Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of Irish towns: half of Butlersbridge is over 43.5
Flats are home to 0.8% of households, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. At the same time, on residents who said they are Catholic, Butlersbridge sits higher than 99% of Irish towns: 86%. The town had 271 residents in 119 households at the 2022 Census. 30% of households are one person living alone.
Butlersbridge changed by +7% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 56% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +10% across Co. Cavan’s towns.
Fewer young people than 90% of Irish towns: 10% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: 9.2% of residents. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. At 17%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in three quarters of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cavan 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Butlersbridge sits below 67% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.4%)
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 occupation, administrative and secretarial are over-represented: 14%, against a typical 9.8%. Here, 9.5% of residents 15 and over are students. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 93% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Cavan’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 40% of households are parents with children.
Fewer households without a car or van than 73% of Irish towns: 11%
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
At home, 82% have broadband, while 16% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. Here, 1.4% of homes are holiday homes.
€52,930 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Butlersbridge’s households have a gross income below €52,930 a year, 12% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Cavan, the figure is €52,320.
Fewer residents born outside Ireland than 92% of Irish towns: 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.
The figure for residents with another country’s citizenship is 8% in Butlersbridge and 15% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. The most common home language after English is Polish (1.8%); in all 10% speak another language, and 0.4% speak English not well or not at all.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 0.4% of residents speak Irish daily 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
Speakers of Irish: 97 residents, 39% of those aged 3 and over. The share of daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%. In Co. Cavan, Cavan has the highest share (0.7%).
In Butlersbridge, 8% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 99% 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: 91% of Butlersbridge · Co. Cavan’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 91% here and 78% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 17% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (7.3%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.1%) and Other, including mixed (0.4%).
37% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 68% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 6.3%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Butlersbridge ranks below 68% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 29%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Just over a tenth of Butlersbridge’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 11% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Measured more widely, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Butlersbridge
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butlersbridge | 271 | — | 43.5 | 17% | 40% |
| Cavan | 11,741 | 5.7 km | 36.1 | 12% | 44% |
| Belturbet | 1,610 | 7.4 km | 39.4 | 18% | 34% |
| Ballinagh | 1,012 | 12.8 km | 34.2 | 9.7% | 50% |
| Ballyconnell | 1,422 | 15.1 km | 36.4 | 13% | 43% |
| Clones | 1,885 | 17.9 km | 39.5 | 19% | 37% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Cavan’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Cavan’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 Butlersbridge’s residents
What is the population of Butlersbridge?
Butlersbridge had 271 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Butlersbridge?
The median age is 43.5. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Butlersbridge?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (97 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Butlersbridge?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Butlersbridge?
86% are Catholic, 8% have no religion and 5.7% another religion; 3.7% didn’t say.
Is Butlersbridge good for families?
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Butlersbridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Butlersbridge?
Median gross household income in Butlersbridge was €52,930 in 2022, against €52,320 across Co. Cavan 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).