Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0Kilfenora is older than 97% of Irish towns: a median age of 44.3
Across Ireland’s towns, 24% of households are one person living alone; in Kilfenora, 49%. On the census count, 6.4% of homes are holiday homes. Compared with other places, residents who said they are Catholic are common here: 86%, more than in 99% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 152 residents in 66 households.
Kilfenora changed by −1% from 2016 to 2022, behind 95% 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%.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 5–9: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The census found that just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Kilfenora. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
Kilfenora sits above 72% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (9.5%)
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
Among workers, skilled trades stand out: 21%, against a typical 11%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns: 7.5%. The share of students among residents 15 and over stands at 9.9%.
Kilfenora households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 95% of Irish towns
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.
With households of parents with children at 38%, Kilfenora is behind 72% of Irish towns on that count. On the census count, 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer car-free households than 72% of Irish towns: 12%
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
At home, 73% have broadband, while 20% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). In one household in 9 there is no car or van. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Household income at the median: €39,310 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€39,310 a year before tax puts the median household 35% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Clare’s median household income is €54,650.
8.1% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 98% 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.
6.1% speak another language at home, most often French (1.3%); 1.3% speak English not well or not at all. On residents with another country’s citizenship, Kilfenora sits lower than 99% of Irish towns: 3.5%. For comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
In Kilfenora, 5.8% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, more than in 99% 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
Some 76 people here, 55% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Across Ireland’s towns, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
8.2% of residents said they have no religion, fewer 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: 87% of Kilfenora · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish tops 86% of Irish towns: 87%. Against that, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Irish Traveller (7%), Other White (4.2%) and Other, including mixed (1.4%).
Unpaid carers make up 9.9% in Kilfenora, more than in 99% 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.
Compared with 34% across Ireland’s towns, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are married here. As a yardstick, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 27% in Kilfenora, less than in 72% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 5.2% of adults here, while 12% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Kilfenora 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilfenora | 152 | — | 44.3 | 24% | 38% |
| Ennistimon | 1,137 | 8.0 km | 40.5 | 21% | 35% |
| Lehinch | 1,018 | 10.7 km | 44.1 | 21% | 33% |
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 Kilfenora’s residents
What is the population of Kilfenora?
Kilfenora had 152 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Kilfenora?
The median age is 44.3. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilfenora?
55% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (76 people), and 5.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilfenora?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 8.1% were born abroad and 3.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilfenora?
86% are Catholic, 8.2% have no religion and 6.2% another religion; 3.9% didn’t say.
Is Kilfenora good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilfenora are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilfenora?
Median gross household income in Kilfenora was €39,310 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).