Photo: Pam Brophy · CC BY-SA 2.0Annascaul is older than 98% of Irish towns: a median age of 45.1
Just over one in ten homes are holiday homes; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 0.2%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 88% here, more than in 88% of Irish towns. There were 120 households in Annascaul at the 2022 Census, home to 291 residents. Across Annascaul, 37% of households are one person living alone.
Slower than most: +5% since 2016, behind 69% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +2% across Co. Kerry’s towns.
20% of residents are 65 or over, a share 88% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 14%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Above 81% of Irish towns: 13% of residents 15 and over are students
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
The biggest occupational gap is in skilled trades: 19%, against a typical 11%. On the census count, 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The usual figure: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.7%, a lower share than 98% 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.
Here 33% of households are parents with children, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 43%. Across the comparison, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns. The average household has 2.4 people.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment
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 without a car or van: 9.7% here and 17% across Ireland’s towns. Broadband: just over four in five households. To put it in context, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
€47,310 a year: where the middle household sits
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 €47,310 a year here, 21% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Kerry has a median of €48,320.
Annascaul sits below 75% of Irish towns for residents with another country’s citizenship (11%)
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 figure for residents born outside Ireland is 20% in Annascaul and 22% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (13%) and elsewhere in the EU (5.6%).
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 4.8%, a higher share than 99% of Irish towns
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: 138 residents, just over half of those aged 3 and over. On average, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
More residents with no religion than 81% of Irish towns: 25%
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: 88% of Annascaul · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who said they are Catholic at 73%, Annascaul is ahead of 62% of Irish towns on that count. On average, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
In Annascaul, 11% 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.
The share of married residents 15 and over tops 81% of Irish towns: 38%. The benchmark for unpaid carers across Ireland’s towns: 5.4%.
Annascaul sits below 52% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (35%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Annascaul’s adults, 13% went on to postgraduate study and 8.3% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Annascaul are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annascaul | 291 | — | 45.1 | 20% | 33% |
| Dingle-Daingean Uí Chuis | 1,671 | 14.6 km | 44.8 | 20% | 30% |
| Killorglin | 2,163 | 18.8 km | 40.6 | 17% | 39% |
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 Annascaul’s residents
What is the population of Annascaul?
Annascaul had 291 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Annascaul?
The median age is 45.1. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Annascaul?
51% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (138 people), and 4.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Annascaul?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Annascaul?
73% are Catholic, 25% have no religion and 2.5% another religion; 3.8% didn’t say.
Is Annascaul good for families?
33% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Annascaul are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Annascaul?
Median gross household income in Annascaul was €47,310 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).