Photo: Extract from the english Wikipedia. Author: Sean Munson · CC BY-SA 2.0Households of parents with children make up 27% in Kilmainham, less than in 89% of Irish towns
In Kilmainham the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. For Kilmainham, the census puts holiday homes at 0.1%. With a median age of 36.7, Kilmainham is younger than 62% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 10,240 residents in 4,399 households.
What stands out about the people of Kilmainham
Growing more slowly than most
Kilmainham went from about 10,130 people in 2016 to 10,240 in 2022, +1%: slower growth than in 88% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
More with no religion than most
29% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 57% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
A neighbourhood of flats
49% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 91% of Irish towns. 39% have no car. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Kilmainham changed by +1% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 88% 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. Dublin’s towns the median is +6%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 66% of Irish towns: 12%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Kilmainham has 11%. To put it in context, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Kilmainham, 36.7. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Kilmainham, 7.8% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 95% 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
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% in Kilmainham and 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of shared households of unrelated adults than 85% of Irish towns: 14%
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.
The share of one-person households is 29%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.7%.
More flats than 91% of Irish towns: 49% of households in Kilmainham
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
Here 39% of households have no car or van, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 17%. Measured more widely, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
The midpoint household income is €60,290 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 €60,290 a year here, close to Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Dublin overall, the median comes to €71,120.
Kilmainham sits above 82% of Irish towns for residents with another country’s citizenship (23%)
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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
22% speak another language at home, most often Spanish (2.2%); 2.3% speak English not well or not at all. Residents born outside Ireland are more common here than in 73% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
1.4% 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
2,479 residents, 29% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.1% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Kilmainham sits above 89% of Irish towns for residents with no religion (29%)
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: 71% of Kilmainham · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (17%), Asian or Asian Irish (4.6%) and Other, including mixed (3.9%). 57% of residents said they are Catholic, fewer than in 88% of Irish towns. On top of that, across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%; Kilmainham has 71%.
Kilmainham sits below 88% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (27%)
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.
Kilmainham sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 4.9%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Kilmainham: 45% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, above 70% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for a fifth of adults; primary level or less for 13% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across the comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
16th lowest median age among 41 towns of 8,806 to 11,911
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Summerhill is the youngest (30.5); Donaghmede the oldest (43.8). Nearest to Kilmainham in age: Athy (36.6), Longford (36.7), Rush (37.1) and Glasnevin (37.7).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Kilmainham
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmainham | 10,240 | — | 36.7 | 12% | 27% |
| Inchicore | 5,285 | 1.1 km | 36.8 | 14% | 31% |
| Crumlin | 19,287 | 1.4 km | 39 | 16% | 35% |
| Dolphins Barn | 18,799 | 1.6 km | 34.6 | 10% | 22% |
| Chapelizod | 4,862 | 1.7 km | 38.9 | 16% | 22% |
| Decies | 2,713 | 1.7 km | 41.2 | 18% | 39% |
| Kylemore | 2,557 | 2.1 km | 39 | 16% | 42% |
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 Kilmainham’s residents
What is the population of Kilmainham?
Kilmainham had 10,240 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilmainham?
The median age is 36.7, younger than 62% of Irish towns. 16% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilmainham?
29% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,479 people), and 1.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilmainham?
71% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 28% were born abroad and 23% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilmainham?
57% are Catholic, 29% have no religion and 14% another religion; 14% didn’t say.
Is Kilmainham good for families?
27% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 16% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilmainham are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilmainham?
Median gross household income in Kilmainham was €60,290 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).
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