Photo: Neville Goodman · CC BY-SA 2.0Rathmore sits below 98% of Irish towns for households in flats (1%)
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents said they have no religion here. Rathmore had 766 residents in 301 households at the 2022 Census, with a median age of 36.8. The census found that 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. More one-person households than in 64% of Irish towns: 27%.
Rathmore changed by +7% from 2016 to 2022, behind 53% 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 36.8: Rathmore is younger than 61% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Against a figure of 14% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Rathmore comes in at 12%. 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
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kerry 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 7.4% in Rathmore, less than in 98% 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
14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (Ireland’s towns: 7.5%). Elsewhere, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
2.6 people per household, fewer than in 69% 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 make up 3.3%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 43% of households are parents with children.
More holiday homes than 91% of Irish towns: 1.7%
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
No internet at all: 16% (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes: 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. About one household in 8 lives without a car or van.
Median household income here: €59,140 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €59,140 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Kerry as a whole has a median of €48,320.
Rathmore ranks above 84% of Irish towns on residents with another country’s citizenship: 24%
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.
By its share of residents born outside Ireland (30%), Rathmore is above just over four fifths of Irish towns. The largest groups were born in Poland (17%) and elsewhere in the EU (4.7%). To put it in context, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 90% of Irish towns, at 0.6%
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
Top of Co. Kerry: Tralee, at 1.3%. The comparison figure for daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 96% of Irish towns, at 83%
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: 71% of Rathmore · Co. Kerry’s towns 73% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (23%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.5%) and Other, including mixed (2.3%). Set beside that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are rarer here than in 75% of Irish towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 35%, a higher share than 56% 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.
4.7% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Below 81% of Irish towns: 24% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 7.1% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 9.6% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Rathmore
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rathmore | 766 | — | 36.8 | 12% | 43% |
| Millstreet | 1,722 | 10.8 km | 41.3 | 18% | 38% |
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 Rathmore’s residents
What is the population of Rathmore?
Rathmore had 766 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rathmore?
The median age is 36.8. 24% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Rathmore?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (239 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Rathmore?
71% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 30% were born abroad and 24% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Rathmore?
83% are Catholic, 7.5% have no religion and 9.1% another religion; 4.3% didn’t say.
Is Rathmore good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Rathmore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rathmore?
Median gross household income in Rathmore was €59,140 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).