Photo: Epzcaw · CC BY-SA 4.00.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over; in Hospital, 23%. There were 283 households locally at the 2022 Census, home to 674 residents. On the census count, 5.5% of residents said they have no religion. This Co. Limerick town has more one-person households than 98% of Irish towns, at 38%.
Hospital changed by −1% from 2016 to 2022, behind 97% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Limerick’s towns.
A median age of 42.3: Hospital is older than 91% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: 7.7% of residents. Lower than in 83% of Irish towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 85% of Irish towns, at 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
The figure for students among residents 15 and over is 8.9% in Hospital and 10% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
2.4 people per household, fewer than in 85% 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.
The share of households of parents with children is 36%, against 43% across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 85% of Irish towns: 5.7%
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
22% of households have no car or van; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 17%. The wider picture: 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. The share of holiday homes stands at 0.3%.
Median household income here: €49,220 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €49,220 a year, 18% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Limerick comes in at €55,950 at the median.
11% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 96% 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.
The largest groups were born in the UK (5.7%) and in Poland (2.2%). Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in 97% of Irish towns. For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%.
A smaller share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns: 0.3%
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 223 people here, 36% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. As a yardstick, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 98% of Irish towns: 92%
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: 92% of Hospital · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 71% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic in Hospital comes in at 90%. For comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (6.5%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.8%) and Other, including mixed (0.5%).
Above 52% of Irish towns: 35% of residents 15 and over are married
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: 5.9%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 92% of Irish towns: 19%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 5.2% of adults; primary level or less for 13% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Hospital and its 3 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | 674 | — | 42.3 | 23% | 36% |
| Kilmallock | 1,761 | 12.5 km | 42.9 | 23% | 34% |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 13.6 km | 37.7 | 14% | 53% |
| Tipperary | 5,387 | 18.6 km | 40.3 | 18% | 38% |
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 Hospital’s residents
What is the population of Hospital?
Hospital had 674 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 1% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Hospital?
The median age is 42.3. 25% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Hospital?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (223 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Hospital?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Hospital?
90% are Catholic, 5.5% have no religion and 4.4% another religion; 2.5% didn’t say.
Is Hospital good for families?
36% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Hospital are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Hospital?
Median gross household income in Hospital was €49,220 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).