Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.08.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 98% of Irish towns
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 93%, above 99% of Irish towns. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 2.1%, fewer than in 94% of Irish towns. Banteer is home to 362 residents in 146 households, by the 2022 Census. The census found that 4.8% of households live in a flat or apartment in the town.
+4% since 2016: slower than 71% 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.
Banteer is older than 68% of Irish towns: a median age of 39.1
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Against a figure of 14% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Banteer comes in at 16%. More residents are 5–9 than any other five-year age: 9.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Banteer ranks below 99% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 5.3%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Banteer, 25% and 24%. Here, 6.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
One-person households: 30%, a higher share than 79% of Irish towns
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.
The average household has 2.5 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. Census figures put households of parents with children at 38% in Banteer.
Holiday homes: 2.3%, a higher share than 92% 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
Internet at home: broadband for 79%, nothing for 20% (typical: 7.6%). To put it in context, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. 16% of households have no car or van.
Before tax, the median household income is €53,380 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Banteer’s households have a gross income below €53,380 a year, 11% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 9.4% of residents were born outside Ireland
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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (5.5%) and elsewhere in the EU (1.9%). At 4.6%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 98% of Irish towns. The share of residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns is 22%.
37% of Banteer’s residents can speak Irish
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 ability to speak Irish extends to 124 residents (37% of those aged 3 and over). Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
78% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 84% 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: 93% of Banteer · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (5.7%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.6%) and Other, including mixed (0.3%). For comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. The figure for residents with no religion is 16% in Banteer and 17% across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns: 8%
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married; in Banteer, 33%. To put it in context, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 28% in Banteer, less than in 68% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Banteer’s adults, 5.6% went on to postgraduate study and 11% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
3 of the 5 nearest towns are older than Banteer
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banteer | 362 | — | 39.1 | 16% | 38% |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 5.8 km | 37.9 | 16% | 44% |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 11.7 km | 48.6 | 28% | 33% |
| Millstreet | 1,722 | 13.6 km | 41.3 | 18% | 38% |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 17.4 km | 38.6 | 15% | 47% |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 18.7 km | 40.9 | 19% | 38% |
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 Banteer’s residents
What is the population of Banteer?
Banteer had 362 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Banteer?
The median age is 39.1. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Banteer?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (124 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Banteer?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.4% were born abroad and 4.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Banteer?
78% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 6% another religion; 3.6% didn’t say.
Is Banteer good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Banteer are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Banteer?
Median gross household income in Banteer was €53,380 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).