A larger share of households of parents with children than 95% of Irish towns: 57%
Against a figure of 71% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic in Rathcoffey comes in at 79%. In Rathcoffey, 2.7% of households live in a flat or apartment. 12% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns. This Co. Kildare town counted 371 residents and 112 households at the 2022 Census.
Rathcoffey’s population moved +7% on 2016, less than in 56% 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 Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Kildare’s towns, by more than +14%.
11% of residents are 65 or over, below 74% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 10–14: 10% of residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 83% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
Above 88% of Irish towns: 14% of residents 15 and over are students
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, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Rathcoffey, 45% and 15%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 4.6% in the town.
Larger households than 98% of Irish towns: 3.3 people on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.6%, below 70% of Irish towns.
Only 7% of households have no car or van in Rathcoffey
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
8.1% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 89% have broadband. In one household in 14 there is no car or van. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
€88,640 a year: where the middle household sits
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are above €88,640 a year before tax: 47% over the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Kildare as a whole has a median of €73,000.
In Rathcoffey, 9.8% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns
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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (6.2%) and elsewhere in the EU (1.9%). 4% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 99% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Rathcoffey sits above 99% of Irish towns for daily speakers of Irish outside education (3.9%)
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 139 residents (42% of those aged 3 and over). Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.1% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Rathcoffey sits above 99% of Irish towns for residents who describe themselves as White Irish (95%)
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: 95% of Rathcoffey · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Here 13% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 17%. Measured more widely, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 83% 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.
Rathcoffey sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 6.2%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Rathcoffey: 37% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, above 53% 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 Rathcoffey’s adults, 19% went on to postgraduate study and 9% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Still in education: 18% of residents 15 and over. Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Rathcoffey and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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 Rathcoffey’s residents
What is the population of Rathcoffey?
Rathcoffey had 371 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rathcoffey?
The median age is 36.8. 31% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Rathcoffey?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (139 people), and 3.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Rathcoffey?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.8% were born abroad and 4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Rathcoffey?
79% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 7.8% another religion; 6.2% didn’t say.
Is Rathcoffey good for families?
57% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Rathcoffey are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rathcoffey?
Median gross household income in Rathcoffey was €88,640 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).