Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0In Castleconnell, 5.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 87% of Irish towns
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.3%), Castleconnell is below 92% of Irish towns. There were 906 households in the town at the 2022 Census, home to 2,488 residents. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White Irish at 84% here. Households of parents with children are more common here than in 78% of Irish towns.
Castleconnell’s population changed by +8% since 2016, more than in 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.
Across Co. Limerick’s towns the median is +9%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Half of Castleconnell is over 38.5, older than 61% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
45–49 is the most common age band: 9.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Here, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 14% here, more than in half of Irish towns.
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%.
Castleconnell: 12% of residents 15 and over are students, above 76% 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
Work here tilts toward professional occupations, at 27% against a typical 21%. Locally, 6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Measured more widely, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Castleconnell households average 2.7 people, larger than in 54% 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.
Locally, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 71% of Irish towns: 12%
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
The share of households with broadband is 88%; 9.1% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). On the census count, 0.7% of homes are holiday homes. Every 9th household or so has no car or van.
The median household brings in €59,610 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €59,610 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). Co. Limerick’s median household income is €55,950.
In Castleconnell, 11% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 73% 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.
Polish leads the languages spoken at home (5%), among the 14% who speak another language there; 1.4% speak English not well or not at all. Across Ireland’s towns, 15% of residents are citizens of another country. Compared with other places, residents born outside Ireland are scarce here: 18%, fewer than in two thirds of Irish towns.
1.2% of residents speak Irish every day outside education
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
Some 1,039 people here, 45% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The highest share in Co. Limerick belongs to Farranshone (1.9%). The benchmark for daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns: 1.1%.
19% said they have no religion, more than in 58% 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: 84% of Castleconnell · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (11%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.2%) and Black or Black Irish (1.5%). The usual figure: 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who said they are Catholic are common here: 72%, more than in 53% of Irish towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 58% of Irish towns: 35%
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.
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 6%. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Castleconnell sits above 67% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (44%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 20% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 7.2% finished at primary level or earlier, against 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.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Castleconnell
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleconnell | 2,488 | — | 38.5 | 14% | 50% |
| Annacotty | 3,398 | 5.7 km | 35 | 8.7% | 43% |
| Newport | 2,183 | 6.3 km | 36 | 9.7% | 55% |
| Castletroy | 15,093 | 6.6 km | 29 | 9.2% | 32% |
| Ardnacrusha | 1,229 | 7.5 km | 44 | 14% | 61% |
| Westbury | 3,636 | 7.5 km | 38.5 | 14% | 51% |
| Garryowen | 5,428 | 8.9 km | 40.9 | 15% | 45% |
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 Castleconnell’s residents
What is the population of Castleconnell?
Castleconnell had 2,488 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Castleconnell?
The median age is 38.5. 27% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Castleconnell?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,039 people), and 1.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Castleconnell?
84% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Castleconnell?
72% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 9.5% another religion; 4.4% didn’t say.
Is Castleconnell good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Castleconnell are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Castleconnell?
Median gross household income in Castleconnell was €59,610 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).