Photo: KiltimaghAmenityPark · CC BY-SA 4.0More holiday homes than 94% of Irish towns: 4.1%
The share of one-person households tops 98% of Irish towns: 36%. Kiltimagh counted 1,232 residents and 535 households at the 2022 Census. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 1.9%. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3% here, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Kiltimagh
Older than most towns
Half of Kiltimagh’s residents are under 41.4 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 18% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
About 90 residents (7.1%) give regular unpaid care, more than in 96% of Irish towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Growth of +14% since 2016 puts Kiltimagh ahead of 81% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Mayo’s towns.
A median age of 41.4: Kiltimagh is older than 87% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over; in Kiltimagh, 18%. The largest age band is 35–39: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Mayo 51.6%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer students among residents 15 and over than 92% of Irish towns: 8.1%
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
38% of Kiltimagh’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 17% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. For Kiltimagh, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 7%.
Kiltimagh households average 2.3 people, smaller than in 94% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Mayo’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
37% of households are parents with children; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 43%.
Fewer households in flats than 82% of Irish towns: 6.5%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of households have no car or van; in Kiltimagh, 12%. Internet at home: broadband for 85%, nothing for 13% (typical: 7.6%).
€42,030 a year: where the middle household sits
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €42,030 a year, 30% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Mayo, the figure is €48,670.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 13%, a lower share than 62% 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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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 in the UK (12%) and in Poland (3.2%). The benchmark for residents with another country’s citizenship across Ireland’s towns: 15%. Higher than in 50% of Irish towns: 22% of residents were born outside Ireland.
In Kiltimagh, 0.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 82% of Irish towns
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
The highest share in Co. Mayo belongs to Castlebar (1.2%). Measured more widely, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. Irish speakers number 512, or 45% of residents aged 3 and over.
83% of residents said they are Catholic, a share 95% of Irish towns don’t reach
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: 85% of Kiltimagh · Co. Mayo’s towns 69% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
85% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. Fewer residents with no religion than in 89% of Irish towns: 11%. By way of comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Kiltimagh sits above 96% of Irish towns for unpaid carers (7.1%)
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.
Married residents 15 and over make up 37%, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 31%, a lower share than 64% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Kiltimagh, 12%, and 9.1% hold a postgraduate qualification. The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Kiltimagh sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiltimagh | 1,232 | — | 41.4 | 18% | 37% |
| Knock | 1,029 | 8.0 km | 49 | 33% | 28% |
| Swinford | 1,459 | 10.8 km | 44.1 | 24% | 34% |
| Claremorris | 3,857 | 13.9 km | 37.4 | 13% | 38% |
| Foxford | 1,452 | 16.7 km | 45.4 | 25% | 33% |
| Ballyhaunis | 2,773 | 17.8 km | 34.5 | 12% | 45% |
| Charlestown-Bellahy | 1,172 | 18.2 km | 38.7 | 16% | 39% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Mayo’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Mayo’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 Kiltimagh’s residents
What is the population of Kiltimagh?
Kiltimagh had 1,232 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kiltimagh?
The median age is 41.4. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kiltimagh?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (512 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kiltimagh?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 22% were born abroad and 13% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kiltimagh?
83% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 6.4% another religion; 3% didn’t say.
Is Kiltimagh good for families?
37% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kiltimagh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kiltimagh?
Median gross household income in Kiltimagh was €42,030 in 2022, against €48,670 across Co. Mayo 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).