Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainIn Killeigh, 63% of households are parents with children, more than in 99% of Irish towns
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 87%, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. For Killeigh, the census puts households in flats at 3.4%. The median age locally is 35.2, lower than in 78% of Irish towns. The town’s 59 households held 183 residents at the 2022 Census.
From 2016 to 2022, 53% of Irish towns grew faster than Killeigh: +7%
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.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 20%, a higher share than 97% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 16%, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 78 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Offaly 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
Above 98% of Irish towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are students
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 Killeigh, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 39% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 16%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 79% of Irish towns.
Fewer one-person households than 98% of Irish towns: 12%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. Households in Killeigh hold 3.2 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7).
8.8% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 80% 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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Home broadband covers 96% of households, while 3.6% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%).
The middle household earns €64,070 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €64,070 a year before tax, the median household income is 7% above that of Ireland (€60,120). Co. Offaly as a whole has a median of €56,050.
Residents born outside Ireland: 7.1%, a lower share than 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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (5.5%), then elsewhere in the EU (1.6%). The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 2.8%, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns.
A higher share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 85% of Irish towns, at 1.7%
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 82 people here, 46% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The wider picture: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Killeigh ranks above 99% of Irish towns on residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 97%
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: 97% of Killeigh · Co. Offaly’s towns 87% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns, against 12% in Killeigh. As a yardstick, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Above 89% of Irish towns: 40% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
By its share of unpaid carers (4.4%), Killeigh is below 84% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 89% of Irish towns: 20%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Just over a quarter of those 15 and over have not yet finished their education. Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate qualifications are held by 6.4% of adults here, while 9.1% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Killeigh
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killeigh | 183 | — | 35.2 | 16% | 63% |
| Tullamore | 15,598 | 7.4 km | 38.1 | 14% | 43% |
| Mountmellick | 4,905 | 13.7 km | 37.6 | 14% | 49% |
| Daingean | 1,223 | 14.3 km | 34.8 | 13% | 52% |
| Kilbeggan | 1,575 | 17.3 km | 35.6 | 12% | 45% |
| Clara | 3,403 | 18.0 km | 37.6 | 15% | 45% |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 18.6 km | 36.4 | 10% | 50% |
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 Killeigh’s residents
What is the population of Killeigh?
Killeigh had 183 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Killeigh?
The median age is 35.2. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killeigh?
46% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (82 people), and 1.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killeigh?
97% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.1% were born abroad and 2.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killeigh?
87% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 1.1% another religion; 1.1% didn’t say.
Is Killeigh good for families?
63% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killeigh are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killeigh?
Median gross household income in Killeigh was €64,070 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).