Photo: sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Athgarvan ranks below 99% of Irish towns on households without a car or van: 2.8%
2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 4.7%. Census figures put one-person households at 12% in Athgarvan. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 93% here, more than in 98% of Irish towns. In 2022, the Census found 1,193 residents in the town, living in 367 households.
What stands out about the people of Athgarvan
A student town
15% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 92% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 15% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
A town of families
52% of households are couples with children and 5.2% lone parents with children, more than in 95% of Irish towns; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Athgarvan changed by +4% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 72% 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 typical town changed +8%; across Co. Kildare’s towns, +14%.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of Irish towns: 15%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 65 or over, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 14%. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. The median age in Athgarvan is 37.7, higher than in 51% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Athgarvan, 15% of residents 15 and over are students, more than in 92% 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
Among the working population, associate professional and technical make up 20%, against a typical 13%. Measured more widely, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. In Athgarvan, 4.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A higher share of households of parents with children than 95% of Irish towns, at 57%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Kildare’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Households average 3.3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
In Athgarvan, 5.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 85% of Irish towns
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. The usual figure: just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Connected households: 96% on broadband; 2% offline (typical: 7.6%).
Before tax, the median household income is €95,000 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Athgarvan’s households have a gross income above €95,000 a year, 58% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Kildare has a median of €73,000.
Only 10% of Athgarvan’s residents were born outside Ireland
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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (4.9%) and outside the EU and UK (3.3%). The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%. On residents with another country’s citizenship, Athgarvan sits lower than 99% of Irish towns: 3.9%.
Only 0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Athgarvan
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
No town in Co. Kildare beats Maynooth (2.2%). Typically, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
More residents who said they are Catholic than 95% of Irish towns: 83%
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: 93% of Athgarvan · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (4.5%), Other, including mixed (1.4%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.8%). 13% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 78% of Irish towns. Residents who said they are Catholic make up 71% across Ireland’s towns.
More married residents 15 and over than 97% of Irish towns: 44%
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.
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 5.9%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 46% in Athgarvan, more than in 71% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 19% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 5.3% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Still in education: 18% of residents 15 and over.
Every neighbour of Athgarvan has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Kildare’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Kildare’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 Athgarvan’s residents
What is the population of Athgarvan?
Athgarvan had 1,193 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Athgarvan?
The median age is 37.7. 29% are under 18 and 9.2% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Athgarvan?
51% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (579 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Athgarvan?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 3.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Athgarvan?
83% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 4% another religion; 2.3% didn’t say.
Is Athgarvan good for families?
57% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Athgarvan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Athgarvan?
Median gross household income in Athgarvan was €95,000 in 2022, against €73,000 across Co. Kildare 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).