Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of Irish towns: 0.6% of households
With residents who said they are Catholic at 85%, Kilsheelan is ahead of 98% of Irish towns on that count. Compared with other places, households of parents with children are common here: 50%, more than in 81% of Irish towns. 837 residents in 324 households: that is Kilsheelan at the 2022 Census. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 1.9%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13% in Kilsheelan, more than in 69% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 45–49: 8.7% of residents. The median age in Kilsheelan is 37.9, higher than in 52% of Irish towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. In Carrick-on-Suir, the oldest of Co. Tipperary’s towns by this measure, it is 20%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
4.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 91% 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
Nearly a fifth of workers are in process, plant and machine operatives, against a typical 7.8%. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 7.5%. Students among residents 15 and over account for 11%.
Households here average 2.6 people, below 60% of Irish towns
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.
24% of households are one person living alone.
In Kilsheelan, 10% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 75% 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
At 0.9%, holiday homes sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €57,190 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €57,190 a year here, close to Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Tipperary overall, the median comes to €52,760.
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 98% of Irish towns, at 8.1%
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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (4.5%) and outside the EU and UK (1.6%). On residents with another country’s citizenship, Kilsheelan sits lower than 99% of Irish towns: 3.8%. As a reference point, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
0.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 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
Thurles leads Co. Tipperary with 1.4%. Typically, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Kilsheelan sits above 99% of Irish towns for residents who describe themselves as White Irish (95%)
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: 95% of Kilsheelan · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
11% of residents said they have no religion; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 17%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (4%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.7%) and Irish Traveller (0.2%). Across Ireland’s towns, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish.
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 66% of Irish towns, at 33%
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.
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 5.7%. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 21%, a lower share than 88% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
5.1% of Kilsheelan’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 9.7% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher.
3 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Kilsheelan
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilsheelan | 837 | — | 37.9 | 15% | 50% |
| Clonmel | 18,369 | 8.5 km | 40.7 | 18% | 40% |
| Carrick-on-Suir | 5,752 | 11.7 km | 42.1 | 20% | 42% |
| Fethard | 1,738 | 14.1 km | 38.9 | 16% | 43% |
| Piltown | 1,275 | 16.8 km | 37.2 | 13% | 48% |
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 Kilsheelan’s residents
What is the population of Kilsheelan?
Kilsheelan had 837 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area.
What is the average age in Kilsheelan?
The median age is 37.9. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilsheelan?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (324 people), and 0.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilsheelan?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 8.1% were born abroad and 3.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilsheelan?
85% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 4% another religion; 3.5% didn’t say.
Is Kilsheelan good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilsheelan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilsheelan?
Median gross household income in Kilsheelan was €57,190 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).