Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Castlemaine is over 43.3, older than 94% of Irish towns
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Castlemaine is home to 177 residents in 79 households, by the 2022 Census. Here, 30% of households are one person living alone. The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns.
A change of −1% since 2016 leaves Castlemaine behind 96% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Kerry’s towns +2%.
Castlemaine ranks above 89% of Irish towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 15%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 14%; Castlemaine has 16%. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
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%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 15%, a higher share than 93% 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
With residents who moved in within the year at 13%, Castlemaine is ahead of 85% of Irish towns on that count. As a reference point, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of shared households of unrelated adults than 74% of Irish towns, at 7.6%
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, 43% of households are parents with children; in Castlemaine, 41%. The wider picture: 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 4.2%, a lower share than 98% 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
3% of homes are holiday homes, against 0.2% across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €48,020 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 €48,020 a year before tax: 20% under the Ireland median (€60,120). That compares with €48,320 across Co. Kerry.
Castlemaine ranks below 75% of Irish towns on residents with another country’s citizenship: 10%
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 (6.9%) and in Poland (5.2%). Across the comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Residents born outside Ireland make up 20%, against 22% across Ireland’s towns.
Able to speak Irish: 35% in Castlemaine
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, 54 residents aged 3 and over (35%) can speak Irish. At 1.3%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is higher than in 67% of Irish towns.
A higher White Irish share than 77% of Irish towns: 85% of residents
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 Castlemaine · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (14%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.3%) and Other, including mixed (0.6%). At 15%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 62% of Irish towns. For comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. The figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 69% in Castlemaine and 71% across Ireland’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 28% in Castlemaine, less than in 87% 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.
Against a figure of 5.4% across Ireland’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Castlemaine comes in at 4%. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Castlemaine sits below 55% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (34%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
19% of those 15 and over have not yet finished their education. Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Of Castlemaine’s adults, 10% went on to postgraduate study and 7.3% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns).
Castlemaine is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlemaine | 177 | — | 43.3 | 16% | 41% |
| Milltown | 1,118 | 3.4 km | 37.7 | 14% | 52% |
| Killorglin | 2,163 | 9.8 km | 40.6 | 17% | 39% |
| Tralee | 26,079 | 11.0 km | 39.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Castleisland | 2,536 | 17.5 km | 42.4 | 20% | 42% |
| Killarney | 14,412 | 18.4 km | 40 | 16% | 37% |
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 Castlemaine’s residents
What is the population of Castlemaine?
Castlemaine had 177 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Castlemaine?
The median age is 43.3. 19% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Castlemaine?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (54 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Castlemaine?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 10% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Castlemaine?
69% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 16% another religion; 11% didn’t say.
Is Castlemaine good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near Castlemaine are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Castlemaine?
Median gross household income in Castlemaine was €48,020 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).