Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainKildangan sits below 99% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (2.3%)
The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 93%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. Kildangan counted 546 residents and 175 households at the 2022 Census. Locally, 14% of households are one person living alone. On households of parents with children, Kildangan sits higher than 86% of Irish towns: 53%.
A change of +2% since 2016 leaves Kildangan behind 82% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +14% across Co. Kildare’s towns.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of Irish towns: 16%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Half of Kildangan’s residents are under 36.9, younger than in 60% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 11% locally. In Leixlip, the oldest of Co. Kildare’s towns by this measure, it is 17%.
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%.
In Kildangan, 15% of residents 15 and over are students, more than in 93% 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
Among the working population, managers, directors and senior officials make up 12%, against a typical 7.8%. For Kildangan, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 4.3%. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Kildangan households average 3.2 people, larger than in 96% 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 92% of Irish towns: 2.3%.
100% 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
Broadband reaches 92% of households; 5.3% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Half of households earn more than €73,390 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are above €73,390 a year before tax: 22% over the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Kildare as a whole has a median of €73,000.
Kildangan ranks below 96% of Irish towns on residents born outside Ireland: 12%
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 share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 4.3%, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland. 6.7% speak another language at home, most often Spanish (2%); 0.5% speak English not well or not at all.
In Kildangan, 43% of residents can speak Irish
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
Maynooth leads Co. Kildare with 2.2%. Lower than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns: 0.8% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
Kildangan sits above 95% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (83%)
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: 93% of Kildangan · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (5.1%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.9%) and Other, including mixed (0.6%). The usual figure: 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 89% of Irish towns.
More married residents 15 and over than 83% of Irish towns: 39%
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 Kildangan, 6.4%. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 55% of Irish towns: 34%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Nearly a fifth of those 15 and over have not yet finished their education. Measured more widely, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 11% of adults; primary level or less for 8.8% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%).
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Kildangan
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildangan | 546 | — | 36.9 | 11% | 53% |
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | 5.1 km | 35.2 | 9.9% | 51% |
| Kildare | 10,302 | 9.6 km | 36 | 9% | 52% |
| Curragh Camp | 1,076 | 11.9 km | 37.1 | 14% | 45% |
| Athy | 11,035 | 13.0 km | 36.6 | 13% | 48% |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 13.2 km | 36.4 | 10% | 50% |
| Stradbally | 1,404 | 13.2 km | 43.4 | 21% | 41% |
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 Kildangan’s residents
What is the population of Kildangan?
Kildangan had 546 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kildangan?
The median age is 36.9. 30% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kildangan?
43% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (213 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kildangan?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 4.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kildangan?
83% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 6.2% another religion; 2.9% didn’t say.
Is Kildangan good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 30% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kildangan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kildangan?
Median gross household income in Kildangan was €73,390 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).