Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Knocklong is older than 96% of Irish towns: a median age of 43.9
Compared with 71% across Ireland’s towns, nine in ten residents said they are Catholic here. Few places have as many one-person households: 32% here, more than in 91% of Irish towns. Knocklong counted 229 residents and 103 households at the 2022 Census. In Knocklong, 4.9% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Since 2016, Knocklong has changed by +5%, slower than 67% 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, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Limerick’s towns, by more than +9%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of Irish towns: 24%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns, Knocklong has 9.6%. Elsewhere, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
7.8% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 95% 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
22% of workers are in caring, leisure and other services, against a typical 8.3%. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 71% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. On the census count, 41% of households are parents with children.
In Knocklong, 1.7% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 91% of Irish towns
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
Broadband reaches 68% of households; 26% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes. The census found that 14% of households have no car or van in Knocklong.
Median household income here: €52,960 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Knocklong’s households have a gross income below €52,960 a year, 12% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Limerick, the median is €55,950.
Only 10% of residents were born outside Ireland in Knocklong
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.
Where 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns, Knocklong has 3.1%. By way of comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (6.6%), then outside the EU and UK (1.7%).
Able to speak Irish: 33% in Knocklong
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
Within Co. Limerick, Farranshone has the largest share, 1.9%. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns: 94%
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: 94% of Knocklong · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 7.7%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Unpaid carers: 7.9%, a higher share than 99% 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.
Married residents 15 and over make up 35%, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 95% of Irish towns: 16%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 6.2% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 15% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Knocklong
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knocklong | 229 | — | 43.9 | 24% | 41% |
| Kilmallock | 1,761 | 12.1 km | 42.9 | 23% | 34% |
| Tipperary | 5,387 | 17.5 km | 40.3 | 18% | 38% |
| Caherconlish | 1,569 | 17.9 km | 37.7 | 14% | 53% |
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 Knocklong’s residents
What is the population of Knocklong?
Knocklong had 229 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Knocklong?
The median age is 43.9. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Knocklong?
33% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (68 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Knocklong?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 3.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Knocklong?
90% are Catholic, 7.7% have no religion and 2.3% another religion; 3.5% didn’t say.
Is Knocklong good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Knocklong are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Knocklong?
Median gross household income in Knocklong was €52,960 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).