Cromane’s story
Cromane has nothing on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage yet
Homes built before 1919: 4%, against 3% across Irish towns.
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CromaneCo. Kerry
Population 206: a town in Co. Kerry.
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Photo: BenToogood · CC BY-SA 4.0
Population
206
CSO, Census 2022 · Kerry County Council
Median age
46.2
25% are 65+ · Co. Kerry 18%
Degree level
27%
of residents 15+ · Irish towns 36%
Walk, cycle, transit
6%
of working residents · Irish towns 23%
Is Cromane a good place to live?
A median €302,300 buys a home here, 6.5 years of what the median household earns. Walking, cycling and public transport carry 6% of commuters. 64% of households own their home with no mortgage. People aged 65 and over make up 25% of residents.
Cromane is too small to grade: Irish towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
What makes Cromane stand out
The 3 things Cromane does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cromane.
Schools
Schools around Cromane have lost ground: pupils −20% since 2019, below Co. Kerry’s towns and Irish towns
DEIS, the support scheme, covers 100% of them, above Co. Kerry’s towns (29%) and Irish towns (35%) alike. One school lies within 3 km of Cromane. The one school within 3 km of Cromane has 119 pupils.
1schools within 3 km
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Realt na Mara DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 119 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Cromane | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 29% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −20% | +9% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 11% | 8% |
119
pupils at schools within 3 km, 2025/26
−20%
pupils since 2019/20 · Irish towns +4%
1.3 km
to the nearest primary school
7.2 km
to the nearest secondary school
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Ireland doesn’t publish results for individual schools, so none of these carries a letter.
Natural hazards
Cromane has low radon and steady ground, but its flood exposure isn’t measured
Inch, 6.7 km from Cromane, is the closest bathing water; it was rated excellent in 2025. By estimate, fewer than one home in a hundred locally has radon above the reference level. The ground under Cromane carries no high landslide susceptibility.
0%of homes in high-radon areas
Homes exposed · share of the town’s homes
In high-radon areas0%
On high landslide susceptibility0%
| Share of homes | Cromane | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0% | 0% |
6.7 km
to Inch bathing water (excellent)
203
homes mapped for these shares
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Climate
Cromane is wetter than Co. Kerry’s towns or Irish towns: 1,455 mm of rain a year
Across the year it averages 11.1°C, near Co. Kerry’s towns (10.9°C) and higher than Irish towns (10.3°C). Midwinter nights in Cromane bottom out at 4.2°C on average. Also worth knowing: the warmest afternoons come in July, at around 19.3°C locally.
19.3°CJuly afternoon high
Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages
Winter10.1°C
Spring13.7°C
Summer18.9°C
Autumn14.9°C
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Cromane | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,455 mm | 1,339 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 4.2°C | 3.7°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 11.1°C | 10.9°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 19.3°C | 19.6°C | 19.9°C |
19.3°C
July high
4.2°C
January low
1,455 mm
Rain a year
173 mm
Wettest month
8
Air frosts
1,327 hrs
Sunshine
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Health
Cromane has 64 people in bad health for every 100 its ages predict, fewer than in both Co. Kerry’s towns and Irish towns
1.5% of residents report bad or very bad health. At the census, 84% of people in Cromane called their health good or very good, lower than both Co. Kerry’s towns (86%) and Irish towns (88%). Weighed against its ages, disability locally runs at 101 per 100 expected.
84%good or very good health
Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised
Bad health64
Disability101
Co. Kerry106
Expected100
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 84%Fair 15%Bad or very bad 2%
| Census 2022 | Cromane | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 86% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.5% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 6.3% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| With a disability | 24% | 24% | 22% |
64
bad health per 100 expected · Co. Kerry 106
101
disability per 100 expected · Co. Kerry 105
83.2 · 79.1
life expectancy, women · men, the South-West region, 2016
28%
hold a medical card, HSE South West
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Housing
Cromane is a town of owners: 85% of households own their home, above Co. Kerry’s towns and Irish towns
8% rent privately, below Co. Kerry’s towns (27%) and Irish towns (22%) alike. Council and housing-body homes hold 4% of households.
€302Kmedian sale price
Median sale price · Eircode area, 2023–2025
Cromane€302K
Co. Kerry€232K
Irish towns€350K
| Housing | Cromane | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 85% | 53% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 4% | 18% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 8% | 27% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €302K | €232K | €350K |
85%
own their home · Irish towns 61%
8%
rent privately · Irish towns 22%
€1,182
a month on new tenancies, County Kerry
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area V93, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Outdoors
Protected nature surrounds Cromane: 27% of the land within 5 km, more than in both Co. Kerry’s towns and Irish towns
Protected nature near Cromane includes Castlemaine Harbour SAC. Within 5 km, 46% is sea, above Co. Kerry’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%) alike. 100% of homes are a short walk (400 m) from green space.
100%of homes near green space
Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents
Cromane7.2 ha
Co. Kerry2.9 ha
Irish towns4.1 ha
| Outdoors | Cromane | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected nature within 5 km | 27% | 12% | 1.8% |
| Sea within 5 km | 46% | 0% | 0% |
| Near a park | 100% | 77% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0% | 2.4% | 2.7% |
100%
Near a park
7.2 ha
Green space
27%
Protected for nature
46%
The sea
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Weather
Weather in Cromane: partly cloudy today, up to 11 degrees
The rain holds off today, but the wind gets up to 20 km/h, and the low is 5°C. Plan indoor things for Tuesday, when about 6 mm of rain is forecast. In November a normal day reaches 12°C and a normal night 6°C; the forecast for Cromane below sets each day against them.
11°C / 5°CToday
This month and the next three, normal highs · 1991–2020 averages
November12°C
December10°C
January10°C
February10°C
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 10°C | 4°C | 456 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 6°C | 282 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 12°C | 280 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 9°C | 437 mm |
11°C / 5°C
Today
None
Rain, next 24 hours
11 km/h
Wind
97%
Humidity
9 h 25 min
Daylight
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Work & commute
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Cromane than in Co. Kerry’s towns or Irish towns: 5.8%
Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work. The car took 87% of commuters, higher than both Co. Kerry’s towns (71%) and Irish towns (66%). Home was the main workplace for 7% of workers at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2022
Car or van87%
Walk4%
Bicycle2%
| Census 2022 | Cromane | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 76% | 67% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 51% | 53% | 31% |
| Unemployment rate | 8.1% | 11% | 9.2% |
| Average trip | 23.3 min | 21.7 min | 27.6 min |
€46,440
household income, 2022 estimate · Co. Kerry €48,320
7%
worked mainly from home, 2022
7%
trips of an hour or more
4,870
on the Live Register, County Kerry, September 2026
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Who lives here
Few people in Cromane were born abroad: 13%, fewer than in both Co. Kerry’s towns and Irish towns
The under-15s are 17% of the population here. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, above both Co. Kerry’s towns (18%) and Irish towns (14%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.7% of the population.
46.2median age
CromaneCo. KerryIreland
Ages · share of residents
25%
Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education
Primary or none15%
Lower secondary15%
Leaving Cert36%
Diploma or cert6%
Degree or higher27%
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 50.5% of Cromane
104 women and 102 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Cromane | Co. Kerry | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 25% | 18% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 15% | 11% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 36% | 37% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.7% | 6.5% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 27% | 31% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Kerry and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Town hall
Kenmare had one of the highest turnouts at the 2024 local elections
At the general election, nearly two thirds of voters took part. Cromane answers to one council, Kerry County Council; Ireland has no town tier. 63% of voters turned out at the last local elections, about level with Co. Kerry’s towns (62%) and above Irish towns (46%). There is no majority on Kerry County Council; Independent have the most seats, 11 of 33, short of 17.
11/33seats held by Independent
Seats on Kerry County · June 2024
Independent11
Fianna Fáil9
Fine Gael6
Sinn Féin4
Labour Party2
Kerry Independent Alliance1
| Turnout | Cromane | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 63% | 62% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 65% | 65% | 59% |
6
Councillors
11/33
Independent seats on Kerry County, the largest party
63%
turnout, June 2024
5
TDs elected for Kerry
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Killarney National Park and 11 more within 40 km
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Cromane; these are the best known within 40 km.
National parkNational park · National Parks and Wildlife ServiceKillarney National Park29 km east
FortCaherconree11 km north
CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral Killarney27 km east
CastleRoss Castle26 km east
Cathedral · Office of Public WorksArdfert Cathedral26 km north
MuseumMuckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms29 km east
FortCaherconree11 km northCathedralSt Mary's Cathedral Killarney27 km eastCastleRoss Castle26 km eastCathedral · Office of Public WorksArdfert Cathedral26 km northMuseumMuckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms29 km eastPlaces: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Caherconree: Stephen Murphy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mary's Cathedral Killarney: Romeparis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Castle: Dumphasizer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ardfert Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Muckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms: Emmett.Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Cromane
15pages on Cromane
Famous people from around Cromane
No notable person born in Cromane is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
T
Tom BarryIrish soldier and guerrilla leader (189… · born in KillorglinA
Aileen CrowleyIrish rower · born in Killorglin · born 1994G
Gene ManganIrish cyclist · born in Killorglin · 1936–2025J
Jack DoyleMajor League Baseball player · born in Killorglin · 1869–1958M
Mike Frank RussellGaelic football player · born in Killorglin · born 1977M
Máirín CreganIrish nationalist and writer · born in Killorglin · 1891–1975Cromane’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
KillorglinMilltownCromane
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cromane | 206 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Killorglin | 2,163 | 7.4 | — | B | A | C+ |
| Milltown | 1,118 | 13 | — | B− | A | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Cromane
Is Cromane a young town or an old one?
The median age in Cromane is 46.2, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Has Cromane grown?
Cromane had 206 people at the 2022 census, up from 192 in 2016: 7.3% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
About Cromane
Urban area in Co. Kerry
206 people live in Cromane, in the area of Kerry County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
- Population
- 206 (CSO, Census 2022)
- County
- Kerry
- Council
- Kerry County Council
- Local electoral area
- Kenmare
- Dáil constituency
- Kerry
- Name in Irish
- An Cromán
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km²)
- CSO code
- UA:19858
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).