Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.090% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 96% of Irish towns
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. 2,557 residents in 971 households: that is Kylemore at the 2022 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 14%. One-person households: 26%, above 59% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Kylemore
Fewer people than before
Kylemore went from about 2,660 people in 2016 to 2,557 in 2022, −4%: slower growth than in 99% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A change of −4% since 2016 leaves Kylemore behind 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.
Across Co. Dublin’s towns the median is +6%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
A median age of 39: Kylemore is older than 67% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
20–24 is the most common age band: 7.5% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 16%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Kylemore, 39. The typical town is 37.6.
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. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 99% of Irish towns: 2.7%
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
One in ten residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns, against 8.1% in Kylemore. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 7.5%.
Households here average 2.7 people, below 54% 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.
On the census count, 42% of households are parents with children. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 5.1% here, more than in 55% of Irish towns.
Kylemore sits above 89% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (36%)
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. As a yardstick, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Broadband: 84% of households. No internet at all: 14% (typical: 7.6%).
The midpoint household income is €48,650 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 €48,650 a year here, 19% below Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Dublin, the median is €71,120.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 7.4% in Kylemore, less than in 99% 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.
Against a figure of 15% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship in Kylemore comes in at 4%. Across Ireland’s towns, residents born outside Ireland come to 22%. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (2.6%), then outside the EU and UK (2.6%).
1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 56% of Irish towns
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
In all, 441 residents aged 3 and over (20%) can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
More residents who said they are Catholic than 95% of Irish towns: 82%
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: 90% of Kylemore · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion; in Kylemore, 11%. Set beside that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Irish Traveller (4.3%), Other White (3.7%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.2%).
A lower share of married residents 15 and over than 90% of Irish towns, at 26%
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.
5.2% of residents give unpaid care. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 13% in Kylemore, less than in 98% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Kylemore’s adults, 2.3% went on to postgraduate study and 27% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of adults with a degree or higher is 36%.
The 17th oldest of 41 towns of 2,510 to 3,211 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Kilbarry (30.4) and the oldest Ballybrack (45.5). Nearest to Kylemore in age: Claddagh (38.9), Moate (39), Skibbereen (39.2) and Mayfield (39.3).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Kylemore
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kylemore | 2,557 | — | 39 | 16% | 42% |
| Decies | 2,713 | 0.5 km | 41.2 | 18% | 39% |
| Ballyfermot | 3,632 | 0.8 km | 38.8 | 17% | 41% |
| Carna | 2,897 | 0.9 km | 39.5 | 17% | 43% |
| Chapelizod | 4,862 | 1.0 km | 38.9 | 16% | 22% |
| Cherry Orchard | 8,280 | 1.3 km | 33 | 6.8% | 49% |
| Inchicore | 5,285 | 1.6 km | 36.8 | 14% | 31% |
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 Kylemore’s residents
What is the population of Kylemore?
Kylemore had 2,557 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 4% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Kylemore?
The median age is 39, older than 67% of Irish towns. 21% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kylemore?
20% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (441 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kylemore?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.4% were born abroad and 4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kylemore?
82% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 6.3% another religion; 8.7% didn’t say.
Is Kylemore good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kylemore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kylemore?
Median gross household income in Kylemore was €48,650 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).