Photo: Hywel Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 3.1% of households in Riverstick have no car or van
In Riverstick, 57% of households are parents with children, beside 43% across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 1.5% locally. On residents aged 65 and over, Riverstick sits lower than 83% of Irish towns: 9.2%. There were 262 households here at the 2022 Census, home to 772 residents.
+16% since 2016, a pace 83% of Irish towns didn’t match
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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
Half of Riverstick is under 35, younger than 80% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns, Riverstick has 13%. 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
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A higher share of students among residents 15 and over than 86% of Irish towns, at 13%
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 Riverstick, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 47% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 15%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Here, 4.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A smaller share of one-person households than 90% of Irish towns: 15%
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.
A household here has 3 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. The comparison figure for one-person households is 24% across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of holiday homes than 86% of Irish towns: 1.1%
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
No internet at all: 2.8% (typical: 7.6%). Broadband: 94% of households. Compared with other places, households in flats are common here: 13%, more than in 54% of Irish towns. For holiday homes, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 0.2%.
The median household brings in €84,700 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €84,700 a year, 41% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Cork the median is €60,670.
A lower share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 60% of Irish towns, at 13%
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.
At home, 16% use another language, chiefly Polish (5.4%), and 1.6% speak English not well or not at all. Fewer residents born outside Ireland than in 58% of Irish towns: 20%. Typically, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
0.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
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
Ballincollig leads Co. Cork with 2.1%. As a reference point, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Riverstick sits above 76% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (76%)
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: 79% of Riverstick · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (15%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.2%) and Other, including mixed (2.9%). On residents with no religion, Riverstick sits lower than 52% of Irish towns: 17%. The comparison figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 71% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 79%, above 53% of Irish towns.
Riverstick ranks above 90% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 40%
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.
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 4.7%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
More adults with a degree or higher than 73% of Irish towns: 48%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 16% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 3.7% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%. Students still in education make up 17% of residents 15 and over.
Riverstick sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverstick | 772 | — | 35 | 9.2% | 57% |
| Kinsale | 5,991 | 7.3 km | 41.8 | 18% | 43% |
| Carrigaline | 18,239 | 8.8 km | 36.6 | 9.6% | 58% |
| Lehenagh | 4,154 | 10.5 km | 35.1 | 9.7% | 54% |
| Frankfield and Grange | 7,687 | 10.8 km | 37.1 | 11% | 51% |
| Inishannon | 1,043 | 11.2 km | 38.9 | 11% | 53% |
| Inishkenny | 5,552 | 11.3 km | 33.6 | 9.9% | 41% |
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 Riverstick’s residents
What is the population of Riverstick?
Riverstick had 772 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 16% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Riverstick?
The median age is 35. 29% are under 18 and 9.2% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Riverstick?
50% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (361 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Riverstick?
79% 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 Riverstick?
76% are Catholic, 17% have no religion and 7.5% another religion; 1.9% didn’t say.
Is Riverstick good for families?
57% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Riverstick are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Riverstick?
Median gross household income in Riverstick was €84,700 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).