A higher share of households of parents with children than 96% of Irish towns, at 58%
Compared with 14% across Ireland’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are 65 or over here. At 3.5%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 99% of Irish towns. Riverstown is home to 3,664 residents in 1,206 households, by the 2022 Census. The share of residents who said they are Catholic stands at 78%.
What stands out about the people of Riverstown
A student neighbourhood
15% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 92% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 15% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of families
51% of households are couples with children and 7.3% lone parents with children, more than in 96% of Irish towns; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many carers
About 260 residents (7.2%) give regular unpaid care, more than in 97% of Irish towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of Irish towns: 15%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 37.1, Riverstown is younger than 57% of Irish towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. No age band is larger than 50–54: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Riverstown, 37.1. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A higher share of students among residents 15 and over than 92% of Irish towns, at 15%
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
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.1%, against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Riverstown households average 3.1 people, larger than in 93% 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.
With one-person households at 16%, Riverstown is behind 88% of Irish towns on that count. 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in flats: 1.8%, a lower share than 98% 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
Home broadband covers nine in ten households, while 4.5% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). As a reference point, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. In Riverstown, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes.
Household income, middle of the range: €83,470 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 €83,470 gross, 39% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). In Co. Cork overall, the median comes to €60,670.
Only 14% of residents were born outside Ireland in Riverstown
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.
8.7% of residents are citizens of another country, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (4%) and elsewhere in the EU (3.6%).
Able to speak Irish: 50% in Riverstown
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%). Here, 1.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
Above 86% of Irish towns: 87% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
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: 87% of Riverstown · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (8.1%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.2%) and Other, including mixed (1.3%). By way of comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 62% of Irish towns: 15% of residents said they have no religion.
More married residents 15 and over than 90% of Irish towns: 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.
About 260 residents (7.2%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%). Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of adults with a degree or higher than 65% of Irish towns: 43%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Still in education: nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over. On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
In its size band (3,124 to 4,315), the 19th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Taylor's Hill (31.8), the youngest, and Montenotte (46.5), the oldest. Nearest to Riverstown in age: Shanakiel (36.3), Kilcullen (36.9), Claremorris (37.4) and Mervue (37.4).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Riverstown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverstown | 3,664 | — | 37.1 | 8.3% | 58% |
| Glanmire | 4,454 | 1.6 km | 34.8 | 6.7% | 58% |
| Ballyvolane | 8,707 | 2.5 km | 38.4 | 13% | 54% |
| Mayfield | 2,846 | 4.0 km | 39.3 | 17% | 43% |
| Tivoli | 4,449 | 4.1 km | 41.1 | 18% | 34% |
| Glounthaune | 5,000 | 4.4 km | 40.1 | 17% | 50% |
| Montenotte | 4,113 | 4.7 km | 46.5 | 25% | 33% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Riverstown’s residents
What is the population of Riverstown?
Riverstown had 3,664 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood.
What is the average age in Riverstown?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 57% of Irish towns. 26% are under 18 and 8.3% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Riverstown?
50% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,727 people), and 1.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Riverstown?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 8.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Riverstown?
78% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 6.3% another religion; 2.2% didn’t say.
Is Riverstown good for families?
58% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Riverstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Riverstown?
Median gross household income in Riverstown was €83,470 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).