Photo: U.S. Department of State from United States · Public domainCaherconlish sits below 96% of Irish towns for households in flats (2.1%)
Here 79% of residents said they are Catholic, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 71%. By contrast, on one-person households, Caherconlish sits lower than 70% of Irish towns: 20%. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 1,569, in 521 households. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.9%.
What stands out about the people of Caherconlish
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 14% lone parents with children, more than in 87% of Irish towns; 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Caherconlish has changed by +4%, slower than 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Limerick’s towns.
Half of Caherconlish is over 37.7, older than 51% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with just over one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. In Farranshone, the oldest of Co. Limerick’s towns by this measure, it is 23%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
36% of residents belong to the professional, managerial and technical classes
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
Caring, leisure and other services stand out among workers: 12%, against a typical 8.3%. Census figures put students among residents 15 and over at 9.9% in Caherconlish.
Households of parents with children: 53%, a higher share than 87% of Irish towns
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.
Compared with 4.7% across Ireland’s towns, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Across Ireland’s towns, households of parents with children come to 43%.
Households without a car or van: 12%, a lower share than 70% 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
There is little gap on holiday homes: 0.9%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. One household in 8 has no car or van.
Median household income here: €53,880 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€53,880 a year before tax puts the median household 10% below Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Limerick the median is €55,950.
15% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 85% 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.
At home, 13% use another language, chiefly Polish (4.1%), and 1.6% speak English not well or not at all. Lower than in three quarters of Irish towns: 10% of residents are citizens of another country. Residents born outside Ireland make up 22% across Ireland’s towns.
Irish speakers make up 38% of Caherconlish
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, 536 residents aged 3 and over (38%) can speak Irish. At 1.1%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 13% in Caherconlish, less than in 79% of Irish towns
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: 83% of Caherconlish · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (9%), Asian or Asian Irish (4.1%) and Black or Black Irish (2.3%). Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in two thirds of Irish towns. The usual figure: 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Half of adults have never married
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.
On unpaid carers, 5% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Just over a third of residents 15 and over are married.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 27% in Caherconlish, less than in 72% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Caherconlish’s adults, 9% went on to postgraduate study and 12% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Around Caherconlish, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
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. 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 Caherconlish’s residents
What is the population of Caherconlish?
Caherconlish had 1,569 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Caherconlish?
The median age is 37.7. 31% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Caherconlish?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (536 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Caherconlish?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 10% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Caherconlish?
79% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 7.9% another religion; 6.9% didn’t say.
Is Caherconlish good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Caherconlish are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Caherconlish?
Median gross household income in Caherconlish was €53,880 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).