Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Killorglin ranks above 95% of Irish towns on holiday homes: 5.2%
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%; Killorglin has 33%. For Killorglin, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 17%. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 2.6% here, fewer than in 87% of Irish towns. The town counted 2,163 residents and 916 households at the 2022 Census.
Slower than most: +7% since 2016, behind 52% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +2% across Co. Kerry’s towns.
Older than 81% of Irish towns: half of Killorglin is over 40.6
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
In Killorglin, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across Ireland’s towns. No age band is larger than 35–39: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
8.1% of residents 15 and over are students, below 92% of Irish towns
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
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.3%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 88% 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.
39% of households are parents with children; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 43%.
18% of households have no car or van, a share 52% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
Broadband reaches 83% of households; 14% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Killorglin has fewer households in flats than 54% of Irish towns, at 12%. Typically, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €43,340 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€43,340 a year before tax puts the median household 28% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Kerry has a median of €48,320.
In Killorglin, 28% of residents were born outside Ireland, more than in 74% 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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, 15% of residents are citizens of another country; in Killorglin, 16%. Set beside that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (13%), then in Poland (5.5%).
Irish speakers: 37% of Killorglin’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
752 residents, 37% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. In Co. Kerry, Tralee has the highest share (1.3%). Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.9%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Killorglin ranks above 74% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 75%
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: 79% of Killorglin · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The census found that nearly four in five residents describe themselves as White Irish in Killorglin. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 17%, fewer than in 52% of Irish towns.
In Killorglin, 33% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 59% 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.
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 6%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 67% of Irish towns: 29%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for nearly one in ten adults; primary level or less for 10% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Killorglin
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killorglin | 2,163 | — | 40.6 | 17% | 39% |
| Milltown | 1,118 | 6.7 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 Killorglin’s residents
What is the population of Killorglin?
Killorglin had 2,163 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Killorglin?
The median age is 40.6. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killorglin?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (752 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killorglin?
79% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 28% were born abroad and 16% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killorglin?
75% are Catholic, 17% have no religion and 8.2% another religion; 3.4% didn’t say.
Is Killorglin good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killorglin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killorglin?
Median gross household income in Killorglin was €43,340 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).