Photo: Europa76 · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 42.6: Beaufort is older than 93% of Irish towns
Compared with 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, 3.1% of homes are holiday homes here. 90% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. On one-person households, Beaufort sits lower than just over four fifths of Irish towns: 18%. The town had 273 residents in 103 households at the 2022 Census.
Beaufort changed by +2% from 2016 to 2022, behind 83% 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 across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Kerry’s towns +2%.
Beaufort sits above 84% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% here and 12% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Beaufort ranks below 69% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.3%
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
The biggest occupational gap is in professional occupations: 31%, against a typical 21%. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. 11% of residents 15 and over are students.
More households of parents with children than 74% of Irish towns: 48%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Kerry’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The average household has 2.8 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. What’s more, more shared households of unrelated adults than in just over three fifths of Irish towns: 5.8%. Elsewhere, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 1.1% in Beaufort, less than in 99% 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
Set against 12% across Ireland’s towns, 3.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Beaufort. As a reference point, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Household income at the median: €62,160 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €62,160 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). County median: €48,320 (Co. Kerry).
7.9% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 88% 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.
The most common home language after English is Polish (2.6%); in all 8.6% speak another language, and 1.5% speak English not well or not at all. 15% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 83% of Irish towns.
Of Beaufort’s residents, 49% can speak Irish
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. Kerry belongs to Tralee (1.3%). Some 124 people here, nearly half of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. On daily speakers of Irish outside education, 1.2% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 75% in Beaufort, more than in 70% 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: 90% of Beaufort · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 15%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns is 71%.
11% of residents give unpaid care, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
In Beaufort, 38% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 34% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Beaufort ranks above 71% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 47%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 17% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 6.7% 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%.
Beaufort is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort | 273 | — | 42.6 | 19% | 48% |
| Killarney | 14,412 | 8.8 km | 40 | 16% | 37% |
| Milltown | 1,118 | 10.0 km | 37.7 | 14% | 52% |
| Killorglin | 2,163 | 11.5 km | 40.6 | 17% | 39% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Kerry’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Kerry’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 Beaufort’s residents
What is the population of Beaufort?
Beaufort had 273 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Beaufort?
The median age is 42.6. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Beaufort?
49% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (124 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Beaufort?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 7.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Beaufort?
75% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 10% another religion; 5.1% didn’t say.
Is Beaufort good for families?
48% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Beaufort are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Beaufort?
Median gross household income in Beaufort was €62,160 in 2022, against €48,320 across Co. Kerry 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).