Photo: locardi · CC BY-SA 3.0Kilcullen: 53% of households are parents with children, above 86% of Irish towns
Compared with 4.7% across Ireland’s towns, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Lower than in 76% of Irish towns: 10% of residents are 65 or over. Kilcullen had 3,815 residents in 1,350 households at the 2022 Census. In Kilcullen, one in ten households have no car or van.
What stands out about the people of Kilcullen
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 11% lone parents with children, more than in 86% of Irish towns; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A +5% change since 2016: slower than 68% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +14% across Co. Kildare’s towns.
Younger than 60% of Irish towns: half of Kilcullen is under 36.9
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 12%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Kilcullen, 36.9. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
A student town: 11% of residents 15 and over are students
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
In Kilcullen, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 42% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 14%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8%.
Fewer one-person households than 72% of Irish towns: 19%
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.
The average household has 2.9 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. For one-person households, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 24%.
88% of homes are houses
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
The share of households with broadband is 91%; 7.2% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Compared with other places, holiday homes are scarce here: 0.1%, fewer than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns. Across Kilcullen, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Before tax, the median household income is €66,460 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Kilcullen’s households have a gross income above €66,460 a year, 11% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Kildare the median is €73,000.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 16% in Kilcullen, less than in 82% 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.
Most residents from abroad were born elsewhere in the EU (4.2%) or outside the EU and UK (4.2%). The comparison figure for residents born outside Ireland is 22% across Ireland’s towns. Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns: 9.5%.
0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, below 90% 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
Irish speakers number 1,436, or two in five residents aged 3 and over. Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.1% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Above 82% of Irish towns: 86% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
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: 86% of Kilcullen · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (10%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.7%) and Other, including mixed (1.4%). Few places have as many residents who said they are Catholic: 74% here, more than in 69% of Irish towns. For residents who describe themselves as White Irish, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 78%. 19% of residents said they have no religion; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 17%.
More married residents 15 and over than 71% of Irish towns: 37%
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.
On unpaid carers, 4.8% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 35% in Kilcullen, less than in 54% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 12% of adults; primary level or less for 9.4% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Of 41 towns its size (3,263 to 4,502 people), the 16th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 33.1 in Castlegar to 46.5 in Montenotte. Nearest to Kilcullen in age: Newtownmountkennedy (35.5), Shanakiel (36.3), Riverstown (37.1) and Claremorris (37.4).
Around Kilcullen, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
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 Kilcullen’s residents
What is the population of Kilcullen?
Kilcullen had 3,815 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilcullen?
The median age is 36.9, younger than 60% of Irish towns. 29% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilcullen?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,436 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilcullen?
86% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 16% were born abroad and 9.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilcullen?
74% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 7% another religion; 2.9% didn’t say.
Is Kilcullen good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilcullen are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilcullen?
Median gross household income in Kilcullen was €66,460 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).