Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 315 in Co. Kilkenny.
Buying the median home, at €325,000, takes 7.2 times the town’s median household income. 8% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. 53 of its buildings are on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. It skews older: 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Inistioge is too small to grade: Irish towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Inistioge does most differently from other towns.
The record adds 20 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 40%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Inistioge’s built heritage counts 53 inventory entries; 3 carry national or international standing. 20 archaeological sites are on the record here.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Inistioge.
Within 3 km of Inistioge there is one school. The one school within 3 km of Inistioge has 104 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. CholmcilleLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 104 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Inistioge | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −27% | +4% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 11% | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No school here carries a letter or a result: Ireland publishes neither for individual schools.
Radon: 100% of homes are in high-radon areas, higher than both Co. Kilkenny’s towns (84%) and Irish towns (0%). 2.5% of homes stand on ground with high landslide susceptibility, above both Co. Kilkenny’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%).
| Share of homes | Inistioge | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 2.5% | 0% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 100% | 84% | 0% |
| Low-lying near a river | 20% | 3.1% | 0.5% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
January nights in Inistioge drop to 2.4°C on average. Here July highs average 20.2°C, close to Co. Kilkenny’s towns (20.2°C) and above Irish towns (19.9°C). Across the year, Inistioge now averages 0.2°C more than it did in 1981–2010.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Inistioge | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain a year | 1,074 mm | 906 mm | 937 mm |
| January low | 2.4°C | 2.3°C | 2.9°C |
| July high | 20.2°C | 20.2°C | 19.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
30% of residents in Inistioge live with a disability. At the census, 3.3% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, above both Co. Kilkenny’s towns (1.8%) and Irish towns (2%). Weighed against its ages, bad health locally runs at 138 per 100 expected.
| Census 2022 | Inistioge | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 88% | 88% |
| With a disability | 30% | 23% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.3% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Social housing holds 12% of households, below Co. Kilkenny’s towns (19%) and Irish towns (13%) alike. The private rented sector houses 18% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €325,000 | 35 |
| Housing | Inistioge | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 69% | 60% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 12% | 19% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €325K | €289K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Protected nature near Inistioge includes River Barrow. Within 5 km, 5.8% of the land is protected nature, higher than both Co. Kilkenny’s towns (2.4%) and Irish towns (1.8%). Also worth knowing: 100% of homes are a short walk (400 m) from green space. There is one park locally, and it covers 2 ha.
| Outdoors | Inistioge | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 12% | 3.8% | 2.7% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 5.8% | 2.4% | 1.8% |
| Near a park | 100% | 96% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.9 km per km² | 0.8 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
At the coldest it is 7°C today; the wind tops out at 22 km/h. Between 6°C and 9°C: that is the range of daytime highs from here to the end of the week, with Wednesday on top. Cooler than usual for Inistioge today: a typical November day reaches 11°C and drops to 4°C at night.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 2°C | 291 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 222 mm |
| Summer | 20°C | 11°C | 242 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 320 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
76% of commuters drove, close to Co. Kilkenny’s towns (75%) and above Irish towns (66%). A household here earns €45,420 a year before tax, on average. A trip to work takes 31.1 min on average.
| Census 2022 | Inistioge | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 31.1 min | 23.8 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 28% | 39% | 31% |
| Median household income | €45,420 | €53,954 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 11% | 10% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Daily Irish speakers outside school: 0.7%, close to Co. Kilkenny’s towns (0.6%) and below Irish towns (1.1%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of the population. Graduates make up a third of adults.
Women make up 50.5% of Inistioge
159 women and 156 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Inistioge | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 24% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 23% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 12% | 9.4% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 2.2% | 6.1% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 33% | 31% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Kilkenny and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Inistioge answers to one council, Kilkenny County Council; Ireland has no town tier. Fianna Fáil lead Kilkenny County Council with 11 of 24 seats, but no party has a majority: 13 are needed. It sits in the Callan-Thomastown local electoral area, which elects 6 councillors.
| Turnout | Inistioge | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 54% | 50% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 58% | 58% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Relative to its size, Inistioge keeps 1,683 buildings on the inventory per 10,000 residents. 20 archaeological sites are on the record, below Co. Kilkenny’s towns (84) but above Irish towns (11).
| Heritage | Inistioge | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 1,683 | 216 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 40.1% | 4.5% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 20 | 84 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Inistioge; with them, the best known within 40 km.
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksJerpoint Abbey6.7 km west
CastleKilkenny Castle22 km northwest
Abbey or prioryDuiske Abbey9.5 km northeast
CathedralSaint Marys Cathedral22 km northwest
CathedralCathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Waterford26 km southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
11 notable people were born in Inistioge.
Urban area in Co. Kilkenny
315 people live in Inistioge, in the area of Kilkenny County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inistioge | 315 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thomastown | 2,305 | 6.6 | — | B | B+ | C− |
| Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch | 1,506 | 9.4 | — | A | A+ | C |
| New Ross Wexford | 8,610 | 14 | C− | A | C− | C− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Inistioge is 48.3, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Inistioge had 315 people at the 2022 census, up from 303 in 2016: 4% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).