Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.6: Mullinavat is older than 99% of Irish towns
In Mullinavat the average household is 2.1 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 7.2% of residents said they have no religion locally. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 95% of Irish towns: 2%. The 2022 Census counted 210 residents in 101 households.
From 2016 to 2022, Mullinavat outgrew 53% of Irish towns: +8%
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.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Irish towns, at 33%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kilkenny 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of students among residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns, at 4.2%
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
Just over a fifth of workers are in skilled trades, against a typical 11%. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 1.4%.
One-person households: 39%, a higher share than 98% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Kilkenny’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns, against 36% in Mullinavat. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
3% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 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
Where 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns, Mullinavat has 11%. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households in flats is 12%.
Half above, half below €58,120 a year in household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €58,120 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Kilkenny as a whole, the figure is €58,190.
8.1% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 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.
3.8% are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns 15%). Across the comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Irish: 38% of Mullinavat’s residents can speak it
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
In all, 77 residents aged 3 and over (38%) can speak Irish. The highest share in Co. Kilkenny belongs to Kilkenny (1.3%). Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
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: 94% of Mullinavat · Co. Kilkenny’s towns 86% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 7.2% answered “no religion”, 91% Catholic and 1.4% another religion, against 17% and 71% across Ireland’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (2.9%), Other, including mixed (2.9%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.5%). Typically, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns, at 11%
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 share of married residents 15 and over tops 96% of Irish towns: 43%. As a reference point, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 20%, a lower share than 89% of Irish towns
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 1.2% of adults; primary level or less for 18% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
Every nearby town is younger than Mullinavat
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Kilkenny’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Kilkenny has fewer than five towns of 2,500 or more, so its figure is the median of its towns of 1,000 or more; the national figure is the median of 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 Mullinavat’s residents
What is the population of Mullinavat?
Mullinavat had 210 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mullinavat?
The median age is 55.6. 11% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Mullinavat?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (77 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Mullinavat?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 8.1% were born abroad and 3.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Mullinavat?
91% are Catholic, 7.2% have no religion and 1.4% another religion; 1% didn’t say.
Is Mullinavat good for families?
36% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 11% of residents are under 18. Schools near Mullinavat are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mullinavat?
Median gross household income in Mullinavat was €58,120 in 2022, against €58,190 across Co. Kilkenny 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).