Photo: BenToogood · CC BY-SA 4.0Cromane is older than 99% of Irish towns: a median age of 46.2
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, one in ten residents said they have no religion here. 206 residents in 86 households: that is Cromane at the 2022 Census. One-person households: 35% of the total. Lower than in 77% of Irish towns: 9.5% of households have no car or van.
Cromane changed by +7% from 2016 to 2022, behind 51% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +2% across Co. Kerry’s towns.
25% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Ireland’s towns: 12%). To put it in context, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 5.8% of residents 15 and over are students
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
By occupation, skilled trades are over-represented: 24%, against a typical 11%. Measured more widely, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Here, 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 92% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. In Cromane, 42% of households are parents with children.
More holiday homes than 99% of Irish towns: 22%
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
No internet at all: 20% (typical: 7.6%). Broadband: 75% of households. Typically, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €46,440 a year
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 €46,440 a year here, 23% below Ireland (€60,120). County median: €48,320 (Co. Kerry).
Only 6.6% of residents are citizens of another country in Cromane
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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (8.1%), then outside the EU and UK (3%). At 13%, the share of residents born outside Ireland is lower than in 90% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
47% of Cromane’s residents can speak Irish
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Some 93 people here, 47% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
93% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 99% of Irish towns
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 Cromane · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 85% in Cromane and 71% across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Cromane sits above 94% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (42%)
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.
Unpaid carers: 6.3%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Below 71% of Irish towns: 27% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
7.6% of Cromane’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 15% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Every neighbour of Cromane has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cromane | 206 | — | 46.2 | 25% | 42% |
| Killorglin | 2,163 | 7.4 km | 40.6 | 17% | 39% |
| Milltown | 1,118 | 13.4 km | 37.7 | 14% | 52% |
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 Cromane’s residents
What is the population of Cromane?
Cromane had 206 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cromane?
The median age is 46.2. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Cromane?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (93 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Cromane?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 6.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Cromane?
85% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 4.4% another religion; 0.5% didn’t say.
Is Cromane good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near Cromane are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cromane?
Median gross household income in Cromane was €46,440 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).