Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households of parents with children than 98% of Irish towns, at 14%
With residents aged 65 and over at 5.9%, Limerick City Centre is behind 95% of Irish towns on that count. At the 2022 Census Limerick City Centre was home to 3,434 people in 1,519 households. Across Limerick City Centre, just over a third of households are one person living alone. On residents who said they are Catholic, Limerick City Centre sits lower than 99% of Irish towns: 39%.
What stands out about the people of Limerick City Centre
More born abroad than anywhere else in Co. Limerick
55% of residents were born abroad, against 19% across Co. Limerick’s towns and 22% across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (28%) and elsewhere in the EU (9.5%); 62% are citizens of another country. Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
66% of residents describe a background other than White Irish, more than in 99% of Irish towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (30%), Asian or Asian Irish (20%) and Other, including mixed (9.3%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Growing faster than most
Limerick City Centre went from about 2,660 people in 2016 to 3,434 in 2022, +29%: faster growth than in 96% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
A neighbourhood of flats
97% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 99% of Irish towns. 64% have no car. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +29% change since 2016: Limerick City Centre grew faster than 96% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Limerick’s towns.
Younger than 82% of Irish towns: half of Limerick City Centre is under 34.8
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 15% of residents, 2.2 times the share across Ireland’s towns. In Farranshone, the oldest of Co. Limerick’s towns by this measure, it is 23%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Limerick City Centre, 34.8. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 80% of Irish towns, at 12%
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
On students among residents 15 and over, 10% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Shared houses: 32% of households are unrelated adults, more than in 99% 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, households average 2.7 people; in Limerick City Centre, 2.1. As a reference point, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
97% of households live in a flat or apartment, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
Most homes are connected: 85% have broadband, and 13% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). Higher than in 98% of Irish towns: 64% of households have no car or van. Across Ireland’s towns, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment. Holiday homes account for 0.1%.
Households here have a median income of €41,490 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are below €41,490 a year before tax: 31% under the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Limerick’s median household income is €55,950.
Limerick City Centre: 55% of residents born outside Ireland
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 65%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 65%
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 15%; Limerick City Centre has 62%. For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%. 32% speak another language at home, most often Polish (5.7%); 4.5% speak English not well or not at all.
A smaller share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 82% of Irish towns: 0.7%
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%. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns: 34%
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: 34% of Limerick City Centre · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (30%), Asian or Asian Irish (20%) and Other, including mixed (9.3%). By way of comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Higher than in 88% of Irish towns: 28% of residents said they have no religion.
Limerick City Centre sits below 99% of Irish towns for unpaid carers (1.9%)
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.
28% of residents 15 and over are married; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 34%. Across Ireland’s towns, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 66% of Irish towns, at 44%
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 17% of adults; primary level or less for 11% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
In its size band (2,929 to 4,032), the 8th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 31.8 in Taylor's Hill to 43.5 in Bantry. Nearest to Limerick City Centre in age: Stamullen (34.4), Shandon (34.6), Annacotty (35) and Rathangan (35).
The towns around Limerick City Centre are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick City Centre | 3,434 | — | 34.8 | 5.9% | 14% |
| Dock | 6,258 | 0.7 km | 35.4 | 9.4% | 24% |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery | 4,122 | 1.0 km | 40.8 | 18% | 31% |
| Galvone | 5,412 | 1.1 km | 36.2 | 13% | 33% |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 1.3 km | 43.5 | 23% | 32% |
| Corbally and King's Island | 14,213 | 1.3 km | 39.5 | 16% | 37% |
| Garryowen | 5,428 | 1.8 km | 40.9 | 15% | 45% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Limerick City Centre’s residents
What is the population of Limerick City Centre?
Limerick City Centre had 3,434 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 29% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Limerick City Centre?
The median age is 34.8, younger than 82% of Irish towns. 15% are under 18 and 5.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Limerick City Centre?
17% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (320 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Limerick City Centre?
34% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 55% were born abroad and 62% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Limerick City Centre?
39% are Catholic, 28% have no religion and 33% another religion; 45% didn’t say.
Is Limerick City Centre good for families?
14% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 15% of residents are under 18. Schools near Limerick City Centre are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Limerick City Centre?
Median gross household income in Limerick City Centre was €41,490 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).