Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Robertstown ranks below 98% of Irish towns on households in flats: 1.2%
88% of residents describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%). Robertstown is home to 771 residents in 247 households, by the 2022 Census. Here, 55% of households are parents with children. One-person households are rarer here than in 90% of Irish towns.
Since 2016, Robertstown has grown +13%, faster than 79% 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 Co. Kildare’s towns the median is +14%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of Irish towns, at 16%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
One in ten residents are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. The median age in Robertstown is 36.4, lower than in nearly two thirds of Irish towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
12% of residents 15 and over are students, a share 74% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 Robertstown, 32% and 17%. Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 69% of Irish towns: 6.3%.
Larger households than 95% of Irish towns: 3.1 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.
3.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 4.7%.
8.6% of households have no car or van, below 81% 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
Connected households: 90% on broadband; 7.3% offline (typical: 7.6%). Every 12th household or so has no car or van. Holiday homes: 0.4% of the total.
Before tax, the median household income is €58,730 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Robertstown’s households have a gross income above €58,730 a year and half below, close to the median for Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Kildare the median is €73,000.
Below 91% of Irish towns: 13% of residents were born outside Ireland
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.
Polish leads the languages spoken at home (2.5%), among the 11% who speak another language there; 1.3% speak English not well or not at all. At 7.4%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 91% of Irish towns. For comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Only 0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Robertstown
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%. Set beside that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Above 84% of Irish towns: 78% of residents said they are Catholic
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: 88% of Robertstown · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (8%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.9%) and Other, including mixed (1%). The benchmark for residents who said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns: 71%. 16% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 54% of Irish towns.
Half of adults have never married
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.
Unpaid carers: 4.9%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. Just over a third of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 58% of Irish towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 85% of Irish towns: 22%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
7.4% of Robertstown’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 15% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). The benchmark for adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns: 36%.
Robertstown sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertstown | 771 | — | 36.4 | 9.9% | 55% |
| Coill Dubh (Blackwood) | 1,476 | 2.4 km | 34.7 | 9.1% | 54% |
| Kilmeage | 1,054 | 2.6 km | 34.4 | 8.7% | 52% |
| Allenwood | 1,685 | 3.0 km | 33.2 | 7.5% | 57% |
| Prosperous | 2,413 | 4.7 km | 38 | 12% | 56% |
| Carragh | 1,006 | 7.2 km | 35 | 5% | 72% |
| Clane | 8,152 | 9.1 km | 36.6 | 9.7% | 51% |
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 Robertstown’s residents
What is the population of Robertstown?
Robertstown had 771 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Robertstown?
The median age is 36.4. 30% are under 18 and 9.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Robertstown?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (276 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Robertstown?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 7.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Robertstown?
78% are Catholic, 16% have no religion and 6% another religion; 6.9% didn’t say.
Is Robertstown good for families?
55% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 30% of residents are under 18. Schools near Robertstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Robertstown?
Median gross household income in Robertstown was €58,730 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).