Photo: Sheila1988 · CC0Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.7% in Straffan, less than in 99% of Irish towns
In Straffan, 3.6% of households have no car or van, beside 17% across Ireland’s towns. By contrast, 82% of residents said they are Catholic, a higher share than in 95% of Irish towns. The town’s 372 households held 1,158 residents at the 2022 Census. Across Straffan, 13% of households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Straffan
A town of families
49% of households are couples with children and 6.2% lone parents with children, more than in 92% of Irish towns; 29% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing faster than most
Straffan went from about 940 people in 2016 to 1,158 in 2022, +24%: faster growth than in 94% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
A town people move to
15% of residents lived somewhere else a year before the Census, 2 times the share across Ireland’s towns; 1.2% came from abroad. Social class & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Straffan grew +24% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 94% 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%.
Straffan ranks below 76% of Irish towns on residents aged 65 and over: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 36.7, Straffan is younger than 62% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. 40–44 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share 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%.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 91% of Irish towns, at 15%
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
Nearly one in ten residents 15 and over are students; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 10%. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
More households of parents with children than 92% of Irish towns: 55%
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.
The average household has 3.1 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. For households of parents with children, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 43%. In Straffan, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in flats make up 0.3% in Straffan, less than in 99% 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: 95% on broadband; 4.5% offline (typical: 7.6%). As a reference point, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. In Straffan, 1.7% of homes are holiday homes.
€98,830 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.
At €98,830 a year before tax, the median household income is 64% above that of Ireland (€60,120). In Co. Kildare overall, the median comes to €73,000.
Only 12% of Straffan’s 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.
4.4% of residents are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns: 15%). On average, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (6.2%), then outside the EU and UK (3%).
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.7% in Straffan, less than in 82% of Irish towns
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%. For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
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: 94% of Straffan · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.1%), Other, including mixed (1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.9%). Across Ireland’s towns, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in just over four fifths of Irish towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 95% of Irish towns, at 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, 4.7%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 57%, a higher share than 88% 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 Straffan’s adults, 25% went on to postgraduate study and 6.4% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Older than Straffan: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
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 Straffan’s residents
What is the population of Straffan?
Straffan had 1,158 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 24% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Straffan?
The median age is 36.7. 33% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Straffan?
49% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (527 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Straffan?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 4.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Straffan?
82% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 5.4% another religion; 2.1% didn’t say.
Is Straffan good for families?
55% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 33% of residents are under 18. Schools near Straffan are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Straffan?
Median gross household income in Straffan was €98,830 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).