Photo: National Party from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY 2.0Below 99% of Irish towns: 0.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
With households without a car or van at 7.3%, Pallaskenry is behind 87% of Irish towns on that count. Census day 2022: 610 residents and 224 households here. The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish stands at 95%. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 90% of Irish towns.
A change of +3% since 2016 leaves Pallaskenry behind 79% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +9% across Co. Limerick’s towns.
A median age of 38.8: Pallaskenry is older than 64% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 10–14: 9.5% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 55% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Below 85% of Irish towns: 5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
At 10%, the share of students among residents 15 and over is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
49% of households are parents with children, more than in 76% 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.
22% of households are one person living alone, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. Households average 2.8 people.
Few flats: only 0.4% of households in Pallaskenry live in one
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
Connected households: 85% on broadband; 13% offline (typical: 7.6%). For households in flats, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 12%. Holiday homes: 1.6% of the total.
Households here have a median income of €57,360 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €57,360 a year here, close to Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €55,950 across Co. Limerick.
8.2% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 98% 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.
5.8% speak a language other than English at home, French most of all (1.5%); 0.7% speak English not well or not at all. On average, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 99% of Irish towns: 4% of residents are citizens of another country.
Irish speakers make up 41% of Pallaskenry
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
Irish speakers number 234, or just over two in five residents aged 3 and over. Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than in 56% of Irish towns: 1%.
Pallaskenry ranks above 99% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 86%
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: 95% of Pallaskenry · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns, against 13% in Pallaskenry. For residents who said they are Catholic, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 71%. Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.9%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.5%) and Other, including mixed (0.2%).
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 92% of Irish towns, at 41%
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.
At 6.1%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Pallaskenry ranks below 83% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 23%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
5.9% of Pallaskenry’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 10% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Pallaskenry is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pallaskenry | 610 | — | 38.8 | 14% | 49% |
| Shannon | 10,256 | 7.6 km | 38.5 | 15% | 44% |
| Askeaton | 1,236 | 8.5 km | 38.2 | 18% | 43% |
| Adare | 1,224 | 10.1 km | 42.9 | 20% | 37% |
| Sixmilebridge | 2,832 | 12.9 km | 35.6 | 8.6% | 55% |
| Newmarket-On-Fergus | 1,887 | 13.6 km | 38.8 | 15% | 45% |
| Rathkeale | 1,231 | 14.1 km | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
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 Pallaskenry’s residents
What is the population of Pallaskenry?
Pallaskenry had 610 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Pallaskenry?
The median age is 38.8. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Pallaskenry?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (234 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Pallaskenry?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 8.2% were born abroad and 4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Pallaskenry?
86% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 1.9% another religion; 3.3% didn’t say.
Is Pallaskenry good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Pallaskenry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Pallaskenry?
Median gross household income in Pallaskenry was €57,360 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).