Photo: Dylan Moore · CC BY-SA 2.087% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Households of parents with children: 47%, above 70% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 1,051 residents and 396 households in Kilcormac. Shared households of unrelated adults: 2% of the total. The median age locally is 36.9, lower than in three fifths of Irish towns.
Kilcormac’s population moved +7% on 2016, less than in 52% 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.
Above 61% of Irish towns: 15% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 7.9% of residents. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 52% of Irish towns. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. In Ferbane, the oldest of Co. Offaly’s towns by this measure, it is 22%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Offaly 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of students among residents 15 and over than 87% of Irish towns, at 8.5%
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
21% of Kilcormac’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 23% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 5.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here.
27% of households are one person living alone, more than in 63% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Offaly’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Households in Kilcormac hold 2.7 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). One-person households: 24% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
More households without a car or van than 54% of Irish towns: 18%
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
Internet at home: broadband for 81%, nothing for 16% (typical: 7.6%). Across Kilcormac, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The benchmark for households without a car or van across Ireland’s towns: 17%.
The middle household earns €46,180 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€46,180 a year before tax puts the median household 23% below Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Offaly the median is €56,050.
9.6% 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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (5.1%) and outside the EU and UK (2.4%). Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.1%, a lower share than 99% 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
In all, 315 residents aged 3 and over (33%) can speak Irish. Typically, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Below 95% of Irish towns: 9.4% of residents said they have no religion
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: 88% of Kilcormac · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Irish Traveller (5.5%), Other White (3.8%) and Black or Black Irish (0.9%). By way of comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 90% of Irish towns.
28% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 87% 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.
6.2% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 94% of Irish towns, at 17%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
4.3% of Kilcormac’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 16% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is older than Kilcormac
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Offaly’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Offaly 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 Kilcormac’s residents
What is the population of Kilcormac?
Kilcormac had 1,051 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilcormac?
The median age is 36.9. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilcormac?
33% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (315 people), and 0.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilcormac?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.6% were born abroad and 4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilcormac?
87% are Catholic, 9.4% have no religion and 4.2% another religion; 4.4% didn’t say.
Is Kilcormac good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilcormac are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilcormac?
Median gross household income in Kilcormac was €46,180 in 2022, against €56,050 across Co. Offaly 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).