Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0More households of parents with children than 99% of Irish towns: 62%
The typical household size is 3.3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. In 2022, the Census found 652 residents in Calverstown, living in 203 households. Across Calverstown, 1.5% of households have no car or van. Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 18% here, more than in 96% of Irish towns.
A change of +1% since 2016 leaves Calverstown behind 86% 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.
7.7% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 88% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
15–19 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. With a median age of 38.5, Calverstown is older than 61% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Calverstown, 16% of residents 15 and over are students, more than in 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
Among workers, associate professional and technical stand out: 18%, against a typical 13%. For comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. 3.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
0.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 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.
Compared with 24% across Ireland’s towns, 9.4% of households are one person living alone here. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.7% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Fewer households in flats than 97% of Irish towns: 2%
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
89% have broadband at home and 4% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households in flats is 12%. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €82,560 a year
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 €82,560, 37% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Kildare the median is €73,000.
11% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 96% 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.
At home, 5.9% use another language, chiefly French (1.5%), and 0.8% speak English not well or not at all. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%. Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 4.7% here, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns.
48% of Calverstown can speak Irish
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
On daily speakers of Irish outside education, 0.8% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. The ability to speak Irish extends to 302 residents (48% of those aged 3 and over). In Co. Kildare, Maynooth has the highest share (2.2%).
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns: 94%
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: 94% of Calverstown · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (4%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.4%) and Other, including mixed (0.6%). 77% of residents said they are Catholic, a higher share than in 80% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. The figure for residents with no religion is 18% in Calverstown and 17% across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 96% of Irish towns, at 43%
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.
Here 7.8% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%. Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 39% in Calverstown, more than in 58% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 7.4%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%. Postgraduate: just over one in ten adults.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Calverstown
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 Calverstown’s residents
What is the population of Calverstown?
Calverstown had 652 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Calverstown?
The median age is 38.5. 26% are under 18 and 7.7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Calverstown?
48% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (302 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Calverstown?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 4.7% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Calverstown?
77% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 5.6% another religion; 1.5% didn’t say.
Is Calverstown good for families?
62% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Calverstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Calverstown?
Median gross household income in Calverstown was €82,560 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).