Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.5%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
Here 34% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 24%. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 7.2%, fewer than in 79% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 481 residents in 195 households. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish account for 69%.
From 2016 to 2022, Kilnaleck outgrew 57% of Irish towns: +9%
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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +10% across Co. Cavan’s towns.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 89% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Kilnaleck is 37.9, higher than in 52% of Irish towns. Here, 14% of residents are 65 or over. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
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. Cavan 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
6.4% of residents 15 and over are students, below 99% 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
Workers here lean to elementary occupations: 25%, against a typical 11%. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 8.1% of the total.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 82% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Cavan’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
In Kilnaleck, 42% of households are parents with children.
Households without a car or van: 22%, a higher share than 72% 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
Broadband reaches 84% of households; 14% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. Here, 0.4% of homes are holiday homes.
€47,850 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Kilnaleck’s households have a gross income below €47,850 a year, 20% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). Co. Cavan’s median household income is €52,320.
33% of residents were born outside Ireland, a share 87% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 40%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
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.
28% speak another language at home, most often Polish (2.7%); 11% speak English not well or not at all. More residents with another country’s citizenship than in 86% of Irish towns: 25%. The share of residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns is 22%.
27% of Kilnaleck 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
Irish speakers number 118, or 27% of residents aged 3 and over. Kilnaleck has more daily speakers of Irish outside education than 52% of Irish towns, at 1.1%.
Only 15% of residents said they have no religion in Kilnaleck
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: 69% of Kilnaleck · Co. Cavan’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (22%), Other, including mixed (5.8%) and Asian or Asian Irish (2.6%). At 71%, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is higher than in 50% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion.
Below 95% of Irish towns: 24% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
4.6% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 93% of Irish towns, at 18%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Kilnaleck, 17%, and 4.7% hold a postgraduate qualification. Measured more widely, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Older than Kilnaleck: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Cavan’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Cavan’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 Kilnaleck’s residents
What is the population of Kilnaleck?
Kilnaleck had 481 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilnaleck?
The median age is 37.9. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilnaleck?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (118 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilnaleck?
69% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 33% were born abroad and 25% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilnaleck?
71% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 14% another religion; 4.4% didn’t say.
Is Kilnaleck good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilnaleck are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilnaleck?
Median gross household income in Kilnaleck was €47,850 in 2022, against €52,320 across Co. Cavan 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).