Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 2,163 residents, it is a town in Co. Kerry. It has 10 buildings on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Crime is low: for every 1,000 residents, gardaí record 3.7 violent crimes and 2.3 burglaries or acts of criminal damage a year. Prices run to a median €243,800, 5.6 times local household income. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for health, C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability. It skews older: 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · health, work and commuting, CSO Census 2022. With fewer than 2,500 residents, Killorglin gets subject grades but no overall one among Irish towns.
Health less sure: few enough residents report bad health that the town's figure could be well above or below its true level.
The 3 things Killorglin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Killorglin with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
3 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Killorglin.
The nearest secondary, The Intermediate School, is 0.4 km away. 50% of the schools are in the DEIS scheme, higher than both Co. Kerry’s towns (29%) and Irish towns (35%). Families in Killorglin have 4 schools within 3 km to choose from: 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Mhuire BLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 367 | Catholic |
| The Intermediate SchoolLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 711 | Catholic |
| Community College Killorglin DEISIn the DEIS schemePost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 285 | Multi-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Killorglin | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 67% | 39% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 11% | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +18% | +9% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 50% | 29% | 35% |
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.
Every kind together came to 23 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Co. Kerry’s towns (54.9) and Irish towns (54.3). Among the 156 Irish towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Killorglin has less crime per resident than 71% of them.
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Killorglin | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary & damage | 2.3 | 4 | 6.4 |
| All recorded crime | 23 | 54.9 | 54.3 |
| Violent crime | 3.7 | 7.8 | 5.7 |
| Theft | 3.4 | 6.6 | 15.3 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
Killorglin’s nearest bathing water is Rossbeigh, White Strand, 14 km away, rated excellent in 2025. 3.7% of homes stand low near a river, between Co. Kerry’s towns (9.2%) and Irish towns (0.5%). Radon is rarely a worry locally: under 1% of homes are estimated above the reference level.
| Share of homes | Killorglin | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 3.7% | 9.2% | 0.5% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
January nights bottom out at 4.0°C in Killorglin, above both Co. Kerry’s towns (3.7°C) and Irish towns (2.9°C). The mean temperature over a year in the town is 11.0°C. Expect July highs of around 19.4°C locally.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Killorglin | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,450 mm | 1,339 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 4.0°C | 3.7°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 11.0°C | 10.9°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 19.4°C | 19.6°C | 19.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Walkers have 0.3 km per km² of paths and tracks, near Co. Kerry’s towns (0.6 km per km²) and lower than Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Among the protected sites near Killorglin is Castlemaine Harbour SAC. Green space in Killorglin works out at 2.0 ha per 1,000 people.
| Outdoors | Killorglin | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 53% | 77% | 92% |
| Sea within 5 km | 15% | 0% | 0% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0% | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 8.3% | 12% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Nothing falls from the sky today, by the look of it; the wind keeps to 18 km/h or less, and the low is 3°C. Of the days after that, Tuesday brings the most rain: about 8 mm. Killorglin’s November pattern is steady: afternoons average 12°C, nights 6°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 10°C | 4°C | 462 mm |
| Spring | 14°C | 6°C | 282 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 12°C | 275 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 8°C | 432 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.7% of the town. Daily Irish speakers outside school: 0.9%, below both Co. Kerry’s towns (1.1%) and Irish towns (1.1%). Among adults, 29% have a degree.
52.4% of Killorglin’s residents are women
1,134 women and 1,029 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Killorglin | Co. Kerry | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 17% | 18% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 10% | 11% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.9% | 6.5% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 29% | 31% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Kerry and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
With 11 of 33 seats, Independent are the largest group on Kerry County Council, short of the 17 a majority needs. One council serves Killorglin: Kerry County Council. Turnout at the last local elections was 63%. At the general election 65% voted, near Co. Kerry’s towns (65%) and higher than Irish towns (59%).
| Turnout | Killorglin | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 63% | 62% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 65% | 65% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Relative to its size, Killorglin keeps 46 buildings on the inventory per 10,000 residents, about level with Irish towns (48) and below Co. Kerry’s towns (94). The Sites and Monuments Record holds 3 entries for the town. The pre-1919 share of homes is 6.2%.
| Heritage | Killorglin | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 46 | 94 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 3 | 19 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 6.2% | 4.5% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
28% rent privately, about level with Co. Kerry’s towns (27%) and above Irish towns (22%). Council and housing-body homes hold 16% of households. Owners make up 54% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €241,000 | 156 |
| The last 12 months | €325,000 | 41 |
| Housing | Killorglin | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €244K | €232K | €350K |
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €1,143 | €1,130 | €1,606 |
| Households renting privately | 28% | 27% | 22% |
| Households in social housing | 16% | 18% | 13% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
At the census, a quarter of people here had a disability, about level with Co. Kerry’s towns (24%) and above Irish towns (22%). Ages taken into account, Killorglin counts 119 people in poor health for every 100 predicted. Asked at the census, 86% of residents of Killorglin said they were in good or very good health.
| Census 2022 | Killorglin | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 25% | 24% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 6% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 86% | 86% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
11% of the labour force were unemployed, close to Co. Kerry’s towns (11%) and above Irish towns (9.2%). Workers spend 22.3 min getting to work, on average. Income per household averages €43,339 a year, before tax.
| Census 2022 | Killorglin | Co. Kerry | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 53% | 53% | 31% |
| Average trip | 22.3 min | 21.7 min | 27.6 min |
| Unemployment rate | 11% | 11% | 9.2% |
| Median household income | €43,339 | €42,580 | €57,760 |
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.
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Killorglin; with it, the best known within 40 km.
CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral Killarney19 km east
CastleRoss Castle19 km southeast
FortCaherconree11 km northwest
CastleBallymalis Castle7.1 km east
MuseumMuckross House, Gardens & Traditional Farms22 km southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Killorglin’s built heritage counts 10 inventory entries; 1 carry national or international standing. 3 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
13 notable people were born in Killorglin.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killorglin | 2,163 | — | — | B | A | C+ |
| Milltown | 1,118 | 6.7 | — | B− | A | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Killorglin is 40.6, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Killorglin had 2,163 people at the 2022 census, up from 2,017 in 2016: 7.2% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Kerry
2,163 people live in Killorglin, 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)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). 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).