Photo: Aervac · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 49.2: Killeshandra is older than 99% of Irish towns
Here 5.9% of homes are holiday homes, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 0.2%. In Killeshandra, 29% of households are parents with children. This Co. Cavan town has fewer residents with no religion than 90% of Irish towns, at 11%. The 2022 Census counted 248 residents in 117 households.
Since 2016, Killeshandra has changed by −5%, slower than 99% 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. Cavan’s towns +10%.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 13%, Killeshandra is ahead of 72% of Irish towns on that count. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cavan 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 8.4% of residents 15 and over are students in Killeshandra
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: 6.2% here and 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
One-person households make up 37% in Killeshandra, more than in 98% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Cavan’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Against that, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. The average household has 2.1 people.
0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 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
72% have broadband at home and 24% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van: nearly a quarter of the total. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households in flats is 12%.
€42,060 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €42,060 a year here, 30% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Cavan has a median of €52,320.
A smaller share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 55% of Irish towns: 14%
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 in the UK (9.4%) and outside the EU and UK (5.7%). 22% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 51% of Irish towns. To put it in context, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
Irish speakers: 32% of Killeshandra’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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 0.9%. The ability to speak Irish extends to 75 residents (32% of those aged 3 and over).
Killeshandra sits above 62% of Irish towns for residents who describe themselves as White Irish (81%)
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 Killeshandra · Co. Cavan’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (14%), Other, including mixed (2.1%) and Irish Traveller (1.2%). Lower than in 52% of Irish towns: 71% of residents said they are Catholic. The wider picture: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Killeshandra: 38% of residents 15 and over are married, above 83% of Irish towns
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.
The census found that 5.2% of residents give unpaid care in Killeshandra. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Killeshandra sits below 99% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (9.1%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 1.7% of adults. On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 27%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Killeshandra
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killeshandra | 248 | — | 49.2 | 28% | 29% |
| Belturbet | 1,610 | 11.2 km | 39.4 | 18% | 34% |
| Cavan | 11,741 | 11.4 km | 36.1 | 12% | 44% |
| Ballyconnell | 1,422 | 11.6 km | 36.4 | 13% | 43% |
| Ballinagh | 1,012 | 12.0 km | 34.2 | 9.7% | 50% |
| Ballinamore | 1,112 | 18.2 km | 39.3 | 20% | 36% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Cavan’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Cavan’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 Killeshandra’s residents
What is the population of Killeshandra?
Killeshandra had 248 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Killeshandra?
The median age is 49.2. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killeshandra?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (75 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killeshandra?
81% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 22% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killeshandra?
71% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 19% another religion; 2% didn’t say.
Is Killeshandra good for families?
29% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killeshandra are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killeshandra?
Median gross household income in Killeshandra was €42,060 in 2022, against €52,320 across Co. Cavan 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).