Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 5,307 people live in this town, in Co. Kildare. The population grew 22% between 2016 and 2022.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: home prices sit at a median €340,000, which is 5.6 years of the town’s median household income. Monasterevin grades B+ overall, better than three quarters of Irish towns, and ranks #82 of 320 Irish towns. Residents’ health trails most towns: 125 residents in bad health and 115 with a disability for every 100 its ages predict. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety, B− for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: prices, Property Price Register, 2023 to 2025 · incomes, CSO · health, work and commuting, CSO Census 2022 · crime, CSO recorded crime, 2023 to 2025.
The 3 things Monasterevin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Monasterevin with Irish towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Irish towns →
The record adds 6 archaeological sites.
Homes built before 1919: 5%, against 3% across Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Monasterevin.
Only one of the 14 towns in Co. Kildare costs less to buy into than Monasterevin, whose median sale is €340,000. A buyer in Monasterevin paid 99% more for a typical home in 2025 than in 2010: €391K against €197K. Private renters make up 17% of households, below both Co. Kildare’s towns (19%) and Irish towns (22%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| New homes | €379,900 | 93 |
| Second-hand homes | €300,000 | 152 |
| The last 12 months | €380,000 | 70 |
| Housing | Monasterevin | Co. Kildare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent on a new tenancy, a month | €1,380 | €1,602 | €1,606 |
| Median sale price | €340K | €415K | €350K |
| Households renting privately | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 69% | 70% | 61% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Low-lying near a river: 4.5% of homes, above both Co. Kildare’s towns (2.1%) and Irish towns (0.5%). The ground under Monasterevin carries no high landslide susceptibility. By estimate, fewer than one home in a hundred here has radon above the reference level.
| Share of homes | Monasterevin | Co. Kildare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-lying near a river | 4.5% | 2.1% | 0.5% |
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
89% of Monasterevin’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below Co. Kildare’s towns (91%) but above Irish towns (88%). A disability affects 22% of people here. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 1.8% of the town.
| Census 2022 | Monasterevin | Co. Kildare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 89% | 91% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.8% | 1.4% | 2% |
| With a disability | 22% | 20% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.4% | 4.9% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Among the 201 Irish towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Monasterevin has less crime per resident than just over three quarters of them. Homes saw 4.2 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, near Co. Kildare’s towns (4.2) and lower than Irish towns (6.4). Of the graded crimes here, assaults and harassment came up most often (2023–2025).
Not in the gradeTheft, public order and offences found by Garda checks (drugs, road traffic, dangerous acts) are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence, burglary and damage.
| Per 1,000 a year | Monasterevin | Co. Kildare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theft | 5.2 | 11.1 | 15.3 |
| Burglary & damage | 4.2 | 4.2 | 6.4 |
| Violent crime | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.7 |
CSO recorded crime by Garda station, 2023–2025, shared to towns by where residents live · Census 2022 populations
Within 3 km of Monasterevin there are 5 schools (4 primary schools and 1 secondary school). DEIS, the support scheme, covers 20% of them, higher than Co. Kildare’s towns (0%) yet lower than Irish towns (35%). The nearest secondary, St Pauls Secondary School, is 0.7 km away.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monasterevan Convent Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 377 | Catholic |
| St Pauls Secondary School DEISLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · Voluntary secondary | Post-primary · Voluntary secondary | 843 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Monasterevin | Co. Kildare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +24% | +6% | +4% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 23% | 39% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 20% | 0% | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Ireland publishes no school-by-school results, which is why these cards have no letters.
Here July highs average 20.2°C, close to Co. Kildare’s towns (20.0°C) and above Irish towns (19.9°C). Monasterevin’s year-round mean comes to 9.9°C. Also worth knowing: the coldest nights come in January, when Monasterevin averages a low of 2.0°C.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Monasterevin | Co. Kildare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 20.2°C | 20.0°C | 19.9°C |
| January low | 2.0°C | 2.0°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.9°C | 9.9°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 868 mm | 851 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Walkers have 0.6 km per km² of paths and tracks, below both Co. Kildare’s towns (1.1 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Protected nature near Monasterevin includes River Barrow. A park or green space is within 400 m for 78% of homes.
| Outdoors | Monasterevin | Co. Kildare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 16% | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| Near a park | 78% | 79% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.6 km per km² | 1.1 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 2% | 0.5% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 11% of the town. Children under 15 make up 25%, above Co. Kildare’s towns (23%) and Irish towns (20%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up one in ten residents.
Women make up 51.1% of Monasterevin
2,711 women and 2,596 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Monasterevin | Co. Kildare | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 23% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 34% | 30% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 9.9% | 10% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 12% | 6.5% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 39% | 33% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 6.5% | 6.3% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 26% | 43% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Kildare and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Turnout at the general election came to 58%. Monasterevin is run by Kildare County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government. 44% of voters turned out at the last local elections, about level with Co. Kildare’s towns (45%) and below Irish towns (46%). Fianna Fáil lead Kildare County Council with 12 of 40 seats, but no party has a majority: 21 are needed.
| Turnout | Monasterevin | Co. Kildare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 58% | 60% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 44% | 45% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, above Co. Kildare’s towns (1.5%) and Irish towns (3.4%) alike. 6 archaeological sites are on the record. Monasterevin’s built heritage counts 104 inventory entries; 5 carry national or international standing.
| Heritage | Monasterevin | Co. Kildare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 196 | 50 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 4.8% | 1.5% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 6 | 16 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
The census counted 8.8% of workers working mainly from home. 77% of commuters drove, above both Co. Kildare’s towns (69%) and Irish towns (66%). A trip to work takes 32.2 min on average.
| Census 2022 | Monasterevin | Co. Kildare | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 32.2 min | 33 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €60,522 | €75,277 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 9.1% | 6.4% | 9.2% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 32% | 28% | 31% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Monasterevin; these are the best known within 40 km.
Museum · Office of Public WorksEmo Court10 km southwest
CastleRock of Dunamase16 km southwest
CastleCarlow Castle35 km south
CastleLea Castle6.3 km west
Historic houseRussborough House and Parklands33 km east
CastleBallyloughan Castle39 km southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Monasterevin’s built heritage counts 104 inventory entries; 5 carry national or international standing. Archaeologists have recorded 6 sites here.
2 notable people were born in Monasterevin; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Willoughby James Hamilton: Robinson (Photographer), Public domain · Clare Daly: The Left, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Christy Moore: cybernoelie, CC BY 2.0
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | — | B+ | A− | B | C |
| Portarlington Laois | 9,288 | 8.9 | C | A | C+ | D |
| Rathangan | 3,263 | 10 | A+ | A | A | B |
| Kildare | 10,302 | 10 | B | B+ | C+ | B− |
| Curragh Camp | 1,076 | 14 | — | B | C | D |
| Stradbally Laois | 1,404 | 15 | — | A− | B− | D |
| Newbridge | 24,366 | 17 | B− | B+ | C | B− |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Monasterevin had 5,307 people at the 2022 census, up from 4,369 in 2016: 21.5% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Monasterevin is 35.2, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
9% mostly work from home, and 32% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Urban area in Co. Kildare
5,307 people live in Monasterevin, in the area of Kildare County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · TownRatings grades, run #544 (Irish towns only). 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).