Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.074% of households are parents with children, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
Here 10% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 24%. 728 people lived in Bweeng on Census night in 2022, in 213 households, with a median age of 33. The share of households without a car or van stands at 1.5%. This Co. Cork town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 98% of Irish towns, at 4.5%.
Bweeng grew +13% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 78% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Cork’s towns +7%.
Half of Bweeng is under 33, younger than 93% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: 14% of residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. For Bweeng, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 12%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 94% of Irish towns, at 4.2%
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
Just over one in ten residents 15 and over are students; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 10%. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%.
Larger households than 99% of Irish towns: 3.5 people on average
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.
2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (Ireland’s towns: 4.7%).
100% of homes are houses
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 rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Connected households: 95% on broadband; 3.5% offline (typical: 7.6%).
The middle household earns €68,480 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€68,480 a year before tax puts the median household 14% above Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Cork as a whole, the figure is €60,670.
Fewer residents born outside Ireland than 91% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, 15% of residents are citizens of another country; in Bweeng, 9.9%. For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%. Most residents from abroad were born in Poland (4%) or elsewhere in the EU (3.6%).
Of Bweeng’s residents, 43% 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 highest share in Co. Cork belongs to Ballincollig (2.1%). In all, 285 residents aged 3 and over (43%) can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.9%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 82% in Bweeng, more than in 94% 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: 86% of Bweeng · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (13%), Black or Black Irish (0.9%) and Other, including mixed (0.7%). To put it in context, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. At 86%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is higher than in just over four fifths of Irish towns. Still, with residents with no religion at 14%, Bweeng is behind 69% of Irish towns on that count.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 93% of Irish towns: 41%
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.
In Bweeng, 5.6% of residents give unpaid care. 56% of the town’s residents 15 and over are single and 41% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Bweeng sits below 75% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (26%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Bweeng’s adults, 8% went on to postgraduate study and 4.5% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Bweeng is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
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 Bweeng’s residents
What is the population of Bweeng?
Bweeng had 728 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bweeng?
The median age is 33. 37% are under 18 and 4.5% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Bweeng?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (285 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Bweeng?
86% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 9.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Bweeng?
82% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 3.9% another religion; 3.7% didn’t say.
Is Bweeng good for families?
74% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 37% of residents are under 18. Schools near Bweeng are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bweeng?
Median gross household income in Bweeng was €68,480 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).