63% of households are parents with children, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
Set against 12% across Ireland’s towns, 3.3% of households live in a flat or apartment in Cut Bush. One in ten residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 94% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census Cut Bush was home to 297 people in 92 households. On the census count, 17% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Cut Bush grew +8% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 50% 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.
Cut Bush is older than 81% of Irish towns: a median age of 40.5
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 11%, against 14% across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
More students among residents 15 and over than 95% of Irish towns: 17%
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 figure for residents who moved in within the year is 6.2% in Cut Bush and 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
7.6% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Kildare’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
A household here has 3.3 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. The usual figure: 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
1.1% of households have no car or van, below 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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Households without a car or van: 17% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. The share of households with broadband is 92%; 4.5% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
Before tax, the median household income is €62,010 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Cut Bush’s households have a gross income above €62,010 a year and half below, close to the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Kildare as a whole, the figure is €73,000.
Cut Bush ranks below 99% of Irish towns on residents born outside Ireland: 6.1%
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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (2.4%), then outside the EU and UK (2.4%). Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 2.7% here, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
In Cut Bush, 2.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, more than in 93% 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
Irish speakers number 141, or half of residents aged 3 and over. The usual figure: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
In Cut Bush, 95% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 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: 95% of Cut Bush · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (2.7%), Other, including mixed (1.4%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1%). 85% of residents said they are Catholic, a higher share than in 98% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%.
Cut Bush ranks above 99% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 47%
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 10 residents (3.7%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%). To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Cut Bush sits above 66% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (43%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Among residents 15 and over, 22% are still studying. For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 17% of adults; primary level or less for 5.3% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%).
Every nearby town is younger than Cut Bush
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Kildare’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Kildare’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 Cut Bush’s residents
What is the population of Cut Bush?
Cut Bush had 297 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cut Bush?
The median age is 40.5. 27% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Cut Bush?
50% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (141 people), and 2.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Cut Bush?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6.1% were born abroad and 2.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Cut Bush?
85% are Catholic, 9.7% have no religion and 5.2% another religion; 2.7% didn’t say.
Is Cut Bush good for families?
63% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Cut Bush are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cut Bush?
Median gross household income in Cut Bush was €62,010 in 2022, against €73,000 across Co. Kildare 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).