Photo: JMTMcGrath · CC BY-SA 4.00.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% of Irish towns
6.1% of residents said they have no religion; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 17%. Fewer households in flats than in 98% of Irish towns: 1.7%. There were 179 households in Kilmihil at the 2022 Census, home to 472 residents. Across Kilmihil, just over a third of households are one person living alone.
Kilmihil’s population changed by +12% since 2016, more than in 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +8% across Co. Clare’s towns.
A median age of 39.8: Kilmihil is older than 77% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
17% of residents are 65 or over (Ireland’s towns: 14%). Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 12%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 8.7%, a lower share than 82% 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 11% is typical, skilled trades take in nearly a fifth of workers. 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a lower share than in 53% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
2.6 people per household, fewer 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.
44% of households are parents with children, more than in 57% of Irish towns.
2.4% of homes are holiday homes, a share 92% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
Here one in ten households have no car or van, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 17%. Against that, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €39,970 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 €39,970 gross, 34% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Clare, the middle household has €54,650.
Fewer residents born outside Ireland than 96% of Irish towns: 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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (6.9%) and in Poland (2.8%). The wider picture: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 6.8%, fewer than in 95% of Irish towns.
1.6% of Kilmihil’s residents use Irish every day outside education
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
188 residents, 44% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. On average, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of residents who said they are Catholic than 99% of Irish towns: 89%
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 Kilmihil · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (6.6%), Irish Traveller (2.2%) and Other, including mixed (1.1%). The usual figure: 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 97% of Irish towns.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 76% of Irish towns, at 31%
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 Kilmihil, 5.3% of residents give unpaid care. 58% of the town’s residents 15 and over are single and 31% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
21% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 88% 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: 5.2% of adults. Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 13%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Kilmihil
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmihil | 472 | — | 39.8 | 17% | 44% |
| Kilrush | 2,649 | 14.8 km | 44.1 | 24% | 36% |
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 Kilmihil’s residents
What is the population of Kilmihil?
Kilmihil had 472 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilmihil?
The median age is 39.8. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilmihil?
44% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (188 people), and 1.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilmihil?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 6.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilmihil?
89% are Catholic, 6.1% have no religion and 4.8% another religion; 3.2% didn’t say.
Is Kilmihil good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilmihil are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilmihil?
Median gross household income in Kilmihil was €39,970 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).