Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.08.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of Irish towns
83% of residents said they are Catholic, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 86% of Irish towns: 16% of households are one person living alone. The 2022 Census counted 207 people in Kildavin, in 74 households; half are older than 41.2. In Kildavin, 6.3% of households have no car or van.
Since 2016, Kildavin has grown +10%, faster than 64% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +9% across Co. Carlow’s towns.
Older than 86% of Irish towns: half of Kildavin is over 41.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a fifth of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Carlow 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Kildavin ranks below 99% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 5.8%
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
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (1%), Kildavin is below 99% of Irish towns. For comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Kildavin households average 2.9 people, larger than in 79% of Irish towns
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.
Here 46% of households are parents with children, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 43%. On the census count, 6.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
100% of homes are houses
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. 75% have broadband at home and 20% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
Half of households earn more than €57,680 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €57,680 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Carlow has a median of €53,120.
10% born outside Ireland, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns
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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (5.8%) or in Poland (1.9%). The wider picture: 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: 4.8%, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns.
34% of Kildavin’s residents 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. 59 residents, just over a third of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
9.5% said they have no religion, fewer than in 95% of Irish towns
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 Kildavin · Co. Carlow’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Here 87% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 78%. To put it in context, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
8.7% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% of Irish towns
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.
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 94% of Irish towns, at 17%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 4.8% of adults here, while 19% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Kildavin has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildavin | 207 | — | 41.2 | 19% | 46% |
| Bunclody | 2,053 | 4.3 km | 37.9 | 17% | 38% |
| Carnew | 1,233 | 13.0 km | 39.6 | 15% | 44% |
| Tullow | 5,138 | 13.7 km | 36.2 | 12% | 46% |
| Ferns | 1,317 | 16.5 km | 38.1 | 16% | 43% |
| Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) | 2,945 | 18.7 km | 39.8 | 18% | 43% |
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 Kildavin’s residents
What is the population of Kildavin?
Kildavin had 207 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kildavin?
The median age is 41.2. 19% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kildavin?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (59 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kildavin?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 4.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kildavin?
83% are Catholic, 9.5% have no religion and 7.3% another religion; 14% didn’t say.
Is Kildavin good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kildavin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kildavin?
Median gross household income in Kildavin was €57,680 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).