Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 4.8% of households in Annacotty have no car or van
18% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (Ireland’s towns: 4.7%). Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 8.7% here, fewer than in 85% of Irish towns. Annacotty counted 3,398 residents and 1,139 households at the 2022 Census. The share of one-person households stands at 16%.
What stands out about the people of Annacotty
A student town
15% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 91% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 14% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Faster growth than 69% of Irish towns: Annacotty changed by +11% 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 +9% across Co. Limerick’s towns.
Younger than 80% of Irish towns: half of Annacotty is under 35
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns, against 14% in Annacotty. In Farranshone, the oldest of Co. Limerick’s towns by this measure, it is 23%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Annacotty, 35. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Annacotty ranks above 91% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 15%
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
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8.5%, against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 90% of Irish towns: 3 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Limerick’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Census figures put households of parents with children at 43% in Annacotty.
9.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 68% 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
97% of households are on broadband; 2% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). At 0.2%, the share of holiday homes is lower than in 54% of Irish towns. For households in flats, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 12%.
The median household brings in €90,180 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Annacotty’s households have a gross income above €90,180 a year, 50% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Limerick, the figure is €55,950.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 19% in Annacotty, less than in 62% 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.
Another language is spoken at home by 16%, most often Polish (2.7%); 1.9% speak English not well or not at all. On average, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in 56% of Irish towns.
Able to speak Irish: 49% in Annacotty
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. Limerick: Farranshone, at 1.9%. More daily speakers of Irish outside education than in 73% of Irish towns: 1.4%.
Annacotty sits above 69% of Irish towns for residents with no religion (21%)
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: 81% of Annacotty · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%; Annacotty has 81%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across Ireland’s towns: 17%. The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (10%), Asian or Asian Irish (4.9%) and Other, including mixed (2.2%). Lower than in 57% of Irish towns: 70% of residents said they are Catholic.
Fewer unpaid carers than 89% of Irish towns: 4.1%
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 census found that 35% of residents 15 and over are married in Annacotty. About 140 residents (4.1%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
60% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 92% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
18% of residents 15 and over are still in education. The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Annacotty, 7.1%, and 24% hold a postgraduate qualification.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 31.8 in Taylor's Hill to 43.8 in Boyle. Nearest to Annacotty in age: Limerick City Centre (34.8), Rathangan (35), Rahoon (35.2) and Kingscourt (35.2).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Annacotty
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annacotty | 3,398 | — | 35 | 8.7% | 43% |
| Castletroy | 15,093 | 1.8 km | 29 | 9.2% | 32% |
| Garryowen | 5,428 | 4.5 km | 40.9 | 15% | 45% |
| Westbury | 3,636 | 4.9 km | 38.5 | 14% | 51% |
| Galvone | 5,412 | 5.4 km | 36.2 | 13% | 33% |
| Corbally and King's Island | 14,213 | 5.5 km | 39.5 | 16% | 37% |
| Castleconnell | 2,488 | 5.7 km | 38.5 | 14% | 50% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Limerick’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Limerick’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 Annacotty’s residents
What is the population of Annacotty?
Annacotty had 3,398 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Annacotty?
The median age is 35, younger than 80% of Irish towns. 25% are under 18 and 8.7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Annacotty?
49% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,405 people), and 1.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Annacotty?
81% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Annacotty?
70% are Catholic, 21% have no religion and 9.5% another religion; 13% didn’t say.
Is Annacotty good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Annacotty are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Annacotty?
Median gross household income in Annacotty was €90,180 in 2022, against €55,950 across Co. Limerick 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).