Photo: Alan Reid · CC BY-SA 2.0In Kilmacrennan, 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 97% of Irish towns
Just over four in five residents said they are Catholic, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. At the 2022 Census, 888 people lived in Kilmacrennan, in 338 households. The share of one-person households stands at 30%. The median age locally is 35.6, lower than in 75% of Irish towns.
+2% since 2016, a pace below 81% 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. Donegal’s towns +6%.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 56% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 0–4 than any other five-year age: 8.3% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Donegal 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of Irish towns: 3.8%
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
Students among residents 15 and over are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 9.7%. Typically, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Kilmacrennan ranks above 77% of Irish towns on households of parents with children: 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.
The average household has 2.6 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, households of parents with children come to 43%.
Holiday homes: 1.7%, a higher share than 91% 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
The share of households with broadband is 88%; 10% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Locally, nearly one in ten households live in a flat or apartment. The wider picture: 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Median household income here: €42,370 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 €42,370 sits 30% below Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Donegal as a whole, the figure is €42,500.
5.3% of residents are citizens of another country, 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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (13%) and outside the EU and UK (1.5%). On average, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents born outside Ireland: 17% here, fewer than in three quarters of Irish towns.
1.5% of residents speak Irish every day 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
306 residents, nearly two fifths of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The comparison figure for daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
11% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 92% 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: 88% of Kilmacrennan · Co. Donegal’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 78% across Ireland’s towns, 88% of residents describe themselves as White Irish here. Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (5.5%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.3%) and Black or Black Irish (1.6%). As a yardstick, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
In Kilmacrennan, 29% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 83% 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.
Unpaid carers account for 5.5%. 62% of Kilmacrennan’s residents 15 and over are single and 29% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 27% in Kilmacrennan, less than in 74% of Irish towns
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 8% of adults here, while 20% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
Every neighbour of Kilmacrennan has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmacrennan | 888 | — | 35.6 | 14% | 50% |
| Ramelton | 1,288 | 7.7 km | 41.5 | 18% | 41% |
| Letterkenny | 22,549 | 8.3 km | 35.7 | 12% | 43% |
| Milford | 1,076 | 8.5 km | 39 | 17% | 48% |
| Newtowncunningham | 1,192 | 17.5 km | 36.1 | 12% | 55% |
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 Kilmacrennan’s residents
What is the population of Kilmacrennan?
Kilmacrennan had 888 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilmacrennan?
The median age is 35.6. 29% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilmacrennan?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (306 people), and 1.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilmacrennan?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 5.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilmacrennan?
81% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 8.7% another religion; 5.2% didn’t say.
Is Kilmacrennan good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilmacrennan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilmacrennan?
Median gross household income in Kilmacrennan was €42,370 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).