A median age of 51.8: Shanagolden is older than 99% of Irish towns
Nearly one in ten residents said they have no religion (Ireland’s towns: 17%). Households of parents with children are rarer here than in 86% of Irish towns. Shanagolden is home to 150 residents in 73 households, by the 2022 Census. The share of households in flats stands at 4.1%.
Since 2016, Shanagolden has changed by −1%, slower than 95% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Limerick’s towns.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 31%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Shanagolden, 11%. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
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%.
In Shanagolden, 7.1% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 99% 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
In Shanagolden, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in a fifth of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 28%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The town has fewer residents who moved in within the year than 62% of Irish towns, at 6.7%.
38% of households are one person living alone, a share 98% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
The average household has 2 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. The share of one-person households across Ireland’s towns is 24%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 86% of Irish towns.
10% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 75% 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
Where 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns, Shanagolden has 1.2%. Against that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Median household income: €50,100 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €50,100 a year before tax, the median household income is 17% under that of Ireland (€60,120). County median: €55,950 (Co. Limerick).
In Shanagolden, 7.3% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 99% 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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (4%) and in the UK (3.3%). 3.4% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 99% of Irish towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Able to speak Irish: 35% in Shanagolden
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. No town in Co. Limerick beats Farranshone (1.9%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns: 95%
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 Shanagolden · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Black or Black Irish (2.1%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.4%) and Other, including mixed (1.4%). Elsewhere, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. 88% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 99% of Irish towns.
Shanagolden sits above 94% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (42%)
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 5.4%; Shanagolden has 6.7%. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
16% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 95% 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: 17%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Postgraduate: 2.7% of adults.
Every nearby town is younger than Shanagolden
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanagolden | 150 | — | 51.8 | 31% | 30% |
| Askeaton | 1,236 | 8.9 km | 38.2 | 18% | 43% |
| Rathkeale | 1,231 | 12.5 km | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Newcastle West | 7,209 | 14.0 km | 37.4 | 15% | 43% |
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 Shanagolden’s residents
What is the population of Shanagolden?
Shanagolden had 150 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Shanagolden?
The median age is 51.8. 11% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Shanagolden?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (50 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Shanagolden?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.3% were born abroad and 3.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Shanagolden?
88% are Catholic, 8.2% have no religion and 3.4% another religion; 2.7% didn’t say.
Is Shanagolden good for families?
30% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 11% of residents are under 18. Schools near Shanagolden are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Shanagolden?
Median gross household income in Shanagolden was €50,100 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).