Below 98% of Irish towns: 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The census found that 51% of households are parents with children in Freemount. At the 2022 Census, 257 people lived locally, in 100 households. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%; Freemount has 78%.
From 2016 to 2022, Freemount outgrew 60% of Irish towns: +9%
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 change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
Half of Freemount is under 35.1, younger than 79% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
35–39 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 13%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 75 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
22% of residents belong to the professional, managerial and technical classes
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
The biggest occupational gap is in skilled trades: 18%, against a typical 11%. Across Freemount, 9.7% of residents 15 and over are students. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 6.7% here, fewer than in 62% of Irish towns.
Smaller households than 63% of Irish towns: 2.6 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.
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns, against 26% in Freemount. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Households without a car or van make up 11% in Freemount, less than in 75% 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
Most homes are connected: 82% have broadband, and 16% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). One household in 10 has no car or van.
A median household income of €54,750 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €54,750 sits 9% below Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Cork as a whole, the figure is €60,670.
22% of residents were born abroad
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 18%, most often Polish (6.6%); 1.9% speak English not well or not at all. At 15%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is higher than in 53% of Irish towns.
38% of Freemount 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
91 residents, 38% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Freemount sits below 64% of Irish towns for residents with no religion (15%)
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: 80% of Freemount · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 78% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish in Freemount comes in at 80%. Typically, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Only 29% of residents 15 and over are married in Freemount
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.
6.6% of residents give unpaid care; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 5.4%. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 17%, a lower share than 93% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
4.7% of Freemount’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 11% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is older than Freemount
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freemount | 257 | — | 35.1 | 13% | 51% |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 10.2 km | 48.6 | 28% | 33% |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 10.5 km | 37.9 | 16% | 44% |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 15.2 km | 40.9 | 19% | 38% |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 16.3 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 Freemount’s residents
What is the population of Freemount?
Freemount had 257 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Freemount?
The median age is 35.1. 32% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Freemount?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (91 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Freemount?
80% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 22% were born abroad and 15% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Freemount?
78% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 7.3% another religion; 3.5% didn’t say.
Is Freemount good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 32% of residents are under 18. Schools near Freemount are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Freemount?
Median gross household income in Freemount was €54,750 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).