Photo: Sarah777 · Public domainOlder than 92% of Irish towns: half of Killiney is over 42.5
In Killiney, 88% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, beside 78% across Ireland’s towns. At the 2022 Census, 9,776 people lived locally, in 3,485 households. 7.4% of households live in a flat or apartment. On shared households of unrelated adults, Killiney sits lower than 90% of Irish towns: 2.4%.
What stands out about the people of Killiney
Older than most towns
Half of Killiney’s residents are under 42.5 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 19% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing more slowly than most
Killiney went from about 9,720 people in 2016 to 9,776 in 2022, +1%: slower growth than in 90% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
+1% since 2016, a pace below 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Dublin’s towns, by more than +6%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, a share 85% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: 7.4% of residents. Across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over. At 13%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in nearly three fifths of Irish towns. In Dalkey, the oldest of Co. Dublin’s towns by this measure, it is 29%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Killiney, 42.5. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 73% of Irish towns, at 6%
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 occupation, managers, directors and senior officials are over-represented: 13%, against a typical 7.8%. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%. Students among residents 15 and over: 10% of the total.
Killiney sits above 73% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (48%)
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Dublin’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
At 2.8 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Killiney has fewer one-person households than 70% of Irish towns, at 20%. Set beside that, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
In Killiney, 12% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 70% 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
At home, 95% have broadband, while 4% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). Against that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. In Killiney, 0.3% of homes are holiday homes.
The median household brings in €71,180 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 €71,180 a year here, 18% above Ireland (€60,120). Co. Dublin’s median household income is €71,120.
7.5% of residents are citizens of another country, below 90% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%; Killiney has 15%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (6.2%) and outside the EU and UK (5.8%).
38% of Killiney 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: 1.3%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. Some 3,503 people here, 38% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. In Co. Dublin, Monkstown has the highest share (2.5%).
Killiney sits above 73% of Irish towns for residents with no religion (22%)
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 Killiney · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who said they are Catholic trails 66% of Irish towns: 67%. Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (7.7%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.1%) and Other, including mixed (1.7%). By way of comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 38% in Killiney, 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.
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 6.3%. Measured more widely, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Killiney sits above 67% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (44%)
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, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Killiney, 9.4%, and 18% hold a postgraduate qualification. Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (8,505 to 11,149 people), the 4th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Kilcock is the youngest (33.1); Donaghmede the oldest (43.8). Nearest to Killiney in age: Shankill (42.2), Grantstown and Ballinakill (42.5), Raheny (42.8) and Monkstown (43).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Killiney are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killiney | 9,776 | — | 42.5 | 19% | 48% |
| Ballybrack | 2,872 | 1.0 km | 45.5 | 26% | 47% |
| Cabinteely | 15,864 | 1.9 km | 38.9 | 16% | 45% |
| Shankill | 11,009 | 2.1 km | 42.2 | 18% | 45% |
| Dalkey | 8,275 | 2.9 km | 50.3 | 29% | 37% |
| Sallynoggin | 13,245 | 3.4 km | 36.6 | 13% | 43% |
| Foxrock | 12,163 | 3.4 km | 44.7 | 22% | 47% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Dublin’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Dublin’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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Killiney’s residents
What is the population of Killiney?
Killiney had 9,776 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Killiney?
The median age is 42.5, older than 92% of Irish towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killiney?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (3,503 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killiney?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 7.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killiney?
67% are Catholic, 22% have no religion and 11% another religion; 2.4% didn’t say.
Is Killiney good for families?
48% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killiney are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killiney?
Median gross household income in Killiney was €71,180 in 2022, against €71,120 across Co. Dublin 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).