Photo: Original uploader was Sarah777 at en.wikipedia · Public domainA larger share of holiday homes than 98% of Irish towns: 8.4%
With one-person households at 34%, Killaloe is ahead of 94% of Irish towns on that count. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 1,666, in 674 households. For Killaloe, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 19%. Higher than in 86% of Irish towns: 87% of residents describe themselves as White Irish.
What stands out about the people of Killaloe
One home in 12 is a holiday home
About 70 of 860 homes were empty holiday homes on Census night (8.4%), more than in 98% of Irish towns; 9.8% were vacant. Homes & cars ↓
Many carers
About 110 residents (6.8%) give regular unpaid care, more than in 95% of Irish towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A growing town: +12% since 2016, faster than 73% 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, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Clare’s towns, by more than +8%.
Killaloe sits below 99% of Irish towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.1%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with nearly one in ten residents. The median age in Killaloe is 41, higher than in 84% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
7.6% of residents 15 and over are students, below 97% 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
Associate professional and technical stand out among workers: 17%, against a typical 13%. Against that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Across Killaloe, 8.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 88% 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.
Against a figure of 43% across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children in Killaloe comes in at 37%. In Killaloe, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A larger share of households in flats than 74% of Irish towns: 19%
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
11% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 86% have broadband. The comparison figure for households in flats is 12% across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 16% of households have no car or van.
€47,130 a year: where the middle household sits
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€47,130 a year before tax puts the median household 22% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Clare’s median household income is €54,650.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 10%, a lower share than 75% 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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (8.8%) and outside the EU and UK (4.2%). At 18%, the share of residents born outside Ireland is lower than in 70% of Irish towns. Residents with another country’s citizenship: 15% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns: 0.3%
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
Ennis leads Co. Clare with 1.6%. To put it in context, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Killaloe ranks above 69% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 74%
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 Killaloe · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 19%, above 59% of Irish towns. For residents who said they are Catholic, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 71%. Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (9.1%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.6%) and Other, including mixed (0.5%).
Killaloe sits above 95% of Irish towns for unpaid carers (6.8%)
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.
In Killaloe, just over a third of residents 15 and over are married. For unpaid carers, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%.
39% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 58% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 9.9%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 15% of adults.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Killaloe
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killaloe | 1,666 | — | 41 | 19% | 37% |
| Ballina | 2,959 | 1.0 km | 39.6 | 11% | 54% |
| Castleconnell | 2,488 | 11.3 km | 38.5 | 14% | 50% |
| Newport | 2,183 | 11.4 km | 36 | 9.7% | 55% |
| Ardnacrusha | 1,229 | 15.4 km | 44 | 14% | 61% |
| Annacotty | 3,398 | 16.9 km | 35 | 8.7% | 43% |
| Westbury | 3,636 | 17.3 km | 38.5 | 14% | 51% |
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 Killaloe’s residents
What is the population of Killaloe?
Killaloe had 1,666 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Killaloe?
The median age is 41. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killaloe?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (613 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killaloe?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 10% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killaloe?
74% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 6.6% another religion; 3.5% didn’t say.
Is Killaloe good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killaloe are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killaloe?
Median gross household income in Killaloe was €47,130 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).