Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 98% of Irish towns, at 1.6%
Set against 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, 2.7% of homes are holiday homes in Ardfert. 771 residents in 306 households: that is Ardfert at the 2022 Census. The census found that 30% of households are one person living alone locally. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 96% of Irish towns.
Ardfert’s population changed by +13% since 2016, more than in 78% 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 Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Kerry’s towns, +2%.
Older than 66% of Irish towns: half of Ardfert is over 38.9
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 15% in Ardfert and 14% across Ireland’s towns. 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
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Ardfert: 11% of residents 15 and over are students, above 54% 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 Ardfert, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 24% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 16%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 7.8%.
Households of parents with children make up 49% in Ardfert, more than in 76% 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.
Households average 2.5 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Households in flats make up 2.3% in Ardfert, less than in 96% of Irish towns
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
18% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 78% have broadband. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 11%, fewer than in 74% of Irish towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €43,280 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €43,280 a year before tax, the median household income is 28% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Kerry has a median of €48,320.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 7.7%, a lower share than 89% 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 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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (9.4%), then in Poland (2.2%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 15%.
0.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 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
In all, 252 residents aged 3 and over (36%) can speak Irish. The highest share in Co. Kerry belongs to Tralee (1.3%). For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 99% of Irish towns, at 87%
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: 85% of Ardfert · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
85% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (7.6%), Irish Traveller (4.6%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents who said they are Catholic come to 71%.
Ardfert: 7.8% of residents give unpaid care, above 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.
By its share of married residents 15 and over (30%), Ardfert is below 77% of Irish towns. The share of unpaid carers across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%.
22% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 84% of Irish towns
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, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Ardfert, 13%, and 7.6% hold a postgraduate qualification. The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Ardfert
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardfert | 771 | — | 38.9 | 15% | 49% |
| Tralee | 26,079 | 7.8 km | 39.3 | 16% | 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 Ardfert’s residents
What is the population of Ardfert?
Ardfert had 771 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ardfert?
The median age is 38.9. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ardfert?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (252 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ardfert?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 7.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ardfert?
87% are Catholic, 9.1% have no religion and 3.5% another religion; 7.3% didn’t say.
Is Ardfert good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ardfert are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ardfert?
Median gross household income in Ardfert was €43,280 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).