Curragh CampCo. Kildare

1,076 people live in this town in Co. Kildare.

Population

1,076

CSO, Census 2022 · Kildare County Council

Median age

37.1

14% are 65+ · Co. Kildare 10%

Degree level

13%

of residents 15+ · Irish towns 36%

Walk, cycle, transit

13%

of working residents · Irish towns 23%

Is Curragh Camp a good place to live?

Hazard risk is low: an estimated 3% of homes are above the radon reference level. Health is a weak point (D): for every 100 its ages would predict, 155 residents are in bad health and 134 have a disability. Most journeys need a car. 13% of commuters walk, cycle or take the bus or train (the typical Irish town: 23%). The median home here went for €383,000, 6.2 times the median household income.

Figures: radon, EPA · health and commuting, CSO Census 2022 · prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO. Curragh Camp has subject grades but no overall grade: Irish towns get one from 2,500 residents.

This town's house price is the median for its whole Eircode routing key, town and countryside together: fewer than 30 sales in the town itself were recorded on the Property Price Register in 2023 to 2025, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Rents for this town aren't published on their own, so its Cost Grade uses the county's average rent. Health less sure: few enough residents report bad health that the town's figure could be well above or below its true level. This town's Hazard risk Grade uses radon and landslides only: open LiDAR heights don't cover enough of its homes to measure flooding, so flood isn't counted for or against it.

WeakestDHealth DWalkability

What makes Curragh Camp stand out

The 3 things Curragh Camp does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Degree or higher, residents 15+

Education

The median of Irish towns: 36%

CSO, Census 2022

Walk, cycle or public transport

Getting around

13% walk, cycle or ride

The median of Irish towns: 23%

CSO, Census 2022

Health

Behind 94%

of Irish towns on health

Its health grade: D.

How Curragh Camp grades

Each subject compares Curragh Camp with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

Health134 with a disability per 100 predictedDOpen →WalkabilityAmong the hardest places to get around without a carDOpen →Hazard riskAbove the middle of the towns comparedB⁺Open →SafetyGraded on crime per residentCOpen →Jobs & income12% unemployedC⁺Open →Cost of livingBased on what homes cost against what households earnBOpen →

SchoolsNot graded in Ireland: schools’ exam results aren’t published school by school (Education Act 1998, s.53)–

How TownRatings grades Irish towns →

Curragh Camp’s outline

Curragh Camp’s story

Curragh Camp has nothing on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage yet

3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.

Explore the history →

Nearby attractions

Dún Ailinne and 10 more in and around Curragh Camp

Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Curragh Camp. Best known first.

All attractions →

FortDún Ailinne4.8 km outside town, to the southeast

CathedralKildare Cathedral4.9 km outside town, to the northwest MuseumMuseumCurragh Military Museum300 m outside town, to the northeast MuseumMuseumThe Irish National Stud & Gardens3.9 km outside town, to the west Natural landscapeNatural landscapePollardstown Fen4.3 km outside town, to the north CathedralCathedralSt Brigid’s Cathedral & Round Tower4.9 km outside town, to the northwest

Places: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (2)

Dún Ailinne: Frankysandwich, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kildare Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Curragh Camp.

HealthHealth D

Curragh Camp has 134 people with a disability for every 100 its ages predict, more than Co. Kildare’s towns or Irish towns

At the census, 83% of people in Curragh Camp called their health good or very good, below both Co. Kildare’s towns (91%) and Irish towns (88%). 28% of residents in Curragh Camp live with a disability. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 2.7% of the town.

83%good or very good healthDHealth Grade

Per 100 expected at the town’s ages · age-standardised

Bad health155

Disability134

Co. Kildare99

Expected100

General health, self-reported

Good or very good 83%Fair 14%Bad or very bad 3%

Census 2022	Curragh Camp	Co. Kildare	Ireland
Good or very good health	83%	91%	88%
With a disability	28%	20%	22%
Bad or very bad health	2.7%	1.5%	2%
Unpaid carers	5.2%	4.9%	5.4%

155

bad health per 100 expected · Co. Kildare 99

134

disability per 100 expected · Co. Kildare 102

84 · 80.3

life expectancy, women · men, the Mid-East region, 2016

28%

hold a medical card, HSE Dublin and Midlands

Full pageCurragh Camp’s health pageOpen the page

Health GradeBad health 155, disability 134 per 100 expected Getting care0% within 800 m of a pharmacy Census health83% in good or very good health The wider areaLife expectancy: women 84, men 80.3 Vs. the neighboursBehind its 6 graded neighbours

CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios

Natural hazardsHazard risk B⁺

Low radon and steady ground in Curragh Camp; flooding isn’t measured here

Radon above the reference level: an estimated 2.7% of homes in Curragh Camp. No part of Curragh Camp is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Low ground by water holds almost none of its homes.

0%of homes in high-radon areasB⁺Hazard risk Grade

Homes exposed · share of the town’s homes

In high-radon areas0%

On high landslide susceptibility0%

Share of homes	Curragh Camp	Co. Kildare	Ireland
In high-radon areas	0%	0%	0%
On high landslide susceptibility	0%	0%	0%

266

homes mapped for these shares

Full pageCurragh Camp’s flood & hazards pageOpen the page

Low-lying homes0% of homes · Homes low beside water GroundHigh landslide susceptibility · Irish towns 0%Radon0% of homes in high-radon areas Vs. the neighboursAhead of 3 of its 6 graded neighbours

EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.

Schools

More schools around Curragh Camp are in DEIS, the support scheme, than in Co. Kildare’s towns or across Irish towns: 38%

Pupil numbers changed +2% since 2019/20, below both Co. Kildare’s towns (+7%) and Irish towns (+4%). Curragh Community College is the nearest secondary school, 1.2 km away. 8 schools lie within 3 km of Curragh Camp: 6 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 special school.

8schools within 3 km

School	Level	Pupils	Ethos
Newbridge Educate Together NSLargest primary schoolPrimary	Primary	406	Multi-denominational
Curragh Community College DEISLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB	Post-primary · ETB	288	Multi-denominational
Gaelscoil Chill Dara GaelscoilTeaches through IrishPrimary	Primary	288	Catholic
St. Catherine of Sienna DEISIn the DEIS schemePrimary	Primary	151	Catholic

See all 8 schools →

Schools by ethos · Schools within 3 km

Catholic6

Multi-denominational2

Schools within 3 km	Curragh Camp	Co. Kildare	Ireland
Single-sex secondaries	0%	20%	39%
Teach through Irish	13%	6%	8%
In the DEIS scheme	38%	3%	35%
Pupils since 2019/20	+2%	+7%	+4%

1,733

pupils at schools within 3 km, 2025/26

+2%

pupils since 2019/20 · Irish towns +4%

1.4 km

to the nearest primary school

1.2 km

to the nearest secondary school

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Who runs them8 schools within 3 km Language13% teach through Irish · One school teaches through Irish Pupils over time1,733 pupils · +2% since 2019/20 Questions“What schools are there in Curragh Camp?”

Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Ireland doesn’t publish results for individual schools, so none of these carries a letter.

SafetySafety C

Curragh Camp has more crime per resident than 97% of the 156 Irish towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people

Violent crime ran at 7.4 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Co. Kildare’s towns (3.9) and Irish towns (5.7). The commonest graded crime in Curragh Camp was assaults and harassment (2023–2025). Burglary and damage come to 7.1 per 1,000 residents a year.

7.4violent incidents per 1,000 a yearCSafety Grade

Compared with towns its sizeFewer incidents against residents per 1,000 than 3% of the 156 Irish towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: more 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

Theft17

Road traffic9.7

Public order6.2

Assault6.1

Damage5.1

Drugs4.9

Dangerous acts4.7

Burglary2

Against justice1.7

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.

Per 1,000 a year	Curragh Camp	Co. Kildare	Ireland
Violent crime	7.4	3.9	5.7
Burglary & damage	7.1	4.2	6.4
All recorded crime	59	42.7	54.3
Theft	17	10.9	15.3

7.4

violent incidents per 1,000 a year

7.1

burglary and damage per 1,000 a year

1,824

incidents a year, Newbridge Garda area

14.5

against residents per 1,000, as graded

Full pageCurragh Camp’s safety reportOpen the page

Safety Grade7.4 violent incidents per 1,000 · Curragh Camp records theft at 4.5 times the rate of a typical town its size Crime by typeAssaults and harassment is the most common of the graded categories Vs. the neighboursBehind its 6 graded neighbours Questions“Is Curragh Camp safe?”

CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations

Work & commuteJobs & income C⁺

Curragh Camp has higher unemployment than Co. Kildare’s towns or Irish towns: 12%

The average trip to work takes 28.8 min. In work: 65% of residents aged 15 to 64, lower than both Co. Kildare’s towns (71%) and Irish towns (68%). 5.1% of workers did their job mainly from home at the census.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2022

Car or van81%

Bus6%

Walk5%

Bicycle2%

Train, DART or Luas2%

Census 2022	Curragh Camp	Co. Kildare	Ireland
Unemployment rate	12%	6.4%	9.2%
In work, 15 to 64	65%	71%	68%
Average trip	28.8 min	32.6 min	27.6 min
Median household income	€62,010	€74,553	€57,760

€62,010

household income, 2022 estimate · Co. Kildare €72,997

worked mainly from home, 2022

11%

trips of an hour or more

6,663

on the Live Register, County Kildare, September 2026

Walkability: better than 11% of Irish towns

Full pageCurragh Camp’s work & commute pageOpen the page

Unemployment12% unemployed · Irish towns: 9.2%Getting to work13% walk, cycle or take transit Median income€62,010 a year · Median household income, before tax Benefits over time6,663 on the Live Register · +1.3% on a year earlier

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.

Climate

Curragh Camp has colder winters than Co. Kildare’s towns or Irish towns: January lows of 1.9°C

The annual mean in Curragh Camp is 9.8°C. The town is 0.3°C warmer over the year than in 1981–2010. A year brings 896 mm of rain, near both Co. Kildare’s towns (854 mm) and Irish towns (937 mm).

20.0°CJuly afternoon high

Average afternoon highs by season · 1991–2020 averages

Winter8.3°C

Spring13.1°C

Summer19.4°C

Autumn13.9°C

Climate, 1991–2020	Curragh Camp	Co. Kildare	Ireland
January low	1.9°C	2.0°C	2.9°C
Average temperature over the year	9.8°C	9.9°C	10.3°C
Rain a year	896 mm	854 mm	937 mm
July high	20.0°C	20.1°C	19.9°C

20.0°C

July high

1.9°C

January low

896 mm

Rain a year

95 mm

Wettest month

Air frosts

Full pageCurragh Camp’s climate pageOpen the page

The yearSummer highs 19.4°C, winter lows 1.9°C At a glanceJuly highs 20.0°C, January lows 1.9°C Rain896 mm of rain a year · October is the wettest month, 95 mm Weather station31 km to the weather station · Oak Park

Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.

Outdoors

Woodland runs close to Curragh Camp: 3.9% of the land within 1 km, more than Co. Kildare’s towns or Irish towns

Its paths and tracks come to 0.2 km per km², below both Co. Kildare’s towns (1.0 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²).

0%of homes near green space

Green space per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 residents

Curragh Camp0.0 ha

Co. Kildare2.2 ha

Irish towns4.1 ha

Outdoors	Curragh Camp	Co. Kildare	Ireland
Near a park	0%	79%	92%
Paths per km² of town	0.2 km per km²	1.0 km per km²	2.1 km per km²
Woodland within 1 km	3.9%	2.4%	2.7%
Green space per 1,000 residents	0.0 ha	2.2 ha	4.1 ha

1 km

Footpaths

Protected for nature

3.9%

Woodland

Full pageCurragh Camp’s outdoors pageOpen the page

Protected nature1% of the land within 5 km · No protected site within 5 km Green space nearby0% of homes within 400 m Parks0.0 ha per 1,000 residents · 0 ha of green space, 0 parks Paths and trails1 km of paths · 0 trails and greenways within 5 km

OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.

Weather

What tomorrow holds for Curragh Camp: light rain, up to 10 degrees

Plan indoor things for Wednesday, when about 5 mm of rain is forecast. A typical November day reaches 10°C and drops to 4°C at night: the forecast for Curragh Camp is set against that. Showers may brush past tomorrow without adding up to much; wind peaks at 9 km/h, and the coldest it gets is 5°C.

10°C / 5°CTomorrow

This month and the next three, normal highs · 1991–2020 averages

November10°C

December8°C

January8°C

February9°C

Season	High	Low	Rain
Winter	8°C	2°C	232 mm
Spring	13°C	5°C	183 mm
Summer	19°C	11°C	218 mm
Autumn	14°C	6°C	264 mm

10°C / 5°C

Tomorrow

0.2 mm

Rain, next 24 hours

6 km/h

Wind

82%

Humidity

9 h 15 min

Daylight

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Next 24 hours0.2 mm Rain, next 24 hours · Staying mostly dry The week ahead10°C / 5°C Tomorrow · A normal 6 November: 11°C / 5°C Warnings & more9 h 15 min Daylight · 07:33 to 16:48

Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020

Who lives here

Fewer people in Curragh Camp hold a degree than in Co. Kildare’s towns or Irish towns: 13%

Under 15: just over a fifth of residents. Daily Irish speakers outside school: 0.4%, below both Co. Kildare’s towns (1%) and Irish towns (1.1%). People 65 and over make up 14% of the town.

37.1median age

Curragh CampCo. KildareIreland

Co. KildareIreland

Ages · share of residents

14%

Highest education · residents 15 and older who have finished education

Primary or none19%

Lower secondary24%

Leaving Cert39%

Diploma or cert5%

Degree or higher13%

Women and men · all residents

51.4% of Curragh Camp’s residents are women

553 women and 523 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.

Ages and education in Curragh Camp
	Curragh Camp	Co. Kildare	Ireland
Under 15	22%	23%	20%
15–24	11%	12%	12%
25–44	29%	30%	29%
45–64	24%	24%	24%
65+	14%	10%	14%
Primary or none	19%	7.4%	9.7%
Lower secondary	24%	12%	14%
Leaving Cert	39%	34%	35%
Diploma or cert	4.5%	6.4%	5.8%
Degree or higher	13%	39%	36%

Full pageCurragh Camp’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages37.1 median age · 14% are 65 or over Households368 households · 2.9 people per household Where born13% born outside Ireland Irish speakers29% can speak Irish · 0.4% speak Irish daily outside school

CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Kildare and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+

Town hall

15 votes decided the last seat in Kildare

Kildare County Council is the council for Curragh Camp, and the only one: Ireland has a single tier of local government. Turnout at the general election came to 58%. 44% of voters turned out at the last local elections, about level with Co. Kildare’s towns (45%) and below Irish towns (46%).

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	Curragh Camp	Co. Kildare	Ireland
General election, November 2024	58%	60%	59%
Local elections, June 2024	44%	45%	46%

Councillors

12/40

Fianna Fáil seats on Kildare County, the largest party

44%

turnout, June 2024

TDs elected for Kildare South

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Who’s in chargeNo majority: Fianna Fáil lead with 12 of 40 (21 needed)Councillors5 councillors · Kildare How Curragh Camp voted44% turned out · Local elections, June 2024 · Co. Kildare towns 45%TDs4 TDs · Kildare South

Department of Housing count sheets, 2024

HousingCost of living B

Few households rent privately in Curragh Camp: 10%, fewer than in Co. Kildare’s towns and Irish towns

16% of households live in social housing. Owners make up 72% of households, about level with Co. Kildare’s towns (70%) and above Irish towns (61%).

€383Kmedian sale priceBCost of living Grade

Median sale price · Eircode area, 2023–2025

Curragh Camp€383K

Co. Kildare€408K

Irish towns€350K

Housing	Curragh Camp	Co. Kildare	Ireland
Households renting privately	10%	18%	22%
Households in social housing	16%	10%	13%
Households owning their home	72%	70%	61%
Median sale price	€383K	€408K	€350K

72%

own their home · Irish towns 61%

10%

rent privately · Irish towns 22%

€1,701

a month on new tenancies, County Kildare

5.2

times median household income, County Kildare

Full pageCurragh Camp’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Owners and renters72% own their home Cost of livingMedian sale price €383,000 Renting€1,701 a month · Average rent on new tenancies

Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area R56, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Curragh Camp

15pages on Curragh Camp

The big questions

SafetyCHousing & costBProperty pricesSchoolsHealthDWork & commuteC⁺Natural hazardsB⁺2.7% of homes in high-radon areas

Out and about

OutdoorsAttractionsClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 37.1 HistoryTown hallFamous people6 notable people born here

Famous people from Curragh Camp

6 notable people were born in Curragh Camp.

See all 6 →

John William DunneBritish soldier, aeronautical engineer and philosopher (187…

Frederick FaneCricket player of England. (1875-1960)

Charlie WebbProfessional football player and manager (1886-1973)

Thomas SadleirIrish genealogist (1882-1957)

Ernie Jones(1932-2019) Irish golfer

Henry GardenIrish footballer (1868–1949)

Curragh Camp’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.

AthgarvanKildareNewbridgeKilcullenKilmeageDunlavinCurragh Camp

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Curragh Camp	1,076	—	—	B	C	D
Athgarvan	1,193	4.3	—	C⁺	C	A
Kildare	10,302	4.9	B	B⁺	C⁺	B⁻
Newbridge	24,366	5.2	B⁻	B⁺	C	B⁻
Kilcullen	3,815	6.5	A⁺	B⁺	A	B⁻
Kilmeage	1,054	13	—	B⁻	A⁻	D
Dunlavin Wicklow	1,074	13	—	C	A⁻	B

People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Curragh Camp

Do people in Curragh Camp drive to work?

5% mostly work from home, and 32% of journeys take under 15 minutes.

Has Curragh Camp grown?

Curragh Camp had 1,076 people at the 2022 census, up from 1,001 in 2016: 7.5% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.

Is Curragh Camp a young town or an old one?

The median age in Curragh Camp is 37.1, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.

About Curragh Camp

Urban area in Co. Kildare

Curragh Camp has 1,076 people, 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: 1,076 (CSO, Census 2022)
County: Kildare
Council: Kildare County Council
Local electoral area: Kildare
Dáil constituency: Kildare South
Name in Irish: Campa an Churraigh
Area: 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²)
CSO code: UA:06461

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).