Half of Kilbrittain is over 42, older than 89% of Irish towns
In Kilbrittain, 5.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 12% across Ireland’s towns. By contrast, 29% of households are one person living alone, more than in 76% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 238, in 93 households. Locally, three quarters of residents said they are Catholic.
A change of +4% since 2016 leaves Kilbrittain behind 74% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns the median change is +8%; across Co. Cork’s towns, +7%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15%, a higher share than 61% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 2.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Locally, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
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 smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 93% of Irish towns: 4.3%
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
Compared with a typical 11%, skilled trades account for 15% of workers. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 7.5%.
2.5 people per household, fewer than in 72% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.2% here and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. In Kilbrittain, 43% of households are parents with children.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 72% of Irish towns, at 12%
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
Little separates the share of holiday homes here, 1%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Median household income here: €68,900 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €68,900, 15% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Cork the median is €60,670.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 13%, a lower share than 61% of Irish towns
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.
The share of residents born outside Ireland is 20%, against 22% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. At home, 16% use another language, chiefly Polish (3.8%), and 3.3% speak English not well or not at all.
Irish speakers: 39% of Kilbrittain’s residents
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
In all, 85 residents aged 3 and over (39%) can speak Irish. Compared with other places, daily speakers of Irish outside education are scarce here: 0.9%, fewer than in nearly two thirds of Irish towns.
Above 67% of Irish towns: 20% 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: 81% of Kilbrittain · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, against 81% in Kilbrittain. Set beside that, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (14%), Other, including mixed (4%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.9%).
Kilbrittain: 37% of residents 15 and over are married, above 70% 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.
6.7% of residents give unpaid care (Ireland’s towns: 5.4%). Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 31% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Kilbrittain
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Kilbrittain’s adults, 7.1% went on to postgraduate study and 14% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across the comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Kilbrittain is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilbrittain | 238 | — | 42 | 15% | 43% |
| Bandon | 8,196 | 8.7 km | 38 | 13% | 46% |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 10.7 km | 38.9 | 11% | 53% |
| Kinsale | 5,991 | 11.8 km | 41.8 | 18% | 43% |
| Clonakilty | 5,112 | 15.3 km | 40.5 | 18% | 43% |
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 Kilbrittain’s residents
What is the population of Kilbrittain?
Kilbrittain had 238 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilbrittain?
The median age is 42. 23% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilbrittain?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (85 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilbrittain?
81% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 13% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilbrittain?
75% are Catholic, 20% have no religion and 4.4% another religion; 4.2% didn’t say.
Is Kilbrittain good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilbrittain are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilbrittain?
Median gross household income in Kilbrittain was €68,900 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).