Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainCastledermot sits below 81% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (8.7%)
In Castledermot, 77% of residents said they are Catholic, beside 71% across Ireland’s towns. Here, nearly half of households are parents with children. With a median age of 36.7, Castledermot is younger than 62% of Irish towns. The town’s 598 households held 1,685 residents at the 2022 Census.
Castledermot grew +11% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 70% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +14% across Co. Kildare’s towns.
A young town: 13% of residents are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 5–9: 8.5% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 13%. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s 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 Castledermot, 6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 73% 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
On students among residents 15 and over, 9.9% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Castledermot households average 2.8 people, larger than in 70% 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.
Census figures put one-person households at 24% in Castledermot. Higher than in 52% of Irish towns: 4.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Castledermot sits below 68% of Irish towns for households in flats (9.2%)
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
87% have broadband at home and 11% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Few places have as many holiday homes: 0.5% here, more than in 71% of Irish towns. The share of households in flats across Ireland’s towns is 12%.
Household income at the median: €53,120 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €53,120 a year before tax, the median household income is 12% under that of Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €73,000 across Co. Kildare.
Residents born outside Ireland: 16%, a lower share than 82% 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.
Another language is spoken at home by 13%, most often Polish (3.9%); 1.8% speak English not well or not at all. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 11%, fewer than in 74% of Irish towns. On average, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
In Castledermot, Irish is spoken by 37% of residents
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
563 residents, 37% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Higher than in 67% of Irish towns: 1.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 86% in Castledermot, more than in 81% 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: 86% of Castledermot · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 16%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (9%), Black or Black Irish (1.9%) and Other, including mixed (1.9%).
Married residents 15 and over make up 33% in Castledermot, less than in 62% of Irish towns
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.
Few places have as many unpaid carers: 5.5% here, more than in 55% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 23%, a lower share than 83% of Irish towns
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, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Castledermot, 12%, and 6.9% hold a postgraduate qualification. The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Castledermot
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castledermot | 1,685 | — | 36.7 | 13% | 49% |
| Carlow | 27,351 | 9.7 km | 36.3 | 12% | 43% |
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | 9.9 km | 38.2 | 14% | 45% |
| Rathvilly | 1,074 | 10.1 km | 37.6 | 13% | 46% |
| Athy | 11,035 | 13.0 km | 36.6 | 13% | 48% |
| Tullow | 5,138 | 13.6 km | 36.2 | 12% | 46% |
| Ballylinan | 1,167 | 14.2 km | 36.7 | 9.1% | 57% |
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 Castledermot’s residents
What is the population of Castledermot?
Castledermot had 1,685 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Castledermot?
The median age is 36.7. 29% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Castledermot?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (563 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Castledermot?
86% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 16% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Castledermot?
77% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 7.1% another religion; 6.4% didn’t say.
Is Castledermot good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Castledermot are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Castledermot?
Median gross household income in Castledermot was €53,120 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).