Kildrum is older than 90% of Irish towns: a median age of 42.1
The share of residents with no religion is 8.5%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. In 2022, the Census found 518 residents in Kildrum, living in 204 households. Here, 2% of households live in a flat or apartment. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 34%, more than in 94% of Irish towns.
Kildrum changed by +1% from 2016 to 2022, behind 90% 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; +6% across Co. Donegal’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 11% in Kildrum, less than in 74% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13%, above 59% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Donegal 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
More students among residents 15 and over than 58% of Irish towns: 11%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Kildrum, 37% and 14%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 7.3%.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 83% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Donegal’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 4.7%. In Kildrum, 40% of households are parents with children.
More holiday homes than 91% of Irish towns: 2% of homes
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
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, just over one in ten households have no car or van here. For holiday homes, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 0.2%.
A median household income of €29,250 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 €29,250 sits 51% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Donegal has a median of €42,500.
Kildrum: 62% of residents born outside Ireland
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 75%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 75%
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.
4.9% of residents are citizens of another country; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 15%. Residents born outside Ireland make up 22% across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 2.5%, a higher share than 97% 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
In all, 84 residents aged 3 and over (17%) can speak Irish. By way of comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
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: 96% of Kildrum · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 71% across Ireland’s towns, 87% of residents said they are Catholic in Kildrum. The wider picture: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
In Kildrum, 38% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 82% 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.
Few places have as many unpaid carers: 5.6% here, more than in 59% of Irish towns. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 76% of Irish towns, at 26%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Nearly a tenth of Kildrum’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 14% 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.
No nearby town is as old as Kildrum
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. Donegal’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Donegal’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 Kildrum’s residents
What is the population of Kildrum?
Kildrum had 518 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Kildrum?
The median age is 42.1. 26% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kildrum?
17% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (84 people), and 2.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kildrum?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 62% were born abroad and 4.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kildrum?
87% are Catholic, 8.5% have no religion and 4.8% another religion; 4.2% didn’t say.
Is Kildrum good for families?
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kildrum are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kildrum?
Median gross household income in Kildrum was €29,250 in 2022, against €42,500 across Co. Donegal 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).