Half of Kernanstown is over 51.1, older than 99% of Irish towns
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 0.9% in Kernanstown and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 84% of Irish towns: 32% of households are parents with children. There were 107 households in the town at the 2022 Census, home to 269 residents. On the census count, just over one in ten residents said they have no religion.
Kernanstown changed by +7% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 56% 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 across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Carlow’s towns +9%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of Irish towns: 26%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Carlow 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Kernanstown ranks below 99% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 1.5%
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
Just over a quarter of Kernanstown’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 19% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
More people live alone than in 76% of Irish towns: 29% of households
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Carlow’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 15% in Kernanstown, less than in 64% 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
82% have broadband at home and 13% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. To put it in context, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Household income at the median: €62,060 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Kernanstown’s households have a gross income above €62,060 a year and half below, close to the median for Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Carlow has a median of €53,120.
A smaller share of residents born outside Ireland than 96% of Irish towns: 11%
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.
6.5% of residents are citizens of another country; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 15%. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (6.7%) and in Poland (2.6%).
32% of Kernanstown can speak Irish
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Within Co. Carlow, Carlow has the largest share, 1.2%.
Above 98% of Irish towns: 85% of residents said they are Catholic
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: 87% of Kernanstown · Co. Carlow’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 87%, above 86% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (8.5%), Irish Traveller (3.5%) and Other, including mixed (0.8%).
Kernanstown sits above 98% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (45%)
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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 5.9%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Kernanstown sits below 88% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (21%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 7% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 20% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Kernanstown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kernanstown | 269 | — | 51.1 | 26% | 32% |
| Carlow | 27,351 | 3.2 km | 36.3 | 12% | 43% |
| Castledermot | 1,685 | 9.4 km | 36.7 | 13% | 49% |
| Tullow | 5,138 | 9.7 km | 36.2 | 12% | 46% |
| Rathvilly | 1,074 | 13.4 km | 37.6 | 13% | 46% |
| Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) | 2,945 | 15.3 km | 39.8 | 18% | 43% |
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | 16.9 km | 38.2 | 14% | 45% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Carlow’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Carlow 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 Kernanstown’s residents
What is the population of Kernanstown?
Kernanstown had 269 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kernanstown?
The median age is 51.1. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kernanstown?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (79 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kernanstown?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 6.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kernanstown?
85% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 3.9% another religion; 4.8% didn’t say.
Is Kernanstown good for families?
32% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 16% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kernanstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kernanstown?
Median gross household income in Kernanstown was €62,060 in 2022, against €53,120 across Co. Carlow 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).