Photo: Zairon · CC BY 4.00.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% of Irish towns
1.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. At the 2022 Census Milltown was home to 1,118 people in 380 households. Here, nearly four in five residents said they are Catholic. Lower than in four fifths of Irish towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
What stands out about the people of Milltown
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 15% lone parents with children, more than in 85% of Irish towns; 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +14% change since 2016: faster than 80% 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%.
A median age of 37.7: Milltown is older than 51% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 14%. 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
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 93% of Irish towns: 4.3%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Milltown, 29% and 16%. For comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
52% of households are parents with children, a share 85% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
The typical household size is 2.8 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 25% of households are one person living alone.
Milltown: 3.8% of homes are holiday homes, above 94% 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
At home, 84% have broadband, while 12% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). The share of holiday homes across Ireland’s towns is 0.2%. Nearly one in ten households have no car or van.
Half of households earn more than €51,760 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 €51,760 sits 14% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Kerry’s median household income is €48,320.
Only 12% of residents are citizens of another country in Milltown
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.
At home, 19% use another language, chiefly Polish (8.3%), and 2.4% speak English not well or not at all. Across Ireland’s towns, 15% of residents are citizens of another country. 20% of residents were born outside Ireland, a lower share than in 57% of Irish towns.
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 82% of Irish towns: 0.7%
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 402 people here, 40% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Against that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. In Co. Kerry, Tralee has the highest share (1.3%).
Residents with no religion: 12%, a lower share than 86% 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: 78% of Milltown · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (16%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.2%) and Other, including mixed (2.1%). Higher than in 51% of Irish towns: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. Residents with no religion: 17% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
31% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 73% 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.
In Milltown, 4% of residents give unpaid care, beside 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Milltown sits below 75% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (26%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Milltown’s adults, 6.8% went on to postgraduate study and 10% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as young as Milltown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milltown | 1,118 | — | 37.7 | 14% | 52% |
| Killorglin | 2,163 | 6.7 km | 40.6 | 17% | 39% |
| Tralee | 26,079 | 14.3 km | 39.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Killarney | 14,412 | 17.3 km | 40 | 16% | 37% |
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 Milltown’s residents
What is the population of Milltown?
Milltown had 1,118 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Milltown?
The median age is 37.7. 32% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Milltown?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (402 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Milltown?
78% 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 Milltown?
79% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 9.8% another religion; 5.5% didn’t say.
Is Milltown good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 32% of residents are under 18. Schools near Milltown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Milltown?
Median gross household income in Milltown was €51,760 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).