Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 16% in Caherdavin, more than in 91% of Irish towns
12% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (Ireland’s towns: 4.7%). For Caherdavin, the census puts households of parents with children at 39%. On residents who describe themselves as White Irish, Caherdavin sits higher than nearly two thirds of Irish towns: 82%. The 2022 Census counted 7,364 residents in 2,788 households.
What stands out about the people of Caherdavin
A student neighbourhood
16% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 93% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 16% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Caherdavin grew +8% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 54% 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.
Caherdavin is younger than 77% of Irish towns: a median age of 35.3
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 20–24 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 64% of Irish towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Caherdavin, 35.3. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Caherdavin, 16% of residents 15 and over are students, more than in 93% 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
Residents who moved in within the year: 10% here and 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. 30% of Caherdavin’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 14% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 60% of Irish towns: 2.6 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.
One-person households account for 23%.
A higher share of households in flats than 78% of Irish towns, at 23%
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
91% of households are on broadband; 7.2% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). The usual figure: 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. For Caherdavin, the census puts holiday homes at 0.2%. Fewer households without a car or van than in 55% of Irish towns: 16%.
Household income, middle of the range: €51,520 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €51,520 a year before tax, the median household income is 14% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Co. Limerick comes in at €55,950 at the median.
18% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 70% 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.
The share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 12%, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. 14% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (2.9%); 2% speak English not well or not at all. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%.
Irish speakers make up 42% of Caherdavin
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
0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. The ability to speak Irish extends to 2,744 residents (42% of those aged 3 and over).
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 74% in Caherdavin, more than in 66% 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: 82% of Caherdavin · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (8.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.6%) and Black or Black Irish (3.2%). Residents who said they are Catholic make up 71% across Ireland’s towns. 16% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 58% of Irish towns.
Below 64% of Irish towns: 33% of residents 15 and over are 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.
Caherdavin sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 5.9%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
31% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 63% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Still in education: 20% of residents 15 and over. Across the comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 7.9%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Ranked by age, 13th youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Temple Bar (31.4) and the oldest Dalkey (50.3). Nearest to Caherdavin in age: Dunshaughlin (34.7), Eyre Square (35.1), Hollyhill and Ballincolly (35.7) and Ballytruckle (36).
Around Caherdavin, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caherdavin | 7,364 | — | 35.3 | 16% | 39% |
| Ballynanty | 3,030 | 1.3 km | 35.7 | 17% | 42% |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 1.5 km | 43.5 | 23% | 32% |
| Dock | 6,258 | 2.7 km | 35.4 | 9.4% | 24% |
| Limerick City Centre | 3,434 | 2.8 km | 34.8 | 5.9% | 14% |
| Ballinacurra | 3,719 | 3.2 km | 38.6 | 18% | 33% |
| Corbally and King's Island | 14,213 | 3.2 km | 39.5 | 16% | 37% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Caherdavin’s residents
What is the population of Caherdavin?
Caherdavin had 7,364 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Caherdavin?
The median age is 35.3, younger than 77% of Irish towns. 21% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Caherdavin?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,744 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Caherdavin?
82% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Caherdavin?
74% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 10% another religion; 8.3% didn’t say.
Is Caherdavin good for families?
39% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Caherdavin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Caherdavin?
Median gross household income in Caherdavin was €51,520 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).