Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domain60% of households are parents with children, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
One-person households make up 13%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Johnstownbridge counted 677 residents and 194 households at the 2022 Census. Here, four in five residents said they are Catholic. With a median age of 40.3, Johnstownbridge is older than nearly four fifths of Irish towns.
Johnstownbridge’s population changed by +10% since 2016, more than in 63% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +14% across Co. Kildare’s towns.
19% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 96% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With residents aged 65 and over at 13%, Johnstownbridge is behind three fifths of Irish towns on that count. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s 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%.
A higher share of students among residents 15 and over than 96% of Irish towns, at 18%
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Johnstownbridge, 3.5%. As a yardstick, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 98% of Irish towns: 3.3 people on average
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.
3.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 3.2%, a lower share than 99% 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
Households in flats: 3.6% here and 12% across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%.
Household income at the median: €77,380 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €77,380 a year before tax, the median household income is 29% above that of Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €73,000 across Co. Kildare.
Below 90% of Irish towns: 13% of residents were born outside Ireland
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 most common home language after English is Polish (2.2%); in all 6.9% speak another language, and 0.8% speak English not well or not at all. The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%. 7.6% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns.
Johnstownbridge ranks above 77% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.5%
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
298 residents, 48% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. In Co. Kildare, Maynooth has the highest share (2.2%). For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 97% of Irish towns: 90%
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: 90% of Johnstownbridge · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (8.1%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.7%) and Other, including mixed (0.7%). Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 15%, fewer than in two thirds of Irish towns. To put it in context, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 94% of Irish towns: 42%
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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 6.2%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of adults with a degree or higher than 58% of Irish towns: 39%
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, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Johnstownbridge, 8.1%, and 9.9% hold a postgraduate qualification. Nearly a quarter of those 15 and over have not yet finished their education. By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Johnstownbridge are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstownbridge | 677 | — | 40.3 | 13% | 60% |
| Enfield | 3,663 | 2.6 km | 34.1 | 5.7% | 59% |
| Longwood | 1,685 | 7.3 km | 35.4 | 7.5% | 59% |
| Derrinturn | 1,837 | 8.3 km | 33.7 | 8.4% | 60% |
| Coill Dubh (Blackwood) | 1,476 | 12.3 km | 34.7 | 9.1% | 54% |
| Kilcock | 8,674 | 12.7 km | 33.1 | 5.9% | 54% |
| Allenwood | 1,685 | 12.9 km | 33.2 | 7.5% | 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 Johnstownbridge’s residents
What is the population of Johnstownbridge?
Johnstownbridge had 677 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Johnstownbridge?
The median age is 40.3. 28% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Johnstownbridge?
48% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (298 people), and 1.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Johnstownbridge?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 7.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Johnstownbridge?
80% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 5.2% another religion; 6.8% didn’t say.
Is Johnstownbridge good for families?
60% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Johnstownbridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Johnstownbridge?
Median gross household income in Johnstownbridge was €77,380 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).