Photo: William Murphy · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 84% of Irish towns: 32% of households are parents with children
Against a figure of 24% across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households in Kimmage comes in at 29%. In 2022, the Census found 15,207 residents in the neighbourhood, living in 6,135 households. On the census count, 31% of households have no car or van. The median age here is 39.1, higher than in 68% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Kimmage
More with no religion than most
26% answered “no religion”, against 17% across Ireland’s towns; 64% are Catholic (71%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Kimmage has changed by +6%, slower than 64% 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 the median change is +8%; across Co. Dublin’s towns, +6%.
Kimmage ranks below 86% of Irish towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
16% of Kimmage is 65 or over, against 14% across Co. Dublin’s towns and 14% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Kimmage, 39.1. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Only 7.3% of residents 15 and over are students in Kimmage
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
35% of Kimmage’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 17% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 9.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
In Kimmage, 8.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 77% of Irish towns
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 average household has 2.5 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of households in flats than 70% of Irish towns, at 18%
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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Typically, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Most homes are connected: 89% have broadband, and 9.1% have no internet (typical: 7.6%).
The midpoint household income is €59,790 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €59,790 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Dublin, the median is €71,120.
Only 20% of residents were born outside Ireland in Kimmage
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.
Spanish leads the languages spoken at home (2%), among the 17% who speak another language there; 1.9% speak English not well or not at all. Set beside that, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 14% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 54% of Irish towns.
Only 0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Kimmage
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
4,163 residents, 31% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The share of daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
26% of residents said they have no religion, a share 85% of Irish towns don’t reach
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: 80% of Kimmage · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (10%), Other, including mixed (3.8%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3.6%). On residents who said they are Catholic, Kimmage sits lower than three quarters of Irish towns: 64%. For comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 80%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 84% of Irish towns: 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.
5.3% of residents give unpaid care. Measured more widely, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Above 57% of Irish towns: 39% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
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 16% of adults here, while 16% 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%.
10th highest median age among 41 towns of 12,816 to 17,994
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Castletroy (29), the youngest, and Ballinteer (44.1), the oldest. Nearest to Kimmage in age: Castlebar (38.7), Cabinteely (38.9), Mahon (39.4) and Corbally and King's Island (39.5).
4 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Kimmage
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimmage | 15,207 | — | 39.1 | 16% | 32% |
| Terenure | 10,391 | 1.1 km | 39.6 | 17% | 36% |
| Crumlin | 19,287 | 1.3 km | 39 | 16% | 35% |
| Perrystown | 7,581 | 1.7 km | 45.1 | 23% | 36% |
| Walkinstown | 7,442 | 1.9 km | 39.7 | 17% | 36% |
| Rathmines West | 22,667 | 2.0 km | 34.3 | 10% | 19% |
| Templeogue | 18,076 | 2.2 km | 43.3 | 23% | 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 Kimmage’s residents
What is the population of Kimmage?
Kimmage had 15,207 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kimmage?
The median age is 39.1, older than 68% of Irish towns. 17% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kimmage?
31% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (4,163 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kimmage?
80% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kimmage?
64% are Catholic, 26% have no religion and 11% another religion; 7.8% didn’t say.
Is Kimmage good for families?
32% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kimmage are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kimmage?
Median gross household income in Kimmage was €59,790 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).