Photo: Wilde (1857) · Public domainKeshcarrigan sits above 99% of Irish towns for holiday homes (25%)
Set against 78% across Ireland’s towns, 85% of residents describe themselves as White Irish in Keshcarrigan. Its 91 households held 238 residents at the 2022 Census. For Keshcarrigan, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 7.7%. Lower than in 69% of Irish towns: 11% of residents are 65 or over.
Keshcarrigan grew +27% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 95% 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 Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Leitrim’s towns, by more than +10%.
Half of Keshcarrigan is over 38.8, older than 64% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 45–49: 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. In Keshcarrigan, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Leitrim 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%.
12% of residents 15 and over are students, a share 76% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
One in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 7.5%. Elsewhere, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
46% of households are parents with children, more than in 67% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Leitrim’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. For Keshcarrigan, the census puts one-person households at 24%. As a yardstick, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of Irish towns, at 2.5%
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
Home broadband covers 98% of households, while 1.3% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). In Keshcarrigan, 2.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. By way of comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
€47,650 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €47,650 a year before tax, the median household income is 21% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Co. Leitrim’s median household income is €45,270.
23% born outside Ireland, more than in 54% 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 (1.7%), among the 8.8% who speak another language there; 1.3% speak English not well or not at all. For comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. At 15%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 5.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 92 residents (47% of those aged 3 and over). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 73% of Irish towns, at 75%
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: 85% of Keshcarrigan · Co. Leitrim’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
In Keshcarrigan, 20% of residents said they have no religion, beside 17% across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns is 71%. The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (13%), Other, including mixed (1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.5%).
Keshcarrigan ranks below 95% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 3.4%
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.
Against a figure of 34% across Ireland’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over in Keshcarrigan comes in at 30%. As a yardstick, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Keshcarrigan sits below 54% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (35%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 4.7% of adults. As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Older than Keshcarrigan: 3 of the 4 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keshcarrigan | 238 | — | 38.8 | 11% | 46% |
| Drumshanbo | 1,240 | 6.6 km | 39.2 | 19% | 44% |
| Ballinamore | 1,112 | 10.1 km | 39.3 | 20% | 36% |
| Mohill | 1,027 | 12.0 km | 44.3 | 26% | 38% |
| Carrick-On-Shannon | 4,743 | 12.1 km | 37.3 | 14% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Leitrim’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Leitrim 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 Keshcarrigan’s residents
What is the population of Keshcarrigan?
Keshcarrigan had 238 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 27% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Keshcarrigan?
The median age is 38.8. 29% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Keshcarrigan?
47% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (92 people), and 5.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Keshcarrigan?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 23% were born abroad and 15% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Keshcarrigan?
75% are Catholic, 20% have no religion and 5.4% another religion; 14% didn’t say.
Is Keshcarrigan good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Keshcarrigan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Keshcarrigan?
Median gross household income in Keshcarrigan was €47,650 in 2022, against €45,270 across Co. Leitrim 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).