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THAT’S right. Two people.
That’s how much Tralee’s population fell by between 2011 and 2016 according to the latest stats released from Census 2016 by the Central Statistic Office (CSO).
Tralee currently has a population of 23,691, two less than the 23,693 people living in the urban area back in 2011.
The figures also show that the male population has declined by 98 to 11,376. Females rose from 12,219 in 2011 to 12,315 in 2016.
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Tralee is still Kerry’s most populous town and the ninth biggest town in Ireland after the cities. All other towns in the Top 10 — eight of which are in Leinster, with Ennis the only other exception — increased in population size.
Killarney’s population rose from 14,219 in 2011 to 14,504 in 2016, Dingle also increased from 1,965 to 2,050 as did Killorglin from 2,082 to 2,199.
Listowel dropped from 4,832 t0 4,820 and Castleisland fell from 2,513 in 2011 to 2,486.
Most populated Irish towns…
1. Drogheda, Louth (40,956, + 6.2%)
2. Swords, Fingal (39,248, + 6.3%)
3. Dundalk, Louth (39,004, + 3.1%)
4. Bray, Wicklow (32,600, + 2.3%)
5. Navan, Meath (30,153, + 5.7%)
6. Kilkenny, Kilkenny (26,512, + 8.6%)
7. Ennis, Clare (25,276, – 0.3%)
8. Carlow, Carlow (24,272, + 5.4%)
9. Tralee, Kerry (23,691, no change)
10. Newbridge, Kildare (22,742, + 5.5%)
Killarney
2011 – Total population (Number) 14,219
2011 – Males (Number) 6,917
2011 – Females (Number) 7,302
2016 – Total population (Number) 14,504
2016 – Males (Number) 6,916
2016 – Females (Number) 7,588
2016 – Population density (persons per sq km) (Number) 1,796.3
2016 – Area (sq km) (Number) 8.1
In the past, people from villages and smaller towns of Kerry moved to Tralee. Today, I know so many Tralee people moving to the villages and smaller towns of Kerry!
Kerry County Council would want to do something about the housing crisis and build social housing for the Tralee people to live in their own town!
Tralee needs to build hundreds of social housing not just 4 for the exorbitant cost of 700,000 euro!
Surely, Kerry County Council are aware that the more housing units built – the cheaper the cost of the individual housing units. This is the only way the Irish tax payer can get value for money and help build a more prosperous and stable society for towns like Tralee.