Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0Households of parents with children make up 66% in Johnstown, more than in 99% of Irish towns
The typical household size is 3.3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Census day 2022: 1,320 residents and 406 households in Johnstown. On the census count, 0.5% of households have no car or van. 85% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, a higher share than in 80% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Johnstown
A student town
20% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 98% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 19% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
A town of families
53% of households are couples with children and 12% lone parents with children, more than in 99% of Irish towns; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Johnstown’s residents are under 34 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 19% are 15 to 24 and 7% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
Johnstown went from about 1,110 people in 2016 to 1,320 in 2022, +19%: faster growth than in 87% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
+19% since 2016, a pace 87% of Irish towns didn’t match
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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +14% across Co. Kildare’s towns.
Johnstown is younger than 88% of Irish towns: a median age of 34
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 19% of residents, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 7% in Johnstown.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
Johnstown: 20% of residents 15 and over are students, above 98% 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
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.7%, above two thirds of Irish towns. The wider picture: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
One-person households make up 11% in Johnstown, less than in 98% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.5%, below 88% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Households in flats: 4.7%, a lower share than 89% 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
Most homes are connected: 98% have broadband, and 1.3% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). As a reference point, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Across Johnstown, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes.
€79,630 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 €79,630, 32% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). County median: €73,000 (Co. Kildare).
In Johnstown, 7.5% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 90% 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.
The largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (4.9%) and in the UK (4.8%). Measured more widely, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. 16% of residents were born outside Ireland, a lower share than in 82% of Irish towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.3%, a lower share than 99% of Irish towns
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
Top of Co. Kildare: Maynooth, at 2.2%. Typically, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
No religion: 18% of residents, a higher share than 54% 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: 85% of Johnstown · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (8.1%), Black or Black Irish (2.9%) and Asian or Asian Irish (2.3%). Residents with no religion: 17% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Lower than in half of Irish towns: 71% of residents said they are Catholic.
In Johnstown, 39% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 83% 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.
Against a figure of 5.4% across Ireland’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Johnstown comes in at 4.2%. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 46%, a higher share than 71% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Among residents 15 and over, 26% are still studying. For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%. Of Johnstown’s adults, 16% went on to postgraduate study and 3.5% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns).
The towns around Johnstown are all older
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 Johnstown’s residents
What is the population of Johnstown?
Johnstown had 1,320 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Johnstown?
The median age is 34. 29% are under 18 and 7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Johnstown?
46% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (570 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Johnstown?
85% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 16% were born abroad and 7.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Johnstown?
71% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 11% another religion; 1.8% didn’t say.
Is Johnstown good for families?
66% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Johnstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Johnstown?
Median gross household income in Johnstown was €79,630 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).