Half of Killimor is over 51, older than 99% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Killimor, 2.3. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 1.6%, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns. The town’s 122 households held 317 residents at the 2022 Census. Residents who said they are Catholic account for 90%.
Killimor changed by +2% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 83% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +7% across Co. Galway’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, a higher share than 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Against a figure of 12% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Killimor comes in at 8.5%. By way of comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Galway 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 5.6% in Killimor, less than in 99% 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
19% of workers are in skilled trades, against a typical 11%. More residents who moved in within the year than in 60% of Irish towns: 8.1%. The usual figure: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of one-person households than 96% of Irish towns, at 35%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Galway’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Households of parents with children make up 34%, against 43% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, one-person households come to 24%.
A holiday town: 2.6% of homes are holiday homes
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. For comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. Across Killimor, 13% of households have no car or van. Internet at home: broadband for 69%, nothing for 27% (typical: 7.6%).
€52,540 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €52,540 gross, 13% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Galway comes in at €59,640 at the median.
13% born outside Ireland, fewer than in 90% 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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
Another language is spoken at home by 11%, most often Polish (0.3%); 0.3% speak English not well or not at all. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 9.8% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 77% of Irish towns.
Only 0.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Killimor
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
Speakers of Irish: 102 residents, 35% of those aged 3 and over. Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. In Co. Galway, Knocknacarra has the highest share (4.5%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 99% of Irish towns, at 4.2%
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: 84% of Killimor · Co. Galway’s towns 72% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Here 84% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 78%. By way of comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the most common groups are Asian or Asian Irish (6.5%), Other White (5.2%) and Irish Traveller (4.5%).
Married residents 15 and over: 40%, a higher share than 91% 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.
By its share of unpaid carers (3.8%), Killimor is below 92% of Irish towns. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Killimor ranks below 90% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 19%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Killimor’s adults, 3.5% went on to postgraduate study and 22% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Killimor is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killimor | 317 | — | 51 | 31% | 34% |
| Portumna | 1,690 | 9.7 km | 41.3 | 21% | 38% |
| Ballinasloe | 6,597 | 18.4 km | 38.5 | 19% | 41% |
| Loughrea | 6,322 | 19.0 km | 37.9 | 14% | 39% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Galway’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Galway’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 Killimor’s residents
What is the population of Killimor?
Killimor had 317 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Killimor?
The median age is 51. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killimor?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (102 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killimor?
84% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 9.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killimor?
90% are Catholic, 4.2% have no religion and 5.5% another religion; 2.8% didn’t say.
Is Killimor good for families?
34% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killimor are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killimor?
Median gross household income in Killimor was €52,540 in 2022, against €59,640 across Co. Galway 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).