Photo: nick macneill · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 43.6: Castlegregory is older than 95% of Irish towns
92% of residents describe themselves as White Irish; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 78%. At the 2022 Census Castlegregory was home to 370 people in 158 households. Holiday homes account for 36%. This Co. Kerry town has more one-person households than 89% of Irish towns, at 32%.
Slower growth than 59% of Irish towns: Castlegregory 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 change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +2% across Co. Kerry’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 23% in Castlegregory, more than in 96% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. On residents aged 15 to 24, Castlegregory sits lower than 95% of Irish towns: 10%. Set beside that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
A lower share of students among residents 15 and over than 94% of Irish towns, at 7.9%
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
4.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 90% of Irish towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (3.2%), Castlegregory is below 78% of Irish towns. The share of households of parents with children stands at 44%.
Castlegregory ranks below 80% of Irish towns on households in flats: 7%
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
Connected households: 82% on broadband; 14% offline (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households in flats is 12%. Households without a car or van account for 9.3%.
€42,800 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 €42,800 a year here, 29% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Kerry has a median of €48,320.
A lower share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 95% of Irish towns, at 6.6%
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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (6.4%) and outside the EU and UK (3.9%). Compared with other places, residents born outside Ireland are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in 89% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents with another country’s citizenship come to 15%.
A higher share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 98% of Irish towns, at 2.9%
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 183 residents (53% of those aged 3 and over). Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.1% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Above 91% of Irish towns: 80% of residents said they are Catholic
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: 92% of Castlegregory · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
On the census count, 16% of residents said they have no religion. Across the comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Castlegregory: 39% of residents 15 and over are married, above 83% 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.
Here 6.8% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
38% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, a share 54% of Irish towns don’t reach
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 11% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 6.7% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher 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 Castlegregory’s residents
What is the population of Castlegregory?
Castlegregory had 370 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Castlegregory?
The median age is 43.6. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Castlegregory?
53% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (183 people), and 2.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Castlegregory?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 6.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Castlegregory?
80% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 3.9% another religion; 2.7% didn’t say.
Is Castlegregory good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Castlegregory are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Castlegregory?
Median gross household income in Castlegregory was €42,800 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).