Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 98% of Irish towns: 1.7%
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The share of households of parents with children stands at 52%. Kilkishen counted 651 residents and 237 households at the 2022 Census. 84% of residents said they are Catholic; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 71%.
From 2016 to 2022, Kilkishen outgrew 52% of Irish towns: +8%
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.
Older than 61% of Irish towns: half of Kilkishen is over 38.5
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Across Kilkishen, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 85% of Irish towns
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
Where 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns, Kilkishen has 8.8%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Kilkishen households average 2.8 people, larger than in 64% 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.
On the census count, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone.
7.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 85% 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: 2%, above 91% of Irish towns. Typically, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €58,100 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €58,100 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Clare comes in at €54,650 at the median.
6.6% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 95% 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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (5.5%) and outside the EU and UK (3.7%). 13% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns. For residents with another country’s citizenship, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 15%.
Irish: 46% of Kilkishen’s residents can speak it
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 282, or 46% of residents aged 3 and over. There is little gap on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns.
Kilkishen ranks above 96% of Irish towns on residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 90%
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 Kilkishen · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Just over one in ten residents said they have no religion (Ireland’s towns: 17%). On average, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (8.4%), Other, including mixed (1.6%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.3%).
Married residents 15 and over: 36%, a higher share than 67% 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.
5.7% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
25% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 76% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 6.2% of adults; primary level or less for 11% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Kilkishen
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilkishen | 651 | — | 38.5 | 14% | 52% |
| Sixmilebridge | 2,832 | 7.4 km | 35.6 | 8.6% | 55% |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus | 1,887 | 11.1 km | 38.8 | 15% | 45% |
| Shannon | 10,256 | 13.9 km | 38.5 | 15% | 44% |
| Ardnacrusha | 1,229 | 14.0 km | 44 | 14% | 61% |
| Caherdavin | 7,364 | 15.6 km | 35.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Ballynanty | 3,030 | 15.6 km | 35.7 | 17% | 42% |
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 Kilkishen’s residents
What is the population of Kilkishen?
Kilkishen had 651 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilkishen?
The median age is 38.5. 27% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilkishen?
46% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (282 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilkishen?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 6.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilkishen?
84% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 4.2% another religion; 2.2% didn’t say.
Is Kilkishen good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilkishen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilkishen?
Median gross household income in Kilkishen was €58,100 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).