A median age of 45.7: Brannockstown is older than 99% of Irish towns
Nearly one in ten residents said they have no religion (Ireland’s towns: 17%). Brannockstown is home to 235 residents in 81 households, by the 2022 Census. Across Brannockstown, 1.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. Compared with other places, households of parents with children are common here: 54%, more than in 90% of Irish towns.
A +9% change since 2016: faster than 57% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +14% across Co. Kildare’s towns.
19% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 10–14: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Brannockstown has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 71% of Irish towns, at 13%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 15%, a higher share than 93% 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
Work here tilts toward managers, directors and senior officials, at 22% against a typical 7.8%. The wider picture: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 4.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Brannockstown.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
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.
The typical household size is 3 people. On the census count, 17% of households are one person living alone. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.7% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Households without a car or van make up 5.1% in Brannockstown, less than in 96% 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
On holiday homes, 1.1% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
€77,470 a year: where the middle household sits
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €77,470, 29% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). Co. Kildare as a whole has a median of €73,000.
Only 9.8% of Brannockstown’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 (6.8%) and outside the EU and UK (2.6%). Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The share of residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns is 22%.
Able to speak Irish: 48% in Brannockstown
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
Little separates the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education here, 0.9%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. Maynooth leads Co. Kildare with 2.2%.
In Brannockstown, 96% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 99% 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: 96% of Brannockstown · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who said they are Catholic: 82%, above 95% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 8.5% of residents give unpaid care
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.
Married residents 15 and over make up 52%, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for unpaid carers across Ireland’s towns: 5.4%.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 58% of Irish towns, at 39%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Brannockstown, 14%, and 16% hold a postgraduate qualification. For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. 19% of those 15 and over have not yet finished their education.
The towns around Brannockstown are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brannockstown | 235 | — | 45.7 | 19% | 54% |
| Kilcullen | 3,815 | 4.1 km | 36.9 | 10% | 53% |
| Dunlavin | 1,074 | 6.7 km | 38.8 | 19% | 53% |
| Athgarvan | 1,193 | 7.1 km | 37.7 | 9.2% | 57% |
| Newbridge | 24,366 | 10.2 km | 37.6 | 11% | 50% |
| Curragh Camp | 1,076 | 10.5 km | 37.1 | 14% | 45% |
| Blessington | 5,611 | 11.3 km | 37.6 | 9.7% | 58% |
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 Brannockstown’s residents
What is the population of Brannockstown?
Brannockstown had 235 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Brannockstown?
The median age is 45.7. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Brannockstown?
48% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (107 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Brannockstown?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.8% were born abroad and 2.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Brannockstown?
82% are Catholic, 9.5% have no religion and 8.2% another religion; 1.3% didn’t say.
Is Brannockstown good for families?
54% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Brannockstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Brannockstown?
Median gross household income in Brannockstown was €77,470 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).