Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0Patrickswell sits below 98% of Irish towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1.6%)
With residents who said they are Catholic at 87%, Patrickswell is ahead of 99% of Irish towns on that count. On households in flats, Patrickswell sits lower than 96% of Irish towns: 2.8%. 848 residents in 317 households: that is Patrickswell at the 2022 Census. For Patrickswell, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 18%.
+3% since 2016: slower than 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.
Across Co. Limerick’s towns the median is +9%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Patrickswell is older than 79% of Irish towns: a median age of 40.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 13%, Patrickswell is ahead of 60% of Irish towns on that count. More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 7.8% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of Irish towns: 3.7%
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
27% of Patrickswell’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 19% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Above 63% of Irish towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
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 average 2.7 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%. The census found that 45% of households are parents with children in Patrickswell.
Below 75% of Irish towns: 10% of households have no car or van
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: 80% have broadband, and 19% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). The wider picture: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
The median household brings in €53,460 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€53,460 a year before tax puts the median household 11% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Limerick, the median is €55,950.
A smaller share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 94% of Irish towns: 7.1%
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.
9.3% speak another language at home, most often Polish (2.8%); 0.9% speak English not well or not at all. Lower than in 88% of Irish towns: 14% of residents were born outside Ireland. As a reference point, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns: 0.1%
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
In all, 262 residents aged 3 and over (33%) can speak Irish. The comparison figure for daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
7.6% of residents said they have no religion, below 99% of Irish towns
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: 89% of Patrickswell · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish (89%), Patrickswell is above 96% of Irish towns. For comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Next after White Irish come Other White (5.3%), Irish Traveller (1.7%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.7%).
4.4% of residents give unpaid care, below 84% 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.
Patrickswell has more married residents 15 and over than 53% of Irish towns, at 35%. By way of comparison, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 19%, a lower share than 90% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 16%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 4.2% of adults.
Older than Patrickswell: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrickswell | 848 | — | 40.2 | 18% | 45% |
| Dooradoyle | 18,593 | 5.3 km | 36.4 | 11% | 44% |
| Adare | 1,224 | 7.1 km | 42.9 | 20% | 37% |
| Ballinacurra | 3,719 | 7.2 km | 38.6 | 18% | 33% |
| Dock | 6,258 | 8.3 km | 35.4 | 9.4% | 24% |
| Rathbane | 4,111 | 8.4 km | 37.9 | 15% | 47% |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery | 4,122 | 8.4 km | 40.8 | 18% | 31% |
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 Patrickswell’s residents
What is the population of Patrickswell?
Patrickswell had 848 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Patrickswell?
The median age is 40.2. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Patrickswell?
33% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (262 people), and 0.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Patrickswell?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 7.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Patrickswell?
87% are Catholic, 7.6% have no religion and 5.6% another religion; 3.9% didn’t say.
Is Patrickswell good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Patrickswell are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Patrickswell?
Median gross household income in Patrickswell was €53,460 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).