Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of Irish towns: half of Cahirciveen is over 43.6
42% of households are one person living alone (Ireland’s towns: 24%). At the 2022 Census, 1,297 people lived in Cahirciveen, in 505 households. For Cahirciveen, the census puts households of parents with children at 28%. Lower than in 71% of Irish towns: 72% of residents describe themselves as White Irish.
What stands out about the people of Cahirciveen
One home in 5 is a holiday home
About 180 of 830 homes were empty holiday homes on Census night (21%), more than in 99% of Irish towns; 16% were vacant. Homes & cars ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Cahirciveen’s residents are under 43.6 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 23% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
A town people move to
14% of residents lived somewhere else a year before the Census, 1.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns; 11% came from abroad. Social class & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Faster growth than 78% of Irish towns: Cahirciveen changed by +13% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +2% across Co. Kerry’s towns.
Cahirciveen sits above 97% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (23%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: 8% of residents. The usual figure: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here, fewer than in 93% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 90% of Irish towns: 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 occupation that stands out is skilled trades: 18%, where 11% is typical. On average, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. In Cahirciveen, nearly one in ten residents 15 and over are students.
2 people per household, fewer than in 99% 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.
In Cahirciveen, 6.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.7% across Ireland’s towns.
21% of homes are holiday homes, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
With households in flats at 9.7%, Cahirciveen is behind 65% of Irish towns on that count. Every 5th household or so has no car or van. By way of comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
€38,740 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.
Half of households are below €38,740 a year before tax: 36% under the Ireland median (€60,120). That compares with €48,320 across Co. Kerry.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 24% in Cahirciveen, more than in 84% 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.
Residents born abroad were most often born outside the EU and UK (14%), then elsewhere in the EU (6.5%). By way of comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. 28% of residents were born outside Ireland, a higher share than in 72% of Irish towns.
More daily speakers of Irish outside education than 81% of Irish towns: 1.6%
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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 409 residents (35% of those aged 3 and over). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%.
A smaller share of residents who said they are Catholic than 74% of Irish towns: 65%
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: 72% of Cahirciveen · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (22%), Other, including mixed (3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.9%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 57% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who said they are Catholic come to 71%.
Cahirciveen sits above 82% of Irish towns for unpaid carers (6.2%)
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 the census count, just over a third of residents 15 and over are married. About 80 residents (6.2%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
In Cahirciveen, 25% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 77% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by nearly one in ten adults here, while 13% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
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 Cahirciveen’s residents
What is the population of Cahirciveen?
Cahirciveen had 1,297 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cahirciveen?
The median age is 43.6. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Cahirciveen?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (409 people), and 1.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Cahirciveen?
72% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 28% were born abroad and 24% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Cahirciveen?
65% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 19% another religion; 8% didn’t say.
Is Cahirciveen good for families?
28% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near Cahirciveen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cahirciveen?
Median gross household income in Cahirciveen was €38,740 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).