Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.1% in Newtownsandes, less than in 99% of Irish towns
96% of residents describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%). Newtownsandes is home to 378 residents in 167 households, by the 2022 Census. In Newtownsandes, 36% of households are parents with children. Higher than in 95% of Irish towns: 35% of households are one person living alone.
From 2016 to 2022, Newtownsandes outgrew 71% of Irish towns: +12%
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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +2% across Co. Kerry’s towns.
Half of Newtownsandes is over 41.6, older than 87% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over; in Newtownsandes, 21%. The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Newtownsandes ranks below 99% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 6.2%
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, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Newtownsandes, 22% and 25%. Locally, 5.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Newtownsandes households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 94% 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: 3.6%, below 70% of Irish towns.
Holiday homes make up 4.5% in Newtownsandes, more than in 95% 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, 85% have broadband, while 14% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). Here, 15% of households have no car or van. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of holiday homes is 0.2%.
The median household brings in €42,210 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €42,210 a year before tax, the median household income is 30% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Kerry, the median is €48,320.
In Newtownsandes, 10% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 98% 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.
Polish leads the languages spoken at home (1.1%), among the 3.9% who speak another language there; 0.3% speak English not well or not at all. For comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 3.3%, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns.
Newtownsandes ranks below 99% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.3%
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
No town in Co. Kerry beats Tralee (1.3%). Set beside that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
86% of residents said they are Catholic, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
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: 96% of Newtownsandes · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (3.1%), Irish Traveller (0.6%) and Other, including mixed (0.6%). Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 9.1%, fewer than in 96% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%.
Half of adults have never 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.
Unpaid carers make up 5.8%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Here, just over a third of residents 15 and over are married.
22% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 86% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 4.3% of adults here, while 12% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
Newtownsandes sits below 2 of its 3 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtownsandes | 378 | — | 41.6 | 21% | 36% |
| Listowel | 4,794 | 9.4 km | 42.6 | 21% | 38% |
| Abbeyfeale | 2,206 | 13.8 km | 40.8 | 18% | 39% |
| Kilrush | 2,649 | 17.5 km | 44.1 | 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 Newtownsandes’s residents
What is the population of Newtownsandes?
Newtownsandes had 378 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Newtownsandes?
The median age is 41.6. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Newtownsandes?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (95 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Newtownsandes?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 3.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Newtownsandes?
86% are Catholic, 9.1% have no religion and 4.5% another religion; 6.6% didn’t say.
Is Newtownsandes good for families?
36% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Newtownsandes are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Newtownsandes?
Median gross household income in Newtownsandes was €42,210 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).