Photo: Sarah777 · Public domainA lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of Irish towns, at 1.2%
Where nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns, Doneraile has 34%. On residents who said they are Catholic, Doneraile sits higher than 95% of Irish towns: 83%. Census day 2022: 857 residents and 345 households here. Across Doneraile, 1.5% of homes are holiday homes.
Faster growth than 69% of Irish towns: Doneraile changed by +11% since 2016
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.
Across Co. Cork’s towns the median is +7%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
A median age of 39.2: Doneraile is older than 68% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (15%), Doneraile is above 62% of Irish towns. No age band is larger than 0–4: 8.9% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
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%.
Doneraile sits below 82% of Irish towns for students among residents 15 and over (8.7%)
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
Among the working population, skilled trades make up 17%, against a typical 11%. The census found that 6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Doneraile. By way of comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.5 people, below 76% 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.
Locally, 43% of households are parents with children.
Households in flats: 5.2%, a lower share than 87% 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
The share of households with broadband is 82%; 15% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). To put it in context, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Across Doneraile, 17% of households have no car or van.
The median household brings in €48,250 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €48,250 gross, 20% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Cork the median is €60,670.
Below 79% of Irish towns: 9.5% of residents are citizens of another country
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 the share born abroad is 22%; in Doneraile it is 17%. For comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Polish leads the languages spoken at home (5.3%), among the 12% who speak another language there; 2.1% speak English not well or not at all.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 0.1% 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
240 residents, 30% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. By way of comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Below 89% of Irish towns: 11% of residents said they have no religion
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: 83% of Doneraile · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (9.9%), Irish Traveller (2.4%) and Black or Black Irish (2.1%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 17% across Ireland’s towns. 83% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 71% of Irish towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 29%, a lower share than 83% 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.
5.7% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Doneraile sits below 89% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (20%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 5.6% of adults; primary level or less for 13% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
A younger town than 1 of the 3 around it: Doneraile
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doneraile | 857 | — | 39.2 | 15% | 43% |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 6.2 km | 40.9 | 19% | 38% |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 9.8 km | 38.6 | 15% | 47% |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 16.5 km | 38.2 | 16% | 42% |
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 Doneraile’s residents
What is the population of Doneraile?
Doneraile had 857 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Doneraile?
The median age is 39.2. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Doneraile?
30% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (240 people), and 0.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Doneraile?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 9.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Doneraile?
83% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 6.4% another religion; 2.7% didn’t say.
Is Doneraile good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Doneraile are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Doneraile?
Median gross household income in Doneraile was €48,250 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).