Photo: Ire2500 · Public domainA median age of 44.2: Milltown is older than 97% of Irish towns
1.6% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Milltown’s 129 households held 372 residents at the 2022 Census. Across Milltown, 91% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. At 2.3%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 96% of Irish towns.
+7% since 2016, a pace below 54% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Kildare’s towns +14%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 95% of Irish towns, at 23%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 13%, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 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 99% of Irish towns: 2.7%
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
Among the working population, associate professional and technical make up 17%, against a typical 13%. Lower than in nearly four fifths of Irish towns: 8.9% of residents 15 and over are students. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%.
3 people per household, more than in 85% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, 24% of households are one person living alone; in Milltown, 19%. Households of parents with children are more common here than in 51% of Irish towns.
Fewer car-free households than 75% of Irish towns: 10%
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. Typically, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. At home, 86% have broadband, while 8.1% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%).
Household income at the median: €66,670 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 €66,670 a year here, 11% above Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Kildare, the figure is €73,000.
Milltown sits below 96% of Irish towns for 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.
Another language is spoken at home by 4.5%, most often French (0.8%); 0.8% speak English not well or not at all. On residents with another country’s citizenship, Milltown sits lower than 93% of Irish towns: 7.3%. The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%.
Only 0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Milltown
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 highest share in Co. Kildare belongs to Maynooth (2.2%). The share of daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%. Some 143 people here, just over two in five residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 97% of Irish towns, at 84%
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: 91% of Milltown · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White Irish come Other White (4.4%), Black or Black Irish (2.7%) and Irish Traveller (1.1%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%. At 9.7%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 94% of Irish towns.
Milltown sits above 94% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (42%)
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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 5.1%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 28% in Milltown, less than in 69% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Milltown’s adults, 7.6% went on to postgraduate study and 17% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Milltown
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 Milltown’s residents
What is the population of Milltown?
Milltown had 372 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Milltown?
The median age is 44.2. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Milltown?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (143 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Milltown?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 7.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Milltown?
84% are Catholic, 9.7% have no religion and 6.1% another religion; 2.7% didn’t say.
Is Milltown good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near Milltown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Milltown?
Median gross household income in Milltown was €66,670 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).