Households in the county have a median gross income of €72,997 (2022). For a new letting, the county average in 2025 was €1,701 a month. At the last census, in 2022, County Kildare was home to 247,774 people. Kilcock is the best-graded town in County Kildare, #1 of 320 across the country. Between the 2016 and 2022 censuses, the population of County Kildare rose 11.4%.
The median ranked town in County Kildare grades highest on jobs & income and health against towns across Ireland, and lowest on walkability. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The median town, subject by subjectThe median ranked town in County Kildare against Irish towns · the line marks the median town in Ireland
How the towns in County Kildare grade overall14 ranked towns
A9B4C1
9 of 14 (64%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.
With every town of 1,000 or more above, these are the remaining places in County Kildare, A to Z: each has its page with its figures, too small for grades. The search at the top finds these too.
19 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Naas grades A− overall, with its best grade in health. Next in size, Newbridge grades B−, best in cost of living.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (safety, cost of living, health, jobs & income, walkability and hazard risk) from public data, each comparing a town with every town in Ireland of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in County Kildare, where five or more have an overall grade.
How does County Kildare compare with the other counties?
Its report card puts County Kildare 1st of 26 counties overall, a grade of A+, from official county figures and its towns’ grades together; health is its strongest subject there and cost of living its weakest.
Is every town in County Kildare on TownRatings?
Yes: every one has its page, listed here from the biggest town to the smallest place; size decides only how many grades a page carries.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Prosperous, Derrinturn, Allenwood, Castledermot and 7 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Irish towns against each other only, run #54 of 3 November 2026 · CSO, Census 2022 (population). 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).
