Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 674 residents, it is a town in Co. Limerick.
Hospital takes 4.1 years of the median household income to buy the median home, at €200,000. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records 29 buildings here. A degree is held by 19% of adults. Residents born outside Ireland: 11%.
There are no grades for Hospital: Irish towns need 1,000 residents for them.
The 3 things Hospital does most differently from other towns.
The register holds 29 buildings on the National Inventory in Hospital.
11 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hospital.
Under 1% of homes in Hospital are estimated to have radon above the reference level. The ground under Hospital carries no high landslide susceptibility. Only a handful of its homes, if any, sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Hospital | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
1,040 mm of rain falls in a year, near Co. Limerick’s towns (1,034 mm) and higher than Irish towns (937 mm). Day and night, summer and winter, Hospital averages 10.1°C. In January, overnight lows in Hospital settle at 2.5°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Hospital | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature over the year | 10.1°C | 10.5°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 2.5°C | 2.9°C | 2.9°C |
| July high | 19.7°C | 19.9°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,040 mm | 1,034 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Disability touches 29% of Hospital’s population. Allowing for its ages, Hospital has 151 residents in bad health per 100 expected, between Co. Limerick’s towns (171) and Irish towns (113). At the census, 3.3% of people here described their health as bad or very bad.
| Census 2022 | Hospital | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 29% | 25% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.3% | 2.9% | 2% |
| Good or very good health | 86% | 86% | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.9% | 5.5% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
14% of households are private tenants. Owners make up 60% of households, near both Co. Limerick’s towns (59%) and Irish towns (61%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €200,000 | 47 |
| Housing | Hospital | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 23% | 13% | 13% |
| Median sale price | €200K | €312K | €350K |
| Households renting privately | 14% | 27% | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Woodland covers 0.5% of the land within 1 km, below both Co. Limerick’s towns (1.5%) and Irish towns (2.7%). Green space comes to 5.3 ha per 1,000 people in Hospital, higher than both Co. Limerick’s towns (4.7 ha) and Irish towns (4.1 ha). 3 waymarked trails and greenways start within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Hospital | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 52% | 91% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0% | 9.6% | 1.8% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 2.5 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0.5% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Judged by the averages, Hospital sees November days reach 11°C and nights fall to 4°C. A dry day with a stiff breeze lies ahead today: wind building to 22 km/h, then a low of 7°C. The warmest afternoon ahead comes on Friday, at 10°C; the coolest tops out at 8°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 297 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 208 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 241 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 294 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Short trips: 42% under 15 minutes, above Co. Limerick’s towns (37%) and Irish towns (31%) alike. 16% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Home was the main workplace for 7.2% of workers at the census.
| Census 2022 | Hospital | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 42% | 37% | 31% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 66% | 61% | 68% |
| Average trip | 27.5 min | 23 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €49,220 | €50,710 | €57,760 |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Children under 15 make up a fifth of residents. 0.3% speak Irish daily outside school, lower than both Co. Limerick’s towns (0.9%) and Irish towns (1.1%).
47.8% of Hospital’s residents are women
322 women and 352 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Hospital | Co. Limerick | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 31% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 23% | 24% |
| 65+ | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 13% | 11% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 24% | 16% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5% | 5.6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 19% | 31% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Limerick and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
General election turnout: 61%, above Co. Limerick’s towns (55%) and Irish towns (59%) alike. The voters of Limerick City and County Council also elect its mayor directly: John Moran (Independent), since 7 June 2024. No party holds a majority on Limerick City and County Council: Fine Gael lead with 13 of 40 seats, short of the 21 needed.
| Turnout | Hospital | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 59% | 48% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | 55% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
15.3% of its homes were built before 1919, above Co. Limerick’s towns (3.8%) and Irish towns (3.4%) alike. 11 archaeological sites are on the record, higher than Co. Limerick’s towns (10) and near Irish towns (11).
| Heritage | Hospital | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 430 | 15 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 15.3% | 3.8% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
John The Baptist Community School is the nearest secondary school, 0.1 km away. Within 3 km of Hospital there are 3 schools (2 primary schools and 1 secondary school).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scoil Nais Cnoc Aine Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 200 | Catholic |
| John The Baptist Community SchoolLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Community school | Post-primary · Community school | 960 | Inter-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Hospital | Co. Limerick | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 54% | 39% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 46% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 12% | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −8% | +3% | +4% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No letters and no results: Ireland publishes none school by school.
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Hospital; with them, the best known within 40 km.
CastleRock of Cashel37 km east
CastleBunratty Castle36 km northwest
Castle · Office of Public WorksCahir Castle36 km east
CathedralSt John's Cathedral25 km northwest
CathedralSaint Mary's Cathedral25 km northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Hospital’s built heritage counts 29 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 11 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
3 notable people were born in Hospital.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | 674 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kilmallock | 1,761 | 13 | — | A | B− | C+ |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 14 | — | C+ | A | D− |
| Tipperary Tipperary | 5,387 | 19 | C+ | A+ | C | D |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Hospital had 674 people at the 2022 census, down from 682 in 2016: 1.2% fewer, while the median of Irish towns grew 7.6%.
The median age in Hospital is 42.3, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
7% mostly work from home, and 42% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Urban area in Co. Limerick
674 people live in Hospital, in the area of Limerick City and County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).