Residents aged 15 to 24: 6%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
One-person households: 16%, below 88% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census put Kinsaley’s population at 906, in 293 households. Households without a car or van account for 4.4%. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns.
Kinsaley’s population changed by +41% since 2016, more than in 99% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +6% across Co. Dublin’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15%, a higher share than 62% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 12% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. With a median age of 37.6, Kinsaley is younger than just over half of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Kinsaley ranks below 99% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 6.2%
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
Among the working population, professional occupations make up 34%, against a typical 21%. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Kinsaley.
A higher share of households of parents with children than 69% of Irish towns, at 47%
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 2.8 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 4.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
88% of homes are houses
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
Most homes are connected: 95% have broadband, and 3.7% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). Census figures put households in flats at 12% in Kinsaley. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Median household income: €89,890 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are above €89,890 a year before tax: 50% over the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Dublin, the middle household has €71,120.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 8.9%, a lower share than 83% 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.
Where 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns, Kinsaley has 16%. Typically, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. At home, 13% use another language, chiefly Polish (0.9%), and 1.2% speak English not well or not at all.
2% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, a share 91% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
The highest share in Co. Dublin belongs to Monkstown (2.5%). Across Ireland’s towns, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education. The ability to speak Irish extends to 344 residents (45% of those aged 3 and over).
No religion: 20% of residents, a higher share than 66% 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: 85% of Kinsaley · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (8.4%), Asian or Asian Irish (3%) and Other, including mixed (2.2%). Fewer residents who said they are Catholic than in 56% of Irish towns: 70%. As a yardstick, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Kinsaley sits above 87% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (40%)
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: 3.6%, below 93% of Irish towns. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
61% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 93% 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 22% of adults; primary level or less for 4.2% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Older than Kinsaley: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinsaley | 906 | — | 37.6 | 15% | 47% |
| Malahide | 18,608 | 2.4 km | 42 | 17% | 48% |
| Belmayne | 15,047 | 2.5 km | 33.8 | 6.8% | 52% |
| Portmarnock | 10,750 | 2.7 km | 41.2 | 21% | 45% |
| Kinsealy-Drinan | 7,526 | 2.8 km | 34.4 | 3.9% | 53% |
| Clongriffin | 7,438 | 2.9 km | 33.7 | 6.8% | 44% |
| Darndale | 14,675 | 3.0 km | 36.1 | 13% | 48% |
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.
Questions about Kinsaley’s residents
What is the population of Kinsaley?
Kinsaley had 906 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 41% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kinsaley?
The median age is 37.6. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kinsaley?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (344 people), and 2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kinsaley?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 16% were born abroad and 8.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kinsaley?
70% are Catholic, 20% have no religion and 10% another religion; 8.7% didn’t say.
Is Kinsaley good for families?
47% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kinsaley are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kinsaley?
Median gross household income in Kinsaley was €89,890 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. 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).