Photo: Dm4244 · CC BY-SA 4.0Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.6% in Kilflynn, less than in 99% of Irish towns
Compared with 78% across Ireland’s towns, 92% of residents describe themselves as White Irish here. There were 57 households in Kilflynn at the 2022 Census, home to 144 residents. Locally, 7.5% of households have no car or van. This Co. Kerry town has more households of parents with children than 82% of Irish towns, at 51%.
+4% since 2016: slower than 71% 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.
Across Co. Kerry’s towns the median is +2%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 8.3% in Kilflynn, less than in 86% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 13% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Half of Kilflynn’s residents are over 40.5, older than in just over four fifths of Irish towns. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer students among residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 5.4%
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
Here 5.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%. As a reference point, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Kilflynn households average 2.5 people, smaller than in 74% 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. One-person households: nearly a quarter of the total.
1.4% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 89% 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Holiday homes: 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Home broadband covers 96% of households, while 1.9% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%).
Household income at the median: €52,860 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €52,860 a year before tax, the median household income is 12% under that of Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Kerry overall, the median comes to €48,320.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 7.9% in Kilflynn, less than in 88% 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.
Residents born outside Ireland: 17%, below just over three quarters of Irish towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (12%) and elsewhere in the EU (3.5%). For residents with another country’s citizenship, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 15%.
In Kilflynn, Irish is spoken by 43% of 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
Some 56 people here, 43% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Kilflynn sits above 85% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (78%)
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 Kilflynn · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 20%, above 68% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Unpaid carers: 2.8%, a lower share than 97% 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.
The share of married residents 15 and over tops three quarters of Irish towns: 38%. On average, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
In Kilflynn, 42% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 63% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Kilflynn’s adults, 12% went on to postgraduate study and 6.9% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Measured more widely, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Median age: 3 of the 4 towns around Kilflynn are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilflynn | 144 | — | 40.5 | 8.3% | 51% |
| Tralee | 26,079 | 10.2 km | 39.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Listowel | 4,794 | 14.5 km | 42.6 | 21% | 38% |
| Castleisland | 2,536 | 17.1 km | 42.4 | 20% | 42% |
| Ballybunion | 1,618 | 18.3 km | 44.4 | 24% | 36% |
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 Kilflynn’s residents
What is the population of Kilflynn?
Kilflynn had 144 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilflynn?
The median age is 40.5. 24% are under 18 and 8.3% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilflynn?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (56 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilflynn?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 7.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilflynn?
78% are Catholic, 20% have no religion and 1.4% another religion; 1.4% didn’t say.
Is Kilflynn good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilflynn are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilflynn?
Median gross household income in Kilflynn was €52,860 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).