Photo: A.-K. D. · CC BY-SA 4.0A lower share of households in flats than 98% of Irish towns, at 1%
By its share of one-person households (35%), Killenaule is above 95% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census Killenaule was home to 755 people in 313 households. Across Killenaule, 90% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 87% of Irish towns.
Slower than most: +6% since 2016, behind 57% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +5% across Co. Tipperary’s towns.
Older than 79% of Irish towns: half of Killenaule is over 40.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 7.9% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
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. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 7.8% in Killenaule, less than in 95% of Irish towns
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
23% of Killenaule’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 21% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 5.5%.
Fewer households of parents with children than 77% of Irish towns: 36%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Tipperary’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.2% here and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. The average household has 2.4 people.
In Killenaule, 2.2% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 91% 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
The share of households with broadband is 80%; 18% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Compared with other places, households without a car or van are common here: 22%, more than in 71% of Irish towns. The benchmark for holiday homes across Ireland’s towns: 0.2%.
The midpoint household income is €42,020 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€42,020 a year before tax puts the median household 30% below Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Tipperary, the figure is €52,760.
Below 97% of Irish towns: 10% of residents were born outside Ireland
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%), then outside the EU and UK (4.1%). For comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 5.2%, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns.
In Killenaule, 0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 90% 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
226 residents, 35% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. In Co. Tipperary, Thurles has the highest share (1.4%). To put it in context, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Killenaule sits below 99% of Irish towns for residents with no religion (7%)
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: 90% of Killenaule · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (3.9%), Irish Traveller (2.9%) and Other, including mixed (1.2%). Few places have as many residents who said they are Catholic: 88% here, more than in 99% of Irish towns. Against that, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
6.6% of residents give unpaid care, a share 92% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
On the census count, a third of residents 15 and over are married. About 50 residents (6.6%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 94% of Irish towns: 17%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 15%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%. Postgraduate: 4.3% of adults.
Around Killenaule, 1 of 4 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killenaule | 755 | — | 40.2 | 20% | 36% |
| Fethard | 1,738 | 11.4 km | 38.9 | 16% | 43% |
| Thurles | 8,185 | 15.1 km | 40.6 | 19% | 38% |
| Cashel | 4,805 | 15.5 km | 37.3 | 14% | 43% |
| Urlingford | 1,196 | 17.8 km | 37.3 | 16% | 50% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Tipperary’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Tipperary’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 Killenaule’s residents
What is the population of Killenaule?
Killenaule had 755 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Killenaule?
The median age is 40.2. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killenaule?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (226 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killenaule?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 5.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killenaule?
88% are Catholic, 7% have no religion and 5.3% another religion; 11% didn’t say.
Is Killenaule good for families?
36% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killenaule are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killenaule?
Median gross household income in Killenaule was €42,020 in 2022, against €52,760 across Co. Tipperary 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).