Photo: Paulw62 · CC BY-SA 4.0In Abbeydorney, 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 90% in Abbeydorney and 78% across Ireland’s towns. At the 2022 Census, 528 people lived in the town, in 207 households. Households in flats account for 3.9%. Few places have as many households of parents with children: 47% here, more than in 70% of Irish towns.
+8% since 2016, a pace 53% of Irish towns didn’t match
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.
Abbeydorney is younger than 78% of Irish towns: a median age of 35.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: 9.3% of residents. On residents aged 65 and over, Abbeydorney sits lower than 72% of Irish towns: 11%. In Listowel, the oldest of Co. Kerry’s towns by this measure, it is 21%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Abbeydorney ranks below 94% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 4.2%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Abbeydorney, 30% and 18%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Abbeydorney households average 2.5 people, smaller than in 71% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Kerry’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
One-person households make up 27%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 82% of Irish towns: 8.4%
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
Broadband reaches 86% of households; 12% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). For comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. 1.7% of homes are holiday homes.
Household income at the median: €51,070 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€51,070 a year before tax puts the median household 15% below Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Kerry, the figure is €48,320.
A smaller share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 97% of Irish towns: 6.2%
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.
Another language is spoken at home by 9.5%, most often Polish (4%); 0.4% speak English not well or not at all. Lower than in 88% of Irish towns: 14% of residents were born outside Ireland. As a reference point, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
Above 81% of Irish towns: 1.6% of residents speak Irish daily 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, 39% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Elsewhere, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 7.5%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
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 Abbeydorney · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Where 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, Abbeydorney has 90%. Elsewhere, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (6.9%), Other, including mixed (1%) and Irish Traveller (0.8%).
Married residents 15 and over make up 27% in Abbeydorney, less than in 90% 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: 5.9%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Below 78% of Irish towns: 25% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 4.5% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 7.4% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Abbeydorney are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeydorney | 528 | — | 35.2 | 11% | 47% |
| Tralee | 26,079 | 8.6 km | 39.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Listowel | 4,794 | 17.5 km | 42.6 | 21% | 38% |
| Ballybunion | 1,618 | 18.3 km | 44.4 | 24% | 36% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Kerry’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Kerry’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 Abbeydorney’s residents
What is the population of Abbeydorney?
Abbeydorney had 528 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Abbeydorney?
The median age is 35.2. 29% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Abbeydorney?
39% 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 Abbeydorney?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 6.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Abbeydorney?
90% are Catholic, 7.5% have no religion and 2.9% another religion; 3.4% didn’t say.
Is Abbeydorney good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Abbeydorney are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Abbeydorney?
Median gross household income in Abbeydorney was €51,070 in 2022, against €48,320 across Co. Kerry 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).