Photo: The Banner · CC BY-SA 4.0Kildysart is older than 96% of Irish towns: a median age of 43.8
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%; Kildysart has 93%. Its 189 households held 436 residents at the 2022 Census. The share of households in flats stands at 3.2%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
+6% since 2016, a pace below 62% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns the median change is +8%; across Co. Clare’s towns, +8%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 85% of Irish towns: 19%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, below 80% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
Kildysart ranks below 82% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 5.3%
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
31% of Kildysart’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 17% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 7.5% across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of one-person households than 99% of Irish towns, at 39%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Clare’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Kildysart, 2.3. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. Fewer households of parents with children than in 70% of Irish towns: 39%.
A holiday town: 6.5% of homes are holiday homes
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
Households without a car or van: 11%, below 74% of Irish towns. On average, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Household income at the median: €48,930 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €48,930 a year before tax, the median household income is 19% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Clare, the median is €54,650.
Kildysart sits below 95% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (12%)
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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (5.5%) or outside the EU and UK (4.4%). Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 6.3% here, fewer than in 96% of Irish towns. Residents born outside Ireland make up 22% across Ireland’s towns.
42% of Kildysart’s residents 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
Some 175 people here, 42% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than in 56% of Irish towns: 1%.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 8.5% of residents said they have no religion
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: 93% of Kildysart · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (6.4%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.5%) and Other, including mixed (0.5%). Residents with no religion make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. 88% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 99% of Irish towns.
Kildysart ranks above 96% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 7.1%
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.
Where 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns, Kildysart has 36%. Across the comparison, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Kildysart ranks below 83% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 23%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Kildysart’s adults, 5.5% went on to postgraduate study and 14% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Kildysart
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildysart | 436 | — | 43.8 | 19% | 39% |
| Askeaton | 1,236 | 11.9 km | 38.2 | 18% | 43% |
| Shannon | 10,256 | 16.0 km | 38.5 | 15% | 44% |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus | 1,887 | 17.2 km | 38.8 | 15% | 45% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Clare’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Clare’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 Kildysart’s residents
What is the population of Kildysart?
Kildysart had 436 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kildysart?
The median age is 43.8. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kildysart?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (175 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kildysart?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 6.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kildysart?
88% are Catholic, 8.5% have no religion and 4% another religion; 2.8% didn’t say.
Is Kildysart good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kildysart are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kildysart?
Median gross household income in Kildysart was €48,930 in 2022, against €54,650 across Co. Clare 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).