocknaheeny had the highest proportion of one parent families but it has been gradually reducing over time from a high of 48% in 2006 to 43% in 2016. Other areas with consistently high rates of one parent families are Mayfield (43.6% in 2016), Blackpool (41.1% in 2016), The Glen A (38.7% in 2016), Farranferris (36.6% in 2016), Gurranebraher E (38.6% in 2016) and Fair Hill A (36.8% in 2016).
Deprivation Overview
The deprivation of a community is measured using the Pobal HP Deprivation Index which is based on a small geographical area using data compiled from the census categories such as dependency ratio, rates of emigration and population change, education level, living arrangements, numbers of lone parents, social class and levels of unemployment. The further the score goes below zero, the more deprived the area with positive scores signalling affluence. Research tells us that rates of deprivation correlates strongly with lower life expectancies. Cork City had an average Deprivation score rating of 3.01 in 2016 which is notably higher, ie ‘more affluent’ than the national average of 0.56 . While the majority of communities within Cork City are classified as above the average rate of deprivation there are several areas of significant affluence and significant deprivation. The four Rapid areas are classified as very disadvantaged.
Deprived Areas
2016 census showed that on average, 16.7% of the Cork City population were living in areas classified as disadvantaged. Four RAPID areas are classified as very disadvantaged which include the Northwest Suburbs of:
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Churchfield/Gurranebraher,
Fair Hill,
Farranree/Farranferris
Knocknaheeny
Each of these areas had deprivation ratios of having rates of between -14.73 and -15.96.
Affluent Areas
The most affluent areas are mainly located in Cork City’s southside suburbs and include :
Mount Oval/Garryduff
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Dennehy’s Cross
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