Photo: Neville Goodman · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Carrigkerry is over 45.6, older than 99% of Irish towns
By its share of households in flats (1.4%), Carrigkerry is below 98% of Irish towns. Still, the town has more residents who said they are Catholic than 96% of Irish towns, at 83%. 190 residents in 73 households: that is Carrigkerry at the 2022 Census. On the census count, 51% of households are parents with children.
A +7% change since 2016: slower than 51% 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 Ireland’s towns the median change is +8%; across Co. Limerick’s towns, +9%.
21% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
10–14 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Across Carrigkerry, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Fewer students among residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 6.5%
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
31% of Carrigkerry’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 23% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 1.1%.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of Irish towns: 1.4%
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.
The average household has 2.6 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.7%. 25% of households are one person living alone.
Only 14% of households in Carrigkerry have no car or van
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
Just over four in five households are on broadband; 17% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Median household income: €42,660 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€42,660 a year before tax puts the median household 29% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Limerick as a whole has a median of €55,950.
A smaller share of residents born outside Ireland than 98% of Irish towns: 8.4%
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.
Compared with 15% across Ireland’s towns, 3.7% of residents are citizens of another country here. The wider picture: 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (7.4%) and in Poland (0.5%).
40% of Carrigkerry’s residents can speak Irish
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Irish speakers number 72, or two in five residents aged 3 and over.
94% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
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: 94% of Carrigkerry · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 9.7% in Carrigkerry and 17% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Carrigkerry: 38% of residents 15 and over are married, above 83% 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.
Locally, 5.3% of residents give unpaid care. 50% of Carrigkerry’s residents 15 and over are single and 38% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 94% of Irish towns: 17%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Carrigkerry, 20%, and 3.1% hold a postgraduate qualification. Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Carrigkerry has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrigkerry | 190 | — | 45.6 | 21% | 51% |
| Newcastle West | 7,209 | 7.9 km | 37.4 | 15% | 43% |
| Rathkeale | 1,231 | 14.8 km | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Abbeyfeale | 2,206 | 16.0 km | 40.8 | 18% | 39% |
| Askeaton | 1,236 | 17.0 km | 38.2 | 18% | 43% |
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 Carrigkerry’s residents
What is the population of Carrigkerry?
Carrigkerry had 190 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Carrigkerry?
The median age is 45.6. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Carrigkerry?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (72 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Carrigkerry?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 8.4% were born abroad and 3.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Carrigkerry?
83% are Catholic, 9.7% have no religion and 7% another religion; 2.6% didn’t say.
Is Carrigkerry good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Carrigkerry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Carrigkerry?
Median gross household income in Carrigkerry was €42,660 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).