Photo: Ruthkerins81 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of Irish towns: 1.1%
With residents who describe themselves as White Irish at 90%, Cappamore is ahead of 97% of Irish towns on that count. The median age here is 40.3, higher than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census Cappamore was home to 668 people in 266 households. Locally, 29% of households are one person living alone.
Cappamore’s population moved +5% on 2016, less than in 70% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +9% across Co. Limerick’s towns.
9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 97% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 91% of Irish towns: 20%. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. No age band is larger than 35–39: nearly one in ten residents.
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. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
7% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 99% 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
In Cappamore, 6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.5 people, below 79% 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.
In Cappamore, 40% of households are parents with children, beside 43% across Ireland’s towns.
5.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 85% 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
1.6% of homes are holiday homes; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 0.2%. Households in flats: 12% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. For Cappamore, the census puts households without a car or van at 18%.
Median household income here: €53,250 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €53,250 a year before tax, the median household income is 11% under that of Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Limerick as a whole, the figure is €55,950.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 10% in Cappamore, less than in 98% 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.
8.4% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (1.2%); 1.8% speak English not well or not at all. As a yardstick, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. At 5.5%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 98% of Irish towns.
0.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, below 99% of Irish towns
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 highest share in Co. Limerick belongs to Farranshone (1.9%). Elsewhere, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. 217 residents, 35% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
Residents with no religion make up 6.5% in Cappamore, less than in 99% 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: 90% of Cappamore · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
86% of residents said they are Catholic; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 71%. After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (5.2%), Other, including mixed (2.5%) and Irish Traveller (1.5%). For comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 68% of Irish towns, at 37%
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.
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 4.9%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Cappamore sits below 94% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (16%)
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 4.1% of adults here, while 20% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Cappamore is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cappamore | 668 | — | 40.3 | 20% | 40% |
| Moroe | 1,432 | 5.7 km | 35.2 | 8% | 57% |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 9.2 km | 37.7 | 14% | 53% |
| Newport | 2,183 | 11.5 km | 36 | 9.7% | 55% |
| Annacotty | 3,398 | 14.3 km | 35 | 8.7% | 43% |
| Castleconnell | 2,488 | 15.3 km | 38.5 | 14% | 50% |
| Castletroy | 15,093 | 15.9 km | 29 | 9.2% | 32% |
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 Cappamore’s residents
What is the population of Cappamore?
Cappamore had 668 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Cappamore?
The median age is 40.3. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Cappamore?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (217 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Cappamore?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 5.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Cappamore?
86% are Catholic, 6.5% have no religion and 7.9% another religion; 3% didn’t say.
Is Cappamore good for families?
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Cappamore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cappamore?
Median gross household income in Cappamore was €53,250 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).