Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainKillashee ranks below 99% of Irish towns on residents with no religion: 8%
The share of households of parents with children trails 79% of Irish towns: 35%. Census figures put one-person households at 34% in Killashee. On households without a car or van, Killashee sits lower than 91% of Irish towns: 6.4%. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 247, in 98 households.
+11% since 2016, a pace 70% of Irish towns didn’t match
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, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Longford’s towns, +11%.
Killashee sits below 77% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (10%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: 11% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. With a median age of 35.9, Killashee is younger than 71% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Locally, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Longford 50.5%, Ireland 51.2%.
12% of residents 15 and over are students, a share 77% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Killashee, 6.1%. Set beside that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 69% of Irish towns: 2.6 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Longford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 6.1%, above 62% of Irish towns.
Holiday homes make up 0.9% in Killashee, more than in 82% 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. For comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. 76% of households are on broadband; 24% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%).
The midpoint household income is €47,110 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €47,110 sits 22% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Longford comes in at €47,220 at the median.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 27% in Killashee, more than in 70% 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 40%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
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.
The most common home language after English is Polish (4.9%); in all 23% speak another language, and 5.7% speak English not well or not at all. 18% of residents are citizens of another country, a higher share than in 67% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Irish speakers make up 32% of Killashee
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
Some 56 people here, nearly a third of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. On daily speakers of Irish outside education, Killashee sits higher than 52% of Irish towns: 1.1%.
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 78% in Killashee, more than in 85% 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: 75% of Killashee · Co. Longford’s towns 61% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White Irish come Other White (19%), Black or Black Irish (5.9%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.5%). The comparison figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 71% across Ireland’s towns. 75% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, a lower share than in 62% of Irish towns.
In Killashee, 31% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 73% 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.
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 5.7%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 77% of Irish towns, at 25%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 7.3% of adults here, while 8.9% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Killashee is younger than 3 of its 5 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killashee | 247 | — | 35.9 | 10% | 35% |
| Lanesborough-Ballyleague | 1,733 | 7.9 km | 39.8 | 19% | 38% |
| Longford | 10,952 | 8.0 km | 36.7 | 14% | 41% |
| Ballymahon | 1,714 | 14.8 km | 37.3 | 15% | 38% |
| Drumlish | 1,124 | 17.5 km | 35.7 | 11% | 47% |
| Edgeworthstown | 2,199 | 17.7 km | 35.8 | 11% | 43% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Longford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Longford has fewer than five towns of 2,500 or more, so its figure is the median of its towns of 1,000 or more; the national figure is the median of 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 Killashee’s residents
What is the population of Killashee?
Killashee had 247 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Killashee?
The median age is 35.9. 28% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killashee?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (56 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killashee?
75% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 27% were born abroad and 18% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killashee?
78% are Catholic, 8% have no religion and 14% another religion; 24% didn’t say.
Is Killashee good for families?
35% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killashee are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killashee?
Median gross household income in Killashee was €47,110 in 2022, against €47,220 across Co. Longford 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).