Older than 99% of Irish towns: half of Broadford is over 46.7
Where 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns, Broadford has 39%. Census figures put residents with no religion at 3.7% here. This Co. Limerick town has fewer households in flats than 98% of Irish towns, at 1%.
+4% since 2016, a pace below 76% 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. Limerick’s towns the median is +9%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 13%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 3.9% in Broadford, less than in 95% 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
The biggest occupational gap is in skilled trades: 19%, against a typical 11%. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. Across Broadford, 12% of residents 15 and over are students.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
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.
Parents with children are 28% of households (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 39% are one person living alone (Co. Limerick’s towns 26%). Against that, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
Broadford ranks above 91% of Irish towns on holiday homes: 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
19% of households have no car or van (Ireland’s towns: 17%). As a yardstick, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Households here have a median income of €60,390 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Broadford’s households have a gross income above €60,390 a year and half below, close to the median for Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Limerick overall, the median comes to €55,950.
Only 6.1% of residents were born outside Ireland in Broadford
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.
The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (3.5%) and in the UK (2.2%). The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%. Lower than in 99% of Irish towns: 2.7% of residents are citizens of another country.
Irish speakers: 52% of Broadford’s residents
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
There is little gap on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.4%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Irish speakers number 109, or 52% of residents aged 3 and over. The highest share in Co. Limerick belongs to Farranshone (1.9%).
Broadford ranks above 99% of Irish towns on residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 96%
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: 96% of Broadford · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who said they are Catholic: 94%, above 99% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (3.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.5%) and Other, including mixed (0.5%).
Unpaid carers: 2.6%, a lower share than 98% 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.
Census figures put married residents 15 and over at 35% in Broadford. About 10 residents (2.6%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
Below 94% of Irish towns: 17% 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
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 2.6% of adults here, while 23% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Older than Broadford: 1 of the 3 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadford | 231 | — | 46.7 | 25% | 28% |
| Newcastle West | 7,209 | 13.1 km | 37.4 | 15% | 43% |
| Newmarket | 1,052 | 14.6 km | 48.6 | 28% | 33% |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 18.7 km | 37.9 | 16% | 44% |
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 Broadford’s residents
What is the population of Broadford?
Broadford had 231 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Broadford?
The median age is 46.7. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Broadford?
52% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (109 people), and 1.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Broadford?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6.1% were born abroad and 2.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Broadford?
94% are Catholic, 3.7% have no religion and 2.7% another religion; 5.2% didn’t say.
Is Broadford good for families?
28% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Broadford are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Broadford?
Median gross household income in Broadford was €60,390 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).