Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 98% of Irish towns: 1.5% of households
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children is 43%; Kilworth has 51%. There were 413 households here at the 2022 Census, home to 1,179 residents. Residents who said they are Catholic account for 81%. Lower than in 95% of Irish towns: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Since 2016, Kilworth has grown +9%, faster than 58% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
Younger than 68% of Irish towns: half of Kilworth is under 36.3
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns, Kilworth has 12%. The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with nearly one in ten residents.
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%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 11%, a higher share than 58% of Irish towns
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
In Kilworth, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 43% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 12%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here.
Bigger households than 73% of Irish towns: 2.9 people each 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.
Set against 24% across Ireland’s towns, 21% of households are one person living alone in Kilworth. On the census count, 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
5.2% of households have no car or van, below 95% 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
Little separates the share of holiday homes here, 0.9%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. Every 19th household or so has no car or van.
€66,440 a year: where the middle household sits
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 €66,440 sits 11% above Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
In Kilworth, 15% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 87% 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 most common home language after English is Polish (2.5%); in all 10% speak another language, and 0.5% speak English not well or not at all. Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 7.7% here, fewer than in 89% of Irish towns. Typically, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Can speak Irish: 44% of Kilworth’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
Irish speakers number 459, or 44% of residents aged 3 and over. Kilworth has fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 65% of Irish towns, at 0.9%.
Kilworth ranks above 97% of Irish towns on residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 90%
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: 90% of Kilworth · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 17% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Kilworth comes in at 14%. The usual figure: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (7.1%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.4%) and Other, including mixed (0.8%).
Kilworth sits above 68% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (37%)
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 4.5%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 57% of Irish towns, at 38%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 14% of adults; primary level or less for 5.7% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Of the 4 towns nearest Kilworth, 3 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilworth | 1,179 | — | 36.3 | 12% | 51% |
| Fermoy | 6,720 | 5.1 km | 38.9 | 14% | 42% |
| Mitchelstown | 3,744 | 10.2 km | 41.7 | 19% | 42% |
| Rathcormac | 1,957 | 11.5 km | 34.7 | 5.2% | 57% |
| Tallow | 1,022 | 18.6 km | 42.2 | 18% | 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 Kilworth’s residents
What is the population of Kilworth?
Kilworth had 1,179 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilworth?
The median age is 36.3. 29% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilworth?
44% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (459 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilworth?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 7.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilworth?
81% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 4.9% another religion; 5.9% didn’t say.
Is Kilworth good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilworth are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilworth?
Median gross household income in Kilworth was €66,440 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).