Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of Irish towns: 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
Households average 3 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 8.7%, fewer than in 85% of Irish towns. 1,054 residents in 354 households: that is Kilmeage at the 2022 Census. The share of households without a car or van stands at 8.6%.
A change of +5% since 2016 leaves Kilmeage behind 65% 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.
Across Co. Kildare’s towns the median is +14%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
A median age of 34.4: Kilmeage is younger than 85% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns, against 16% in Kilmeage. The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 82% of Irish towns: 5.3%
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, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Kilmeage, 31% and 20%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns: 7.5%.
A higher share of households of parents with children than 85% of Irish towns, at 52%
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.
With one-person households at 20%, Kilmeage is behind 72% of Irish towns on that count. Across Ireland’s towns, 43% of households are parents with children.
Kilmeage ranks below 69% of Irish towns on households in flats: 9%
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. Elsewhere, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. 86% of households are on broadband; 9.6% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%).
Household income at the median: €60,210 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €60,210 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Kildare the median is €73,000.
Only 14% of Kilmeage’s 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.
Residents born abroad were most often born outside the EU and UK (4.6%), then in the UK (3.9%). 7.3% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 93% of Irish towns. On average, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
37% of Kilmeage 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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.8%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. 349 residents, 37% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
A higher White Irish share than 85% of Irish towns: 87% of residents
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: 87% of Kilmeage · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (6.5%), Black or Black Irish (3.2%) and Irish Traveller (1.7%). Against that, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Just over one in ten residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 84% of Irish towns.
Below 82% of Irish towns: 29% of residents 15 and over are married
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 account for 5.5%. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 23%, a lower share than 83% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 7.4% of adults here, while 14% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Kilmeage
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmeage | 1,054 | — | 34.4 | 8.7% | 52% |
| Allenwood | 1,685 | 3.7 km | 33.2 | 7.5% | 57% |
| Coill Dubh (Blackwood) | 1,476 | 4.7 km | 34.7 | 9.1% | 54% |
| Prosperous | 2,413 | 7.1 km | 38 | 12% | 56% |
| Carragh | 1,006 | 7.8 km | 35 | 5% | 72% |
| Newbridge | 24,366 | 8.5 km | 37.6 | 11% | 50% |
| Rathangan | 3,263 | 10.7 km | 35 | 9.2% | 54% |
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 Kilmeage’s residents
What is the population of Kilmeage?
Kilmeage had 1,054 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilmeage?
The median age is 34.4. 30% are under 18 and 8.7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilmeage?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (349 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilmeage?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 7.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilmeage?
78% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 9.6% another religion; 5% didn’t say.
Is Kilmeage good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 30% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilmeage are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilmeage?
Median gross household income in Kilmeage was €60,210 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).