Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households without a car or van make up 4.3% in Kill, less than in 98% of Irish towns
The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish tops 96% of Irish towns: 89%. There were 1,324 households in Kill at the 2022 Census, home to 3,818 residents. Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.3% of the total. One-person households are rarer here than in 86% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Kill
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 8.8% lone parents with children, more than in 87% of Irish towns; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing faster than most
Kill went from about 3,220 people in 2016 to 3,818 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Kildare’s towns, +14%.
Half of Kill is over 38.5, older than 61% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (11%), Kill is below 80% of Irish towns. No age band is larger than 40–44: 10% of residents. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 56% of Irish towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Kill, 38.5. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
Kill sits below 82% of Irish towns for students among residents 15 and over (8.7%)
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 associate professional and technical: 17%, against a typical 13%. 5.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. For comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
53% of households are parents with children, more than in 87% 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.
Households in Kill hold 2.9 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households of parents with children is 43%.
Below 77% of Irish towns: 7.4% of households live in a flat or apartment
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 about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 0.1%. Across Ireland’s towns, households in flats come to 12%.
Median household income: €75,280 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €75,280 a year here, 25% above Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Kildare as a whole, the figure is €73,000.
Fewer residents born outside Ireland than 92% of Irish towns: 13%
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 9.9% speak another language, and 0.9% speak English not well or not at all. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 6.5%, fewer than in 96% of Irish towns. The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.6% in Kill, less than in 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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 1,394 residents (39% of those aged 3 and over). As a yardstick, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
In Kill, 80% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 90% 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: 89% of Kill · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, 15% of residents said they have no religion here. The benchmark for residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns: 71%. Next after White Irish come Other White (7.1%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.9%) and Other, including mixed (1%).
41% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 93% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 6.3%. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 52% of Irish towns, at 35%
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 just over one in ten adults; primary level or less for 8.2% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
14th highest median age among 41 towns of 3,263 to 4,502
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 Kill in age: Macroom (38.4), Westbury (38.5), Ballinacurra (38.6) and Ballyfermot (38.8).
Every nearby town is younger than Kill
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 Kill’s residents
What is the population of Kill?
Kill had 3,818 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kill?
The median age is 38.5, older than 61% of Irish towns. 26% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kill?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,394 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kill?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 6.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kill?
80% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 5.1% another religion; 2.9% didn’t say.
Is Kill good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kill?
Median gross household income in Kill was €75,280 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).