Photo: K.ristof · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 85% of Irish towns: half of Tivoli is over 41.1
Where 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns, Tivoli has 34%. For Tivoli, the census puts households in flats at 27%. 29% of households are one person living alone, more than in 74% of Irish towns. In 2022, the Census found 4,449 residents here, living in 1,781 households.
What stands out about the people of Tivoli
Growing more slowly than most
Tivoli went from about 4,420 people in 2016 to 4,449 in 2022, +1%: slower growth than in 90% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Slower than most: +1% since 2016, behind 90% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
Tivoli sits above 81% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Compared with 12% across Ireland’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. The usual figure: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with 8.7% of residents.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Tivoli, 41.1. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of students among residents 15 and over than 81% of Irish towns, at 8.8%
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
At 8.4%, residents who moved in within the year sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 82% of Irish towns: 2.4 people 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.
Where 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns, Tivoli has 7.2%.
Households without a car or van: 19%, a higher share than 58% 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
Nine in ten households are on broadband; 7.9% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). The wider picture: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 0.4% of homes are holiday homes.
Median gross household income: €57,360 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €57,360 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €60,670 across Co. Cork.
Tivoli ranks below 58% of Irish towns on residents born outside Ireland: 20%
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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (6.5%) and elsewhere in the EU (5.6%). As a yardstick, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents with another country’s citizenship are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 15%.
Irish speakers: 41% of Tivoli’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
The highest share in Co. Cork belongs to Ballincollig (2.1%). In Tivoli, 1.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
Tivoli: 20% of residents said they have no religion, above 65% 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: 81% of Tivoli · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
81% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion. Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (12%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.9%) and Other, including mixed (2.1%).
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 73% of Irish towns: 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.
With unpaid carers at 6.4%, Tivoli is ahead of 87% of Irish towns on that count. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Tivoli: 37% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, above 52% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
15% of Tivoli’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 10% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across the comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 6th of 41 towns of 3,804 to 5,138 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 27.5 in Dangan to 46.5 in Montenotte. Nearest to Tivoli in age: Prospect and Newtown Pery (40.8), Tramore (41.1), Gurranebraher (42.4) and Newcastle (42.5).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Tivoli
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tivoli | 4,449 | — | 41.1 | 18% | 34% |
| Montenotte | 4,113 | 1.0 km | 46.5 | 25% | 33% |
| Mayfield | 2,846 | 1.0 km | 39.3 | 17% | 43% |
| Knockrea | 5,228 | 2.0 km | 37.4 | 13% | 29% |
| St Luke's | 4,278 | 2.0 km | 35 | 8.5% | 15% |
| Mahon | 13,892 | 2.1 km | 39.4 | 17% | 42% |
| Ballyvolane | 8,707 | 2.2 km | 38.4 | 13% | 54% |
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 Tivoli’s residents
What is the population of Tivoli?
Tivoli had 4,449 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Tivoli?
The median age is 41.1, older than 85% of Irish towns. 18% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Tivoli?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,648 people), and 1.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Tivoli?
81% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 15% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Tivoli?
72% are Catholic, 20% have no religion and 8.9% another religion; 7.6% didn’t say.
Is Tivoli good for families?
34% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Tivoli are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Tivoli?
Median gross household income in Tivoli was €57,360 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).