Photo: The Speckled Bird · CC BY-SA 4.02% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 97% of Irish towns
The median age in Buttevant is 40.9, higher than in 84% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census Buttevant was home to 1,080 people in 453 households. The census found that 7.7% of residents said they have no religion in the town. With one-person households at 34%, Buttevant is ahead of 94% of Irish towns on that count.
A +13% change since 2016: faster than 76% 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; +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
Buttevant sits above 84% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 35–39: 7.4% of residents. Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over. At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 69% of Irish towns. In Montenotte, the oldest of Co. Cork’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
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%.
Buttevant ranks below 84% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 8.6%
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
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 Buttevant, 24% and 18%. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 6.2%.
Only 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Buttevant
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.
Where 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns, Buttevant has 38%. Across Ireland’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.7%.
A larger share of households without a car or van than 66% of Irish towns: 21%
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
Holiday homes are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 0.4%. In one household in 5 there is no car or van.
Median household income here: €47,490 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €47,490 a year, 21% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Cork as a whole, the figure is €60,670.
Only 16% of residents were born outside Ireland in Buttevant
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.
Another language is spoken at home by 11%, most often French (1.5%); 2% speak English not well or not at all. Residents born outside Ireland: 22% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than in three quarters of Irish towns: 10%.
0.5% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 96% of Irish towns
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
288 residents, 29% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Elsewhere, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Buttevant sits above 87% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (79%)
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: 85% of Buttevant · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (8.3%), Black or Black Irish (2.3%) and Other, including mixed (2.2%). Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in just over three quarters of Irish towns. The share of residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns is 71%.
Married residents 15 and over: 33%, a lower share than 65% of Irish towns
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.
Locally, 5.5% of residents give unpaid care. 55% of Buttevant’s residents 15 and over are single and 33% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
22% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 86% 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 Buttevant’s adults, 6.7% went on to postgraduate study and 15% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Buttevant
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buttevant | 1,080 | — | 40.9 | 19% | 38% |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 11.0 km | 38.6 | 15% | 47% |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 13.6 km | 38.2 | 16% | 42% |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 16.8 km | 37.9 | 16% | 44% |
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 Buttevant’s residents
What is the population of Buttevant?
Buttevant had 1,080 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Buttevant?
The median age is 40.9. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Buttevant?
29% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (288 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Buttevant?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 16% were born abroad and 10% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Buttevant?
79% are Catholic, 7.7% have no religion and 13% another religion; 4.4% didn’t say.
Is Buttevant good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Buttevant are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Buttevant?
Median gross household income in Buttevant was €47,490 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).