Photo: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office · Public domainHalf of Glin is over 46, older than 99% of Irish towns
Where 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns, Glin has 0.7%. The census found that 37% of households are one person living alone in the town. The town has more holiday homes than 94% of Irish towns, at 3.6%. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 644, in 286 households.
Slower than most: +4% since 2016, behind 74% 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 typical town changed +8%; across Co. Limerick’s towns, +9%.
Above 98% of Irish towns: 24% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
70–74 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 2.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Across Glin, 8.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Glin, 5.8% 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
Where 11% is typical, skilled trades take in 22% of workers. On residents who moved in within the year, Glin sits lower than 52% of Irish towns: 7.3%. The usual figure: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Glin households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 94% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children is 43%; Glin has 36%.
Fewer flats than 63% of Irish towns: 10% of households
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
At home, 74% have broadband, while 23% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). The share of households without a car or van stands at 17%. For comparison, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Median household income: €52,510 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Glin’s households have a gross income below €52,510 a year, 13% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Limerick has a median of €55,950.
A lower share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 73% of Irish towns, at 11%
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.
Set against 22% across Ireland’s towns, nearly a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland in Glin. The share of residents with another country’s citizenship across Ireland’s towns is 15%. Most residents from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (6.6%) or in the UK (6.1%).
Irish: 42% of Glin’s residents can speak it
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
Irish speakers number 254, or 42% of residents aged 3 and over. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 74% of Irish towns.
In Glin, 8.8% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 96% 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 Glin · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who said they are Catholic is 83%, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. In Glin, 84% of residents describe themselves as White Irish.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 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.
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 5.7%. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 28%, a lower share than 70% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 9.2% of adults. The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 14%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Glin
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glin | 644 | — | 46 | 24% | 36% |
| Kilrush | 2,649 | 16.4 km | 44.1 | 24% | 36% |
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 Glin’s residents
What is the population of Glin?
Glin had 644 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Glin?
The median age is 46. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Glin?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (254 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Glin?
84% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Glin?
83% are Catholic, 8.8% have no religion and 7.9% another religion; 3.3% didn’t say.
Is Glin good for families?
36% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near Glin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Glin?
Median gross household income in Glin was €52,510 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).