Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 45.5: Kilteel is older than 99% of Irish towns
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1.1%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Kilteel had 262 residents in 89 households at the 2022 Census. In Kilteel, 2.3% of households have no car or van. 16% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 88% of Irish towns.
Kilteel’s population changed by +12% since 2016, more than in 74% 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.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 92% of Irish towns, at 21%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Kilteel.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
Below 88% of Irish towns: 4.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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, professional occupations make up 32%, against a typical 21%. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. Here, 11% of residents 15 and over are students.
Kilteel households average 3 people, larger than in 84% 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 of parents with children: 49% here and 43% across Ireland’s towns.
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Median household income: €91,840 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Kilteel’s households have a gross income above €91,840 a year, 53% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Kildare overall, the median comes to €73,000.
Kilteel sits below 99% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (6.5%)
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.
At home, 4.3% use another language, chiefly Polish (1.5%), and 0.4% speak English not well or not at all. 1.2% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 99% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland.
Irish speakers: 49% of Kilteel’s residents
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 124 residents (49% of those aged 3 and over). Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
In Kilteel, 98% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more 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 Kilteel · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 14%, below 70% of Irish towns. Against that, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Four in five residents said they are Catholic.
8.4% of residents give unpaid care, a share 99% 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.
46% of Kilteel’s residents 15 and over are single and 48% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns. Unpaid carers make up 5.4% across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of adults with a degree or higher than 71% of Irish towns: 46%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
15% of Kilteel’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 4.9% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Kilteel has a younger population
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 Kilteel’s residents
What is the population of Kilteel?
Kilteel had 262 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilteel?
The median age is 45.5. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilteel?
49% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (124 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilteel?
98% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6.5% were born abroad and 1.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilteel?
80% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 5.5% another religion; 2.7% didn’t say.
Is Kilteel good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilteel are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilteel?
Median gross household income in Kilteel was €91,840 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).