A median age of 42.4: Milford is older than 91% of Irish towns
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 93%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Milford. 1.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 97% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 264, in 104 households.
Slower growth than 83% of Irish towns: Milford changed by +2% since 2016
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 across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Cork’s towns +7%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 90% of Irish towns: 20%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 12%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 6.8% of residents 15 and over are students
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
1.9% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 10% of residents 15 and over are students.
A higher share of households of parents with children than 71% of Irish towns, at 47%
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.
Against a figure of 24% across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households in Milford comes in at 26%. Households of parents with children: 43% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
Milford sits below 96% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (5%)
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
The share of households with broadband is 82%; 16% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). The wider picture: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Across Milford, 0.8% of homes are holiday homes.
A median household income of €53,680 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Milford’s households have a gross income below €53,680 a year, 11% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cork has a median of €60,670.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 8% in Milford, less than in 98% 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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (3.4%), then outside the EU and UK (3%). Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 5.1%, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Only 0.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Milford
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
No town in Co. Cork beats Ballincollig (2.1%). As a reference point, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 6.7%, a lower 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: 93% of Milford · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%; Milford has 89%. On average, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
31% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 73% 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.
The share of unpaid carers stands at 5.3%. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Milford ranks below 83% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 23%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Milford’s adults, 5.3% went on to postgraduate study and 17% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Milford and its 5 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milford | 264 | — | 42.4 | 20% | 47% |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 11.7 km | 38.2 | 16% | 42% |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 17.2 km | 48.6 | 28% | 33% |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 17.3 km | 40.9 | 19% | 38% |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 18.1 km | 37.9 | 16% | 44% |
| Newcastle West | 7,209 | 18.4 km | 37.4 | 15% | 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 Milford’s residents
What is the population of Milford?
Milford had 264 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Milford?
The median age is 42.4. 18% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Milford?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (87 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Milford?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 8% were born abroad and 5.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Milford?
89% are Catholic, 6.7% have no religion and 4.3% another religion; 3.4% didn’t say.
Is Milford good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Milford are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Milford?
Median gross household income in Milford was €53,680 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).