Photo: chippee · CC BY 2.0A holiday town: 3.4% of homes are holiday homes
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Lixnaw had 758 residents in 285 households at the 2022 Census. Here, 81% of residents said they are Catholic. Against a figure of 14% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Lixnaw comes in at 9.6%.
+8% since 2016, a pace 52% of Irish towns didn’t match
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.
A median age of 34.6: Lixnaw is younger than 83% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Lixnaw, 13%. 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
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
A higher share of students among residents 15 and over than 87% of Irish towns, at 14%
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
Compared with 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, 5.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. The wider picture: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of households of parents with children than 85% of Irish towns, at 52%
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.
One-person households make up 30%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. Households average 2.7 people.
Households in flats make up 1.1% in Lixnaw, less 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
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%; Lixnaw has 9.6%. Households in flats make up 12% across Ireland’s towns.
Household income at the median: €45,840 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are below €45,840 a year before tax: 24% under the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Kerry as a whole, the figure is €48,320.
Below 67% of Irish towns: 12% of residents are citizens of another country
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.
Born outside Ireland: 20% of residents, against 22% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (9.9%) and in Poland (4.1%).
Daily Irish outside education: 1.7% 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 316 people here, 45% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. As a yardstick, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 11% in Lixnaw, less than in 88% 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: 86% of Lixnaw · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (10%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.6%) and Black or Black Irish (0.8%). Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion. On residents who describe themselves as White Irish, Lixnaw sits higher than 84% of Irish towns: 86%.
Below 93% of Irish towns: 25% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
Here 7.3% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Lixnaw sits below 80% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (24%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Among residents 15 and over, 17% are still studying. On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 6.8%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Lixnaw has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lixnaw | 758 | — | 34.6 | 9.6% | 52% |
| Listowel | 4,794 | 10.6 km | 42.6 | 21% | 38% |
| Ballybunion | 1,618 | 12.5 km | 44.4 | 24% | 36% |
| Tralee | 26,079 | 15.8 km | 39.3 | 16% | 39% |
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 Lixnaw’s residents
What is the population of Lixnaw?
Lixnaw had 758 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Lixnaw?
The median age is 34.6. 31% are under 18 and 9.6% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Lixnaw?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (316 people), and 1.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Lixnaw?
86% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Lixnaw?
81% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 7.4% another religion; 3.7% didn’t say.
Is Lixnaw good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Lixnaw are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Lixnaw?
Median gross household income in Lixnaw was €45,840 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).