Photo: Night of the Big Wind · CC BY-SA 3.0Kilmaley is older than 96% of Irish towns: a median age of 44
The figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 91% in Kilmaley and 71% across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 0.9%, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 296 residents in 112 households. In Kilmaley, nearly one in ten households have no car or van.
Slower growth than 58% of Irish towns: Kilmaley changed by +6% since 2016
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. Clare’s towns +8%.
15% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 87% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 45–49: 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. For Kilmaley, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 15%.
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%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 12% in Kilmaley, more than in 78% 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
In Kilmaley, 5.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Above 74% of Irish towns: 29% of households are one person living alone
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.
The average household has 2.7 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Higher than in just over three fifths of Irish towns: 45% of households are parents with children. One-person households make up 24% across Ireland’s towns.
A town of flats: 21% of households live in one
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
76% of households are on broadband; 18% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Against that, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Household income at the median: €63,160 a year
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 €63,160 a year here, 5% above Ireland (€60,120). County median: €54,650 (Co. Clare).
Only 13% of Kilmaley’s residents were born outside Ireland
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.
15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns, against 5.9% in Kilmaley. As a yardstick, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (6.5%) and outside the EU and UK (3.1%).
Irish speakers make up 41% of Kilmaley
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 119 people here, 41% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Kilmaley has fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 56% of Irish towns, at 1%.
Kilmaley sits above 99% of Irish towns for residents who describe themselves as White Irish (93%)
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 Kilmaley · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (6.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.3%) and Other, including mixed (0.3%). Across the comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 8.2% here, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 42% in Kilmaley, more than in 93% 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.
Unpaid carers make up 5.7%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Kilmaley, 24% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 79% 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 7.4% of adults here, while 9.9% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Kilmaley and its 4 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmaley | 296 | — | 44 | 15% | 45% |
| Ennis | 27,923 | 8.9 km | 39.3 | 15% | 42% |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus | 1,887 | 16.5 km | 38.8 | 15% | 45% |
| Ennistimon | 1,137 | 17.1 km | 40.5 | 21% | 35% |
| Lehinch | 1,018 | 19.1 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 Kilmaley’s residents
What is the population of Kilmaley?
Kilmaley had 296 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilmaley?
The median age is 44. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilmaley?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (119 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilmaley?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 5.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilmaley?
91% are Catholic, 8.2% have no religion and 1.4% another religion; 0.7% didn’t say.
Is Kilmaley good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilmaley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilmaley?
Median gross household income in Kilmaley was €63,160 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).