Celbridge does well on nearly every count. Its strongest subject is safety: 3.3 burglaries and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, and 2.6 violent crimes. The median home sold for €419,400, 5.2 times the town’s median household income. Add health to its strengths: bad health runs at 75 and disability at 102 per 100 expected for its ages. All told, that adds up to an A+ overall, better than almost every Irish town. In the ranking it comes #3 of 320 Irish towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for walkability and B for hazard risk.
Figures: crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025 · health and commuting, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · radon, EPA.
Each subject compares Celbridge with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Celbridge.
SafetySafety A
Celbridge has less crime per resident than 97% of the 118 Irish towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more incidents per resident: they are counted where they happen, not where victims live.
In 2023–2025, assaults and harassment led the graded crimes in Celbridge. The overall crime rate is 27.8 per 1,000 residents a year. Theft, shown but not graded, ran at 9.9 per 1,000 a year, below Co. Kildare’s towns (11.1) and Irish towns (15.3) alike.
2.6violent incidents per 1,000 a yearASafety Grade
Compared with towns its sizeFewer incidents against residents per 1,000 than 97% of the 118 Irish towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: less crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Recorded by type · per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025
Theft9.9
Road traffic4.2
Dangerous acts2.4
Assault2.2
Drugs2.1
Public order2.1
Damage2
Burglary1.3
Against justice0.8
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
HealthHealth A−
For the ages of its people, Celbridge has fewer residents in bad health than expected
At the census, 1.2% of people here described their health as bad or very bad. 91% of Celbridge’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, about level with Co. Kildare’s towns (91%) and above Irish towns (88%). Weighed against its ages, disability locally runs at 102 per 100 expected.
91%good or very good healthA−Health Grade
Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised
Bad health75
Disability102
Co. Kildare105
Expected100
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 91%Fair 8%Bad or very bad 1%
Census 2022
Celbridge
Co. Kildare
Ireland
Bad or very bad health
1.2%
1.5%
2%
Good or very good health
91%
91%
88%
Unpaid carers
5.6%
4.9%
5.4%
With a disability
20%
21%
22%
75
bad health per 100 expected · Co. Kildare 105
102
disability per 100 expected · Co. Kildare 101
84 · 80.3
life expectancy, women · men, the Mid-East region, 2016
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Households in Celbridge earn more than in Co. Kildare’s towns or across Irish towns: €80,860 a year
6.3% of the labour force were unemployed, near Co. Kildare’s towns (6.4%) and lower than Irish towns (9.2%). Workers spend 33.2 min getting to work, on average. Home was the main workplace for 14% of workers at the census.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2022
Car or van67%
Bus11%
Walk4%
Train, DART or Luas4%
Bicycle2%
Census 2022
Celbridge
Co. Kildare
Ireland
Median household income
€80,860
€73,828
€57,760
Average trip
33.2 min
32.2 min
27.6 min
Trips under 15 minutes
24%
28%
31%
Unemployment rate
6.3%
6.4%
9.2%
€80,860
median household income, 2022 · Co. Kildare €72,997
14%
worked mainly from home, 2022
14%
trips of an hour or more
6,663
on the Live Register, County Kildare, September 2026
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Schools
Around Celbridge, 50% of the secondaries teach boys and girls apart, more than in Co. Kildare’s towns or across Irish towns
Families in Celbridge have 18 schools within 3 km to choose from: 13 primary schools, 4 secondary schools and 1 special school. St Wolstan's Community School is the nearest secondary school, 1.4 km away. Pupil numbers changed +9% since 2019/20, higher than both Co. Kildare’s towns (+6%) and Irish towns (+4%).
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · There are no letters or results on these cards, because Ireland publishes none school by school.
Natural hazardsHazard risk B
The Shinkeen Stream (Hazelhatch) Flood Relief Scheme protects part of Celbridge, where 5.1% of homes stand low beside the River Liffey
A flood relief scheme, the Shinkeen Stream (Hazelhatch) Flood Relief Scheme, protects parts of Celbridge. In Celbridge, an estimated 1.9% of homes exceed the radon reference level. Landslides: none of Celbridge lies in a high-susceptibility zone.
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Climate
Less rain falls on Celbridge than on Co. Kildare’s towns or Irish towns: 789 mm a year
Celbridge’s year-round mean comes to 10.0°C. January nights bottom out at 2.1°C here, about level with Co. Kildare’s towns (2.0°C) and below Irish towns (2.9°C). Midsummer afternoons in Celbridge peak at about 20.1°C.
20.1°CJuly afternoon high
Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages
More woodland lies at the edge of Celbridge than Co. Kildare’s towns or Irish towns: 6.9% of the land within 1 km
Every 1,000 residents of Celbridge share 10.4 ha of green space. Walkers have 2.4 km per km² of paths and tracks, higher than both Co. Kildare’s towns (0.9 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). The town counts 2 parks, adding up to 214 ha of green space. For nearly nine in ten homes, green space is under 400 m away.
89%of homes near green space
Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Weather
Up to 11 degrees in Celbridge today, light showers
The heaviest rain of the week is due on Tuesday, around 10 mm. Celbridge’s averages for November set the scene: the usual high is 11°C, the usual low 4°C. Around 1 mm of rain is due today, on a breeze of up to 24 km/h, with a low of 7°C.
11°C / 7°CToday
This month and the next three, normal highs · 1991–2020 averages
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Who lives here
Celbridge is a graduates’ town: 45% hold a degree, more than in Co. Kildare’s towns or Irish towns
1.3% speak Irish daily outside school, above Co. Kildare’s towns (1%) and Irish towns (1.1%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of the town. Those 65 and older account for 11% of residents.
38.4median age
CelbridgeCo. KildareIreland
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education
Primary or none6%
Lower secondary10%
Leaving Cert33%
Diploma or cert6%
Degree or higher45%
Women and men · all residents
50.1% of Celbridge’s residents are women
WomenIrelandMen
10,326 women and 10,275 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Kildare and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Town hall
Kildare County Council runs on one of the smallest budgets per resident of any council
Celbridge answers to one council, Kildare County Council; Ireland has no town tier. Just over two in five voters turned out at the last local elections, below both Co. Kildare’s towns (45%) and Irish towns (46%). With 12 of 40 seats, Fianna Fáil are the largest group on Kildare County Council, short of the 21 a majority needs.
12/40seats held by Fianna Fáil
Seats on Kildare County · June 2024
Fianna Fáil12
Fine Gael11
Social Democrats7
Labour Party5
Independent3
Sinn Féin1
Independent Ireland1
Turnout
Celbridge
Co. Kildare
Ireland
Local elections, June 2024
42%
45%
46%
General election, November 2024
60%
60%
59%
4
Councillors
12/40
Fianna Fáil seats on Kildare County, the largest party
1 buildings of national importance among Celbridge’s 81 on the inventory
Per 10,000 residents, Celbridge counts 39 inventory buildings, lower than both Co. Kildare’s towns (51) and Irish towns (48). The pre-1919 share of homes is 1.5%. The archaeological record lists 9 sites here.
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
HousingCost of living B−
More households own their home in Celbridge than in Co. Kildare’s towns or across Irish towns: 78%
15% of households are private tenants. Social housing holds 6% of households, below Co. Kildare’s towns (11%) and Irish towns (13%) alike. Also worth knowing: a buyer in Celbridge paid 70% more for a typical home in 2025 than in 2010: €455K against €267K.
€419Kmedian sale priceB−Cost of living Grade
Median sale price · Property Price Register, 2023–2025
Celbridge has 81 buildings on the national inventory of architectural heritage, 1 of them rated of national or international importance. The national record lists 9 archaeological sites in and around the town.
Arthur Guinness: User Morrison1917 on en.wikipedia, Public domain · Aidan Higgins: Rub117, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cian Bolger: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Art O'Connor: not stated, Public domain · John Augustus Conolly: Maull & Fox (no individual credited), Public domain
Celbridge’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Celbridge
Is Celbridge growing?
Celbridge had 20,601 people at the 2022 census, up from 19,891 in 2016: 3.6% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Is Celbridge a young town or an old one?
The median age in Celbridge is 38.4, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
About Celbridge
Urban area in Co. Kildare
20,601 people live in Celbridge, in the area of Kildare County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Population
20,601 (CSO, Census 2022)
County
Kildare
Council
Kildare County Council
Local electoral area
Celbridge
Dáil constituency
Kildare North
Name in Irish
Cill Droichid
Area
2 sq mi (5.2 km²)
CSO code
UA:06436
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). 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).