Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen · CC BY-SA 4.0Holiday homes make up 33% in Portmagee, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, 24% of households are one person living alone; in Portmagee, 36%. Here, 32% of residents are 65 or over. Higher than in 87% of Irish towns: 88% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. In 2022, the Census found 116 residents locally, living in 55 households.
Slower growth than 99% of Irish towns: Portmagee changed by −12% since 2016
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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +2% across Co. Kerry’s towns.
A median age of 43.5: Portmagee is older than 95% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 65–69: 13% of residents, 3.1 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
4.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 93% 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
36% of Portmagee’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 26% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 7.5% across Ireland’s towns.
Portmagee households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 96% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Here, two in five households are parents with children.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 73% of Irish towns, at 11%
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, households without a car or van come to 17%. The share of households with broadband is 67%; 19% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
€39,700 a year: where the middle household sits
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €39,700, 34% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Kerry has a median of €48,320.
Residents born outside Ireland: 17%, a lower share than 78% 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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (6.1%) or elsewhere in the EU (6.1%). Measured more widely, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. On residents with another country’s citizenship, Portmagee sits lower than nearly four fifths of Irish towns: 9.6%.
Only 0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Portmagee
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
Speakers of Irish: 38 residents, 34% of those aged 3 and over. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%. In Co. Kerry, Tralee has the highest share (1.3%).
Only 6.9% of residents said they have no religion in Portmagee
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: 88% of Portmagee · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who said they are Catholic tops 99% of Irish towns: 89%. By way of comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns, at 12%
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.
The figure for married residents 15 and over is 30% in Portmagee and 34% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 76% of Irish towns: 25%
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 6.3% of adults; primary level or less for 23% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Portmagee
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portmagee | 116 | — | 43.5 | 32% | 40% |
| Cahirciveen | 1,297 | 12.1 km | 43.6 | 23% | 28% |
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 Portmagee’s residents
What is the population of Portmagee?
Portmagee had 116 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Portmagee?
The median age is 43.5. 25% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Portmagee?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (38 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Portmagee?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 9.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Portmagee?
89% are Catholic, 6.9% have no religion and 4.3% another religion; 0% didn’t say.
Is Portmagee good for families?
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Portmagee are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Portmagee?
Median gross household income in Portmagee was €39,700 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).