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270 residents make their home in this town in Co. Offaly.
The median home here went for €208,000, 3.7 times the median household income. Public transport, bikes and feet take 5% of commuters to work. Residents born outside Ireland: 6%. Its architectural heritage runs to 16 buildings on the national inventory.
Kinnitty isn’t graded: grades for Irish towns begin at 1,000 residents.
The 3 things Kinnitty does most differently from other towns.
4 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kinnitty.
The ground under Kinnitty carries no high landslide susceptibility. By estimate, fewer than one home in a hundred locally has radon above the reference level. Hardly any of its homes sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Kinnitty | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
A year brings 1,084 mm of rain to Kinnitty. Across the year it averages 9.6°C, lower than both Co. Offaly’s towns (9.9°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). In addition, in July, daytime highs in Kinnitty average 19.6°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Kinnitty | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature over the year | 9.6°C | 9.9°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 1.8°C | 2.1°C | 2.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,084 mm | 899 mm | 937 mm |
| July high | 19.6°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
At the census, 91% of people in Kinnitty called their health good or very good, above Co. Offaly’s towns (86%) and Irish towns (88%) alike. Disability, age-adjusted: 106 for every 100 expected locally. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 0.4% of the town.
| Census 2022 | Kinnitty | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad or very bad health | 0.4% | 2.8% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 3.3% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 91% | 86% | 88% |
| With a disability | 22% | 25% | 22% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
10% live in social housing, lower than both Co. Offaly’s towns (17%) and Irish towns (13%). Households that own their home make up 63%.
| Housing | Kinnitty | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €208K | €233K | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 10% | 17% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 63% | 61% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area R42, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Among the protected sites near Kinnitty is Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA. Walkers have 0.2 km per km² of paths and tracks, near Co. Offaly’s towns (0.6 km per km²) and lower than Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). The town offers 8.9 ha of green space per 1,000 residents.
| Outdoors | Kinnitty | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 0% | 78% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 31% | 4.5% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 8.8% | 8.7% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.2 km per km² | 0.6 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Over the coming week, Tuesday looks wettest, with about 3 mm of rain. Set beside Kinnitty’s forecast, a normal November runs from 4°C at night to 10°C by day. The rain holds off today, but the wind gets up to 20 km/h, and the low is 5°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 2°C | 295 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 4°C | 221 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 10°C | 263 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 6°C | 305 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Short trips: 35% under 15 minutes, below Co. Offaly’s towns (50%) but above Irish towns (31%). Driving is how 85% of commuters got to work at the census. 72% of people aged 15 to 64 were in work at the census.
| Census 2022 | Kinnitty | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In work, 15 to 64 | 72% | 62% | 68% |
| Average trip | 30.2 min | 23.7 min | 27.6 min |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 35% | 50% | 31% |
| Unemployment rate | 13% | 12% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Children under 15 make up 26%, above Co. Offaly’s towns (21%) and Irish towns (20%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of the population. Graduates make up 28% of adults.
50.0% of Kinnitty’s residents are women
135 women and 135 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Kinnitty | Co. Offaly | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 26% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 33% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 17% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 14% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 13% | 15% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.1% | 6.3% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 28% | 22% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Offaly and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
There is no majority on Offaly County Council; Fianna Fáil have the most seats, 8 of 19, short of 10. Kinnitty is run by Offaly County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government. It sits in the Birr local electoral area, which elects 6 councillors.
| Turnout | Kinnitty | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 54% | 50% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 60% | 60% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Nearly a fifth of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Co. Offaly’s towns (6.5%) and Irish towns (3.4%). Archaeologists have recorded 4 sites here.
| Heritage | Kinnitty | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 593 | 119 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 18.9% | 6.5% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Within 3 km of Kinnitty there is one school. Pupils at the school within 3 km of the town: 132.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceann Eitigh N.S.Largest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 132 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Kinnitty | Co. Offaly | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 71% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +15% | −1% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 11% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · You won’t find letters or results below: Ireland publishes none for single schools.
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Kinnitty; these are the best known within 40 km.
CastleLeap Castle10 km southwest
CastleBirr Castle13 km west
Historic house · Office of Public WorksClonmacnoise31 km northwest
CastleRoscrea Heritage Centre – Roscrea Castle and Damer House17 km south
Castle · Office of Public WorksPortumna Castle and Gardens34 km west
CastleRedwood Castle28 km westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Kinnitty’s built heritage counts 16 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 4 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
5 notable people were born in Kinnitty.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
10% mostly work from home, and 35% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Kinnitty had 270 people at the 2022 census, up from 246 in 2016: 9.8% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Kinnitty is 33.6, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Offaly
270 people live in Kinnitty, in the area of Offaly County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).