Photo: Dreoven · CC BY-SA 3.0Durrus is older than 97% of Irish towns: a median age of 44.1
Just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns, against 3.1% in Durrus. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 2.5% here, fewer than in 88% of Irish towns. Its 163 households held 381 residents at the 2022 Census. The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish stands at 85%.
From 2016 to 2022, Durrus outgrew 78% of Irish towns: +13%
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 Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, by more than +7%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20% in Durrus, more than in 88% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 45–49: 8.4% of residents. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 97% of Irish towns: 9.7%. Across the comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s 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
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 74% of Irish towns: 5.9%
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
On students among residents 15 and over, 9.7% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns: 7.5%.
Smaller households than 85% of Irish towns: 2.4 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children is 43%; Durrus has 44%. On the census count, 29% of households are one person living alone.
A higher share of holiday homes than 99% of Irish towns, at 13%
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 89%, nothing for 6% (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes: 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Households without a car or van account for 9.3%.
Half of households earn more than €37,590 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €37,590 a year here, 37% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Cork as a whole has a median of €60,670.
Durrus: 24% of residents 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.
5.4% speak another language at home, most often Polish (1.8%); 1% speak English not well or not at all. At 14%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 57% of Irish towns. Residents born outside Ireland: 22% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, below 90% 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
149 residents, 43% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.1% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Residents who said they are Catholic: 70%, a lower share than 56% 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: 85% of Durrus · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (12%), Other, including mixed (2.8%) and Black or Black Irish (0.3%). 17% of residents said they have no religion, a higher share than in 50% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns: 7.6% of residents
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.
Lower than in 58% of Irish towns: 34% of residents 15 and over are married. Unpaid carers make up 5.4% across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 55% of Irish towns, at 33%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: nearly one in ten adults. For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%. Primary level or earlier: 13%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Durrus
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durrus | 381 | — | 44.1 | 20% | 44% |
| Bantry | 2,929 | 9.0 km | 43.5 | 22% | 32% |
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 Durrus’s residents
What is the population of Durrus?
Durrus had 381 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Durrus?
The median age is 44.1. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Durrus?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (149 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Durrus?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 24% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Durrus?
70% are Catholic, 17% have no religion and 13% another religion; 5.8% didn’t say.
Is Durrus good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Durrus are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Durrus?
Median gross household income in Durrus was €37,590 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).