A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of Irish towns, at 2.9%
78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, against 94% in Newtown. The town’s 155 households held 433 residents at the 2022 Census. For Newtown, the census puts households of parents with children at 45%. With a median age of 39.3, Newtown is older than 69% of Irish towns.
Growth of +9% since 2016 puts Newtown ahead of 55% 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%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 61% of Irish towns: 13%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (13%), Newtown is above nearly three fifths of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over. The largest age band is 40–44: 9% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 92% of Irish towns, at 4.4%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Newtown, 35% and 16%. Typically, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
2.8 people per household, more than in 64% 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: 5.8%, above 61% of Irish towns. Lower than in 55% of Irish towns: 23% of households are one person living alone.
A lower share of households in flats than 97% of Irish towns, at 1.9%
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
At 0.6%, holiday homes sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households in flats is 12%.
The middle household earns €64,550 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €64,550 a year here, 7% above Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Cork, the middle household has €60,670.
Newtown sits below 96% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (12%)
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.
By its share of residents with another country’s citizenship (5.1%), Newtown is below 98% of Irish towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (6.2%), then outside the EU and UK (3.5%). As a yardstick, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 96% of Irish towns: 0.5%
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
Some 166 people here, 46% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. As a reference point, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
6.5% of residents said they have no religion, below 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: 94% of Newtown · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 71% across Ireland’s towns, 89% of residents said they are Catholic in Newtown. Measured more widely, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (2.9%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.6%) and Other, including mixed (1.3%).
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 66% of Irish towns, at 36%
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.
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 5.1%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Below 55% of Irish towns: 33% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 7.1% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 9.1% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher.
Nearby, 2 of 3 towns have older populations than Newtown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown | 433 | — | 39.3 | 13% | 45% |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 5.7 km | 38.2 | 16% | 42% |
| Kilmallock | 1,761 | 14.2 km | 42.9 | 23% | 34% |
| Buttevant | 1,080 | 14.2 km | 40.9 | 19% | 38% |
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 Newtown’s residents
What is the population of Newtown?
Newtown had 433 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Newtown?
The median age is 39.3. 28% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Newtown?
46% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (166 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Newtown?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 5.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Newtown?
89% are Catholic, 6.5% have no religion and 4.1% another religion; 11% didn’t say.
Is Newtown good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Newtown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Newtown?
Median gross household income in Newtown was €64,550 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).