Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of Irish towns: 0.9%
Compared with 78% across Ireland’s towns, 92% of residents describe themselves as White Irish here. Killavullen had 292 residents in 114 households at the 2022 Census. Households in flats: 4.4% of the total. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns.
Killavullen changed by +5% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 65% 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 Co. Cork’s towns the median is +7%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Half of Killavullen is over 40, older than 78% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With residents aged 65 and over at 18%, Killavullen is ahead of 79% of Irish towns on that count. 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
51% women, 49% men
About 96 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 98% of Irish towns: 3.2%
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
Students among residents 15 and over: 8.4% here and 10% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Killavullen sits above 81% of Irish towns for one-person households (30%)
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.
The typical household size is 2.5 people. Here, 47% of households are parents with children. Across Ireland’s towns, 24% of households are one person living alone.
Fewer car-free households than 83% of Irish towns: 8%
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
Nothing unusual on holiday homes: 0.8%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. One household in every 13 has no car or van.
The median household brings in €60,290 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 €60,290 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Cork the median is €60,670.
11% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 96% 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.
Compared with 15% across Ireland’s towns, 6.3% of residents are citizens of another country here. Across Ireland’s towns, residents born outside Ireland come to 22%. Polish leads the languages spoken at home (2.4%), among the 6.8% who speak another language there; 0.3% speak English not well or not at all.
A lower share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 82% of Irish towns, at 0.7%
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
The highest share in Co. Cork belongs to Ballincollig (2.1%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%. 114 residents, just over two fifths of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
Residents who said they are Catholic: 88%, a higher share than 99% 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: 92% of Killavullen · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (5.9%), Black or Black Irish (1%) and Other, including mixed (1%). Typically, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Killavullen has fewer residents with no religion than 92% of Irish towns, at 10%.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 76% 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.
On unpaid carers, 4.8% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
21% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 86% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
6.6% of Killavullen’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 15% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Around Killavullen, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killavullen | 292 | — | 40 | 18% | 47% |
| Mallow | 13,456 | 8.4 km | 38.6 | 15% | 47% |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 14.4 km | 40.9 | 19% | 38% |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 16.2 km | 38.9 | 14% | 42% |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 17.9 km | 34.7 | 5.2% | 57% |
| Watergrasshill | 1,840 | 18.9 km | 33.1 | 4.6% | 62% |
| Kilworth | 1,179 | 19.2 km | 36.3 | 12% | 51% |
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 Killavullen’s residents
What is the population of Killavullen?
Killavullen had 292 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Killavullen?
The median age is 40. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killavullen?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (114 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killavullen?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 6.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killavullen?
88% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 1.7% another religion; 0.7% didn’t say.
Is Killavullen good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killavullen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killavullen?
Median gross household income in Killavullen was €60,290 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).