Fewer car-free households than 99% of Irish towns: 3.1%
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns, Kilbrin has 8%. At the same time, more residents who describe themselves as White Irish than in 96% of Irish towns: 89%. Its 66 households held 176 residents at the 2022 Census. Here, 48% of households are parents with children.
Since 2016, Kilbrin has changed by +7%, slower than 51% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
15% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 62% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with 13% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Half of Kilbrin’s residents are over 37.7, older than in 51% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
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%.
Only 7.6% of residents 15 and over are students in Kilbrin
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
Process, plant and machine operatives stand out among workers: 18%, against a typical 7.8%. Locally, 5.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Measured more widely, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 68% of Irish towns: 2.8 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The census found that nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone in Kilbrin.
99% 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
No internet at all: 9.5% (typical: 7.6%). Broadband: 89% of households. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
A median household income of €56,470 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€56,470 a year before tax puts the median household 6% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Cork’s median household income is €60,670.
Only 14% of residents were born outside Ireland in Kilbrin
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.
At home, 13% use another language, chiefly Polish (4%), and 2.8% speak English not well or not at all. Lower than in 81% of Irish towns: 9.2% of residents are citizens of another country. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%.
Below 90% of Irish towns: 0.6% 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
Ballincollig leads Co. Cork with 2.1%. As a reference point, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 82% in Kilbrin, 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: 89% of Kilbrin · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns, against 14% in Kilbrin. By way of comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 75% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
Unpaid carers make up 4%, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 82% of Irish towns: 23%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Kilbrin, 3.6%, and 5.4% hold a postgraduate qualification. For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Kilbrin is younger than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilbrin | 176 | — | 37.7 | 15% | 48% |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 6.4 km | 37.9 | 16% | 44% |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 10.7 km | 40.9 | 19% | 38% |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 11.5 km | 48.6 | 28% | 33% |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 15.6 km | 38.6 | 15% | 47% |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 18.5 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 Kilbrin’s residents
What is the population of Kilbrin?
Kilbrin had 176 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilbrin?
The median age is 37.7. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilbrin?
44% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (72 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilbrin?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 9.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilbrin?
82% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 4% another religion; 1.1% didn’t say.
Is Kilbrin good for families?
48% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilbrin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilbrin?
Median gross household income in Kilbrin was €56,470 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).