Half of Brosna is over 52.9, older than 99% of Irish towns
0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns, against 12% in Brosna. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 174, in 90 households. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 1.1% locally. Few places have so few households of parents with children: 28% here, fewer than in 88% of Irish towns.
Slower growth than 64% of Irish towns: Brosna changed by +6% since 2016
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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Kerry’s towns +2%.
In Brosna, 30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 9.2% of residents, 1.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Here, 6.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 98% of Irish towns: 2.9%
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
Just over a fifth of workers are in skilled trades, against a typical 11%. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 7.5%. The share of students among residents 15 and over stands at 9.2%.
50% of households are one person living alone, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Brosna, 1.9. As a yardstick, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Brosna ranks below 63% of Irish towns on households without a car or van: 15%
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
Internet at home: broadband for 72%, nothing for 23% (typical: 7.6%). To put it in context, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
The median household brings in €44,980 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are below €44,980 a year before tax: 25% under the Ireland median (€60,120). County median: €48,320 (Co. Kerry).
Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 98% of Irish towns: 5.2%
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.
The share of residents born outside Ireland is 17%, against 22% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (11%), then outside the EU and UK (3.5%).
Brosna sits below 90% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (0.6%)
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
Top of Co. Kerry: Tralee, at 1.3%. Set beside that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 7.6% of residents said they have no religion
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: 93% of Brosna · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 89% in Brosna and 71% across Ireland’s towns. In Brosna, 93% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. Residents with no religion make up 17% across Ireland’s towns.
Brosna sits below 96% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (23%)
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.
On unpaid carers, 6.3% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
26% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 75% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 20%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 4.1% of adults.
The towns around Brosna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brosna | 174 | — | 52.9 | 30% | 28% |
| Abbeyfeale | 2,206 | 8.0 km | 40.8 | 18% | 39% |
| Castleisland | 2,536 | 15.9 km | 42.4 | 20% | 42% |
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 Brosna’s residents
What is the population of Brosna?
Brosna had 174 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Brosna?
The median age is 52.9. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Brosna?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (64 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Brosna?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 5.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Brosna?
89% are Catholic, 7.6% have no religion and 2.9% another religion; 2.3% didn’t say.
Is Brosna good for families?
28% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 16% of residents are under 18. Schools near Brosna are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Brosna?
Median gross household income in Brosna was €44,980 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).