Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Above 83% of Irish towns: 51% of households are parents with children
With residents aged 65 and over at 9.9%, Monasterevin is behind 78% of Irish towns on that count. There were 1,850 households here at the 2022 Census, home to 5,307 residents. Locally, a fifth of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in three quarters of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Monasterevin
Growing faster than most
Monasterevin went from about 4,370 people in 2016 to 5,307 in 2022, +22%: faster growth than in 92% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
From 2016 to 2022, Monasterevin outgrew 92% of Irish towns: +22%
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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +14% across Co. Kildare’s towns.
A median age of 35.2: Monasterevin is younger than 78% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: one in ten residents. On residents aged 15 to 24, Monasterevin sits lower than 83% of Irish towns: 11%. In Leixlip, the oldest of Co. Kildare’s towns by this measure, it is 17%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Monasterevin, 35.2. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
8.6% of residents 15 and over are students, below 84% of Irish towns
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 Monasterevin, 33% and 19%. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 63% of Irish towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.8%, a lower share than 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.
In Monasterevin the average household is 2.9 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
12% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 69% of Irish towns
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
Broadband reaches nearly nine in ten households; 9% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put holiday homes at 0.1% in Monasterevin. 13% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 53% of Irish towns, against a typical 12% across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €60,520 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €60,520 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). Co. Kildare comes in at €73,000 at the median.
Monasterevin ranks below 61% of Irish towns on residents with another country’s citizenship: 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.
Another language is spoken at home by 19%, most often Polish (5.5%); 2% speak English not well or not at all. By way of comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns the share born abroad is 22%; in Monasterevin it is 20%.
Can speak Irish: 35% of Monasterevin’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
Within Co. Kildare, Maynooth has the largest share, 2.2%. At 1%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns.
In Monasterevin, 75% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 72% 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: 78% of Monasterevin · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (14%), Black or Black Irish (3.3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3%). The wider picture: 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, about the same as across Ireland’s towns.
More married residents 15 and over than 56% of Irish towns: 35%
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.
The census found that 5.4% of residents give unpaid care in Monasterevin. 57% of the town’s residents 15 and over are single and 35% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 76% of Irish towns, at 26%
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 7.5% of adults; primary level or less for 12% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
11th lowest median age among 41 towns of 4,805 to 5,863
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Gillabbey (25.6) and the oldest Sutton (45.4). Nearest to Monasterevin in age: Carrigtwohill (34.9), Duleek (35.2), Galvone (36.2) and Tullow (36.2).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Monasterevin
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | — | 35.2 | 9.9% | 51% |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 8.9 km | 36.4 | 10% | 50% |
| Rathangan | 3,263 | 10.0 km | 35 | 9.2% | 54% |
| Kildare | 10,302 | 10.4 km | 36 | 9% | 52% |
| Curragh Camp | 1,076 | 14.3 km | 37.1 | 14% | 45% |
| Stradbally | 1,404 | 15.2 km | 43.4 | 21% | 41% |
| Newbridge | 24,366 | 17.3 km | 37.6 | 11% | 50% |
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 Monasterevin’s residents
What is the population of Monasterevin?
Monasterevin had 5,307 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 22% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Monasterevin?
The median age is 35.2, younger than 78% of Irish towns. 28% are under 18 and 9.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Monasterevin?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,685 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Monasterevin?
78% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 13% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Monasterevin?
75% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 12% another religion; 5.3% didn’t say.
Is Monasterevin good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Monasterevin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Monasterevin?
Median gross household income in Monasterevin was €60,520 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).