Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.065% of households are parents with children, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Households without a car or van make up 1.4%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. The 2022 Census counted 229 people in Kilmurry, in 72 households; half are older than 42.5. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 23% in the town. At 91%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is higher than in 98% of Irish towns.
Slower than most: −2% since 2016, behind 98% 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 Co. Clare’s towns the median is +8%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
A median age of 42.5: Kilmurry is older than 92% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Compared with 14% across Ireland’s towns, 5.2% of residents are 65 or over here. In Kilrush, the oldest of Co. Clare’s towns by this measure, it is 24%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Clare 51.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Kilmurry, 22% of residents 15 and over are students, more than in 98% 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 Kilmurry, 4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Kilmurry ranks below 99% of Irish towns on one-person households: 9.7%
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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (1.4%), Kilmurry is below 99% of Irish towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 24% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 3.3 people share a household.
100% of homes are houses
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 are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €88,790 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 €88,790 gross, 48% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Clare as a whole has a median of €54,650.
Only 5.8% of residents are citizens of another country in Kilmurry
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 (9.2%) and outside the EU and UK (3.1%). On average, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Residents born outside Ireland are rarer here than in 85% of Irish towns.
Kilmurry ranks below 96% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.5%
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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 127 residents (58% of those aged 3 and over). The comparison figure for daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of residents who said they are Catholic than 86% of Irish towns: 79%
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: 91% of Kilmurry · Co. Clare’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
19% of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 71% of residents said they are Catholic. Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (6.6%), Irish Traveller (1.7%) and Black or Black Irish (0.4%).
9.6% of residents give unpaid care, 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, 47% of residents 15 and over are married here. Against that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
More adults with a degree or higher than 85% of Irish towns: 55%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Kilmurry, 0.7%, and 17% hold a postgraduate qualification. For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. 30% of those 15 and over have not yet finished their education.
Of the 6 towns nearest Kilmurry, 1 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmurry | 229 | — | 42.5 | 5.2% | 65% |
| Sixmilebridge | 2,832 | 3.7 km | 35.6 | 8.6% | 55% |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus | 1,887 | 7.7 km | 38.8 | 15% | 45% |
| Shannon | 10,256 | 9.7 km | 38.5 | 15% | 44% |
| Ardnacrusha | 1,229 | 13.5 km | 44 | 14% | 61% |
| Caherdavin | 7,364 | 13.7 km | 35.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Ballynanty | 3,030 | 14.1 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 Kilmurry’s residents
What is the population of Kilmurry?
Kilmurry had 229 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilmurry?
The median age is 42.5. 24% are under 18 and 5.2% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilmurry?
58% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (127 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilmurry?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 5.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilmurry?
79% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 2.6% another religion; 0.4% didn’t say.
Is Kilmurry good for families?
65% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilmurry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilmurry?
Median gross household income in Kilmurry was €88,790 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).