Photo: john salter · CC BY-SA 2.0Kilfinnane ranks below 98% of Irish towns on households in flats: 1.2%
With residents who said they are Catholic at 83%, Kilfinnane is ahead of 95% of Irish towns on that count. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 757, in 323 households. For Kilfinnane, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.2%. Half of the town’s residents are over 41.4, older than in 87% of Irish towns.
+2% since 2016, a pace below 81% 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.
More residents aged 65 and over than 87% of Irish towns: 19%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 (Ireland’s towns: 12%). Set beside that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 69% of Irish towns, at 6.3%
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
There is little gap on students among residents 15 and over: 9.8%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
In Kilfinnane, 33% of households are one person living alone, more than in 93% 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.
Households of parents with children make up 37%, against 43% across Ireland’s towns. There are 2.3 people in the average household. Set beside that, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Kilfinnane ranks above 91% of Irish towns on holiday homes: 1.7%
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
17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns, against 20% in Kilfinnane. The comparison figure for holiday homes is 0.2% across Ireland’s towns.
Median household income here: €41,240 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Kilfinnane’s households have a gross income below €41,240 a year, 31% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €55,950 across Co. Limerick.
12% born outside Ireland, fewer than in 94% 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.
5.6% are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns 15%). Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (6.6%) or outside the EU and UK (2.5%). For comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
In Kilfinnane, Irish is spoken by 41% of residents
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
No town in Co. Limerick beats Farranshone (1.9%). At 1%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is lower than in 56% of Irish towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 98% of Irish towns: 93%
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: 93% of Kilfinnane · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (5%), Other, including mixed (1.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.6%). Fewer residents with no religion than in 77% of Irish towns: 13%. The wider picture: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
In Kilfinnane, 31% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 73% 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: 6.1%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 22% in Kilfinnane, less than in 85% 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 qualifications are held by 7.1% of adults here, while 13% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Around Kilfinnane, 2 of 3 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilfinnane | 757 | — | 41.4 | 19% | 37% |
| Kilmallock | 1,761 | 8.8 km | 42.9 | 23% | 34% |
| Charleville | 3,970 | 14.5 km | 38.2 | 16% | 42% |
| Mitchelstown | 3,744 | 16.9 km | 41.7 | 19% | 42% |
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 Kilfinnane’s residents
What is the population of Kilfinnane?
Kilfinnane had 757 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilfinnane?
The median age is 41.4. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilfinnane?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (280 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilfinnane?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 5.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilfinnane?
83% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 4.4% another religion; 6.1% didn’t say.
Is Kilfinnane good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilfinnane are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilfinnane?
Median gross household income in Kilfinnane was €41,240 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).