Photo: Sarah777 · Public domainOlder than 98% of Irish towns: half of Kilberry is over 44.7
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 99% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census Kilberry was home to 361 people in 130 households. Census figures put households in flats at 0.8% in the town. One-person households make up 15%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns.
Slower growth than 99% of Irish towns: Kilberry changed by −7% since 2016
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.
24% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Kilberry has 14%. The largest age band is 45–49: 9.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Kilberry, 0.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% 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
The biggest occupational gap is in elementary occupations: 21%, against a typical 11%. The share of students among residents 15 and over stands at 8.7%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns: 7.5%.
Larger households than 66% of Irish towns: 2.8 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Here, 44% of households are parents with children.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 66% of Irish towns: 14%
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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. About one household in 7 lives without a car or van.
Half of households earn more than €49,910 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Kilberry’s households have a gross income below €49,910 a year, 17% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). Co. Kildare comes in at €73,000 at the median.
Fewer residents born outside Ireland than 99% of Irish towns: 3%
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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (2.2%) or elsewhere in the EU (0.6%). The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%. Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 0.8% here, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 0.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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
No town in Co. Kildare beats Maynooth (2.2%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%.
4.7% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 99% 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: 98% of Kilberry · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents said they are Catholic, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Kilberry: 37% of residents 15 and over are married, above 74% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care; in Kilberry, 6.6%. Measured more widely, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 99% of Irish towns: 6.8%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 2% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 27% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Kilberry is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilberry | 361 | — | 44.7 | 24% | 44% |
| Athy | 11,035 | 6.0 km | 36.6 | 13% | 48% |
| Stradbally | 1,404 | 8.6 km | 43.4 | 21% | 41% |
| Ballylinan | 1,167 | 10.7 km | 36.7 | 9.1% | 57% |
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | 11.7 km | 35.2 | 9.9% | 51% |
| Kildare | 10,302 | 15.7 km | 36 | 9% | 52% |
| Curragh Camp | 1,076 | 16.2 km | 37.1 | 14% | 45% |
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 Kilberry’s residents
What is the population of Kilberry?
Kilberry had 361 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilberry?
The median age is 44.7. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilberry?
24% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (82 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilberry?
98% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 3% were born abroad and 0.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilberry?
93% are Catholic, 4.7% have no religion and 2.2% another religion; 0.8% didn’t say.
Is Kilberry good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilberry are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilberry?
Median gross household income in Kilberry was €49,910 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).