Only 8.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Suncroft
Nearly nine in ten residents describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%). The 2022 Census counted 491 residents in 155 households. Households in flats account for 5.2%. Suncroft has fewer one-person households than 81% of Irish towns, at 17%.
A growing town: +17% since 2016, faster than 84% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +14% across Co. Kildare’s towns.
22% of residents are 65 or over, a share 93% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Suncroft is 41.4, higher than in 87% of Irish towns. For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 6.2%, a lower share than 99% 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
6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (Ireland’s towns: 7.5%). Elsewhere, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
2.8 people per household, more than in 67% 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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (6.5%), Suncroft is above 66% of Irish towns. Higher than in 54% of Irish towns: 43% of households are parents with children.
Only 11% of households have no car or van in Suncroft
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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Connected households: 89% on broadband; 7.3% offline (typical: 7.6%).
Household income at the median: €62,830 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Suncroft’s households have a gross income above €62,830 a year and half below, close to the median for Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Kildare the median is €73,000.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 9.8% 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.
Compared with 15% across Ireland’s towns, 6.2% of residents are citizens of another country here. For residents born outside Ireland, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 22%. The largest groups were born in the UK (3.7%) and outside the EU and UK (2.9%).
0.5% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 96% 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
Some 129 people here, 30% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. The benchmark for daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns: 1.1%. The highest share in Co. Kildare belongs to Maynooth (2.2%).
Suncroft: 79% of residents said they are Catholic, above 87% 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: 89% of Suncroft · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns, against 12% in Suncroft. The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (5.1%), Black or Black Irish (2.9%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.8%). As a yardstick, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of unpaid carers than 91% of Irish towns: 3.9%
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.
Married residents 15 and over: 34% of the total. About 20 residents (3.9%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
Only 20% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Suncroft
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 4.8% of adults; primary level or less for 23% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Against that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Suncroft is older than every town around it
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 Suncroft’s residents
What is the population of Suncroft?
Suncroft had 491 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 17% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Suncroft?
The median age is 41.4. 26% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Suncroft?
30% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (129 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Suncroft?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.8% were born abroad and 6.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Suncroft?
79% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 8.4% another religion; 8.4% didn’t say.
Is Suncroft good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Suncroft are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Suncroft?
Median gross household income in Suncroft was €62,830 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).