Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of Irish towns: 0.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
94% of residents describe themselves as White Irish; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 78%. On the census count, 2.4% of homes are holiday homes. At 28%, the share of one-person households is higher than in just over two thirds of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 716 residents in 279 households.
+4% since 2016: slower than 76% 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.
Across Co. Donegal’s towns the median is +6%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Killygordon is younger than 70% of Irish towns: a median age of 36.1
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 10–14 than any other five-year age: 9.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. 12% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 64% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Donegal 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer students among residents 15 and over than 81% of Irish towns: 8.8%
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
28% of Killygordon’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 21% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in the town.
More households of parents with children than 78% of Irish towns: 50%
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.
In Killygordon the average household is 2.6 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Households of parents with children: 43% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Below 95% of Irish towns: 3.2% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
86% of households are on broadband; 12% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). The share of households without a car or van stands at 13%.
The median household brings in €42,390 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €42,390 a year here, 29% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Donegal, the median is €42,500.
A smaller share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 99% of Irish towns: 4%
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.
Compared with 22% across Ireland’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside Ireland here. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (15%) and outside the EU and UK (2.8%).
Below 99% of Irish towns: 0.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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
Letterkenny leads Co. Donegal with 2.6%. Across Ireland’s towns, daily speakers of Irish outside education come to 1.1%.
8.2% of residents said they have no religion, below 99% 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: 94% of Killygordon · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
In Killygordon, 85% of residents said they are Catholic, beside 71% across Ireland’s towns. Residents with no religion make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (2.8%), Irish Traveller (1.3%) and Other, including mixed (1.3%).
Killygordon ranks below 83% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 29%
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.
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 5.7%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
20% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 88% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Killygordon’s adults, 5.1% went on to postgraduate study and 19% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Of the 5 towns nearest Killygordon, 4 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killygordon | 716 | — | 36.1 | 12% | 50% |
| Ballybofey-Stranorlar | 5,406 | 6.1 km | 39.3 | 17% | 44% |
| Convoy | 1,702 | 7.7 km | 37.5 | 17% | 47% |
| Raphoe | 1,161 | 10.0 km | 40.1 | 20% | 41% |
| Lifford | 1,613 | 13.2 km | 39.1 | 16% | 43% |
| Letterkenny | 22,549 | 18.5 km | 35.7 | 12% | 43% |
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 Killygordon’s residents
What is the population of Killygordon?
Killygordon had 716 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Killygordon?
The median age is 36.1. 28% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killygordon?
23% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (150 people), and 0.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killygordon?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killygordon?
85% are Catholic, 8.2% have no religion and 6.6% another religion; 1.3% didn’t say.
Is Killygordon good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killygordon are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killygordon?
Median gross household income in Killygordon was €42,390 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).