Holiday homes: 4.5%, a higher share than 95% of Irish towns
17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns, against 5.1% in Duagh. In Duagh, 47% of households are parents with children. The median age locally is 41.2, higher than in 86% of Irish towns. The town’s 106 households held 278 residents at the 2022 Census.
Slower growth than 98% of Irish towns: Duagh changed by −2% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +2% across Co. Kerry’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 14%, a higher share than 77% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: 9.4% of residents. Duagh has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 67% of Irish towns, at 12%. In Listowel, the oldest of Co. Kerry’s towns by this measure, it is 21%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 71% of Irish towns: 6.2%
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
In Duagh, 11% of residents 15 and over are students, beside 10% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Duagh sits above 72% of Irish towns for one-person households (28%)
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 Duagh the average household is 2.7 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. One-person households make up 24% across Ireland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 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
85% of households are on broadband; 13% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van account for 5.9%. Measured more widely, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
The median household brings in €53,220 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €53,220 sits 11% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Kerry as a whole has a median of €48,320.
In Duagh, 12% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 96% 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 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.
2.5% of residents are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns: 15%). Residents born outside Ireland: 22% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (7.9%) or outside the EU and UK (3.2%).
Can speak Irish: 43% of Duagh’s residents
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
115 residents, 43% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
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: 94% of Duagh · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who said they are Catholic (92%), Duagh is above 99% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.2%), Black or Black Irish (2.2%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.7%).
More unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns: 13% of residents
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.
Compared with 34% across Ireland’s towns, 39% of residents 15 and over are married here. Across Ireland’s towns, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care.
In Duagh, 22% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 84% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
6.5% of Duagh’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 7% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
1 of the 2 nearest towns are older than Duagh
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duagh | 278 | — | 41.2 | 12% | 47% |
| Abbeyfeale | 2,206 | 6.8 km | 40.8 | 18% | 39% |
| Listowel | 4,794 | 7.7 km | 42.6 | 21% | 38% |
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 Duagh’s residents
What is the population of Duagh?
Duagh had 278 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Duagh?
The median age is 41.2. 23% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Duagh?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (115 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Duagh?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 2.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Duagh?
92% are Catholic, 5.1% have no religion and 3.3% another religion; 1.4% didn’t say.
Is Duagh good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Duagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Duagh?
Median gross household income in Duagh was €53,220 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).