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It is a town of 450 residents in Co. Kilkenny.
A median €222,300 buys a home here, 4.9 years of what the median household earns. 13 of its buildings are on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Walking, cycling and public transport carry 10% of commuters. A degree is held by 18% of adults.
Johnstown has no grades yet: Irish towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The 3 things Johnstown does most differently from other towns.
The register holds 13 buildings on the National Inventory in Johnstown.
7 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Johnstown.
For secondary school, the closest is Coláiste Mhuire, 1 km from the town. Families in Johnstown have 2 schools within 3 km to choose from: 1 primary school and 1 secondary school. Since 2019/20, pupils changed +11%, above Co. Kilkenny’s towns (+4%) and Irish towns (+4%) alike.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Chiarain DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 90 | Catholic |
| Coláiste Mhuire DEISLargest post-primary schoolPost-primary · ETB | Post-primary · ETB | 659 | Multi-denominational |
| Schools within 3 km | Johnstown | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 100% | 11% | 35% |
| Single-sex secondaries | 0% | 56% | 39% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +11% | +4% | +4% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Ireland publishes no results school by school, so these cards carry no letters or results.
Radon: 48% of homes are in high-radon areas, lower than Co. Kilkenny’s towns (84%) yet higher than Irish towns (0%). No part of Johnstown is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Only a handful of its homes, if any, sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Johnstown | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 48% | 84% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
The year’s mean temperature is 9.7°C, below both Co. Kilkenny’s towns (10.2°C) and Irish towns (10.3°C). Summer highs in Johnstown reach 19.7°C in July. The nearest weather station is Gurteen, 44 km away.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Johnstown | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature over the year | 9.7°C | 10.2°C | 10.3°C |
| January low | 1.8°C | 2.3°C | 2.9°C |
| July high | 19.7°C | 20.2°C | 19.9°C |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Allowing for its ages, Johnstown has 125 residents in bad health per 100 expected, above Co. Kilkenny’s towns (98) and Irish towns (113) alike. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 2.8% of the town. Disability touches 27% of the town’s population.
| Census 2022 | Johnstown | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 88% | 88% |
| With a disability | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.8% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.8% | 5.2% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Private tenants account for 14% of households. 61% of households own their home, about level with both Co. Kilkenny’s towns (60%) and Irish towns (61%).
| Housing | Johnstown | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €222K | €289K | €350K |
| Households in social housing | 21% | 19% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 14% | 19% | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area E41, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Per 1,000 residents, Johnstown has 11.0 ha of green space. Within 1 km, 0.7% of the land is woodland, lower than both Co. Kilkenny’s towns (3.8%) and Irish towns (2.7%). One waymarked trail or greenway starts within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Johnstown | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 38% | 96% | 92% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0.7% | 3.8% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.1 km per km² | 0.8 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Green space per 1,000 residents | 11.0 ha | 3.5 ha | 4.1 ha |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Between 5°C and 10°C: that is the range of daytime highs from here to the end of the week, with Thursday on top. Set beside Johnstown’s forecast, a normal November runs from 4°C at night to 10°C by day. No rain is due today, though a breeze picks up to 23 km/h; the low is 7°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 2°C | 259 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 4°C | 192 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 10°C | 217 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 6°C | 271 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
A trip to work takes 29.1 min on average. 11% of the labour force were unemployed, above Co. Kilkenny’s towns (10%) and Irish towns (9.2%) alike. Employment among 15- to 64-year-olds stood at 66% at the census.
| Census 2022 | Johnstown | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trips under 15 minutes | 46% | 39% | 31% |
| Average trip | 29.1 min | 23.8 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €45,670 | €53,954 | €57,760 |
| Unemployment rate | 11% | 10% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Overseas births account for nearly a tenth of the people living here. Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, below both Co. Kilkenny’s towns (11%) and Irish towns (12%).
49.6% of Johnstown’s residents are women
223 women and 227 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Johnstown | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 24% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 22% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 18% | 9.4% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 24% | 14% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 36% | 37% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 4.2% | 6.1% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 18% | 31% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Kilkenny and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Turnout at the last local elections was 53%, higher than both Co. Kilkenny’s towns (50%) and Irish towns (46%). Kilkenny County Council is the council for Johnstown, and the only one: Ireland has a single tier of local government. No party holds a majority on Kilkenny County Council: Fianna Fáil lead with 11 of 24 seats, short of the 13 needed.
| Turnout | Johnstown | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 66% | 58% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 53% | 50% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Homes from before 1919 make up 15.8% of the total. 7 archaeological sites are on the record, below Co. Kilkenny’s towns (84) and Irish towns (11) alike.
| Heritage | Johnstown | Co. Kilkenny | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 289 | 216 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 15.8% | 4.5% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 7 | 84 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Johnstown; with them, the best known within 40 km.
CastleRock of Cashel34 km southwest
CastleKilkenny Castle24 km southeast
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksKilcooley Abbey9.2 km south
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption, Thurles19 km southwest
CastleCullahill Castle8.9 km northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Johnstown’s built heritage counts 13 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 7 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
17 notable people were born in Johnstown.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstown | 450 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Urlingford | 1,196 | 4.1 | — | A | A− | C+ |
| Rathdowney Laois | 1,368 | 12 | — | A | B− | C− |
| Ballyragget | 1,116 | 16 | — | A− | A | C |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Johnstown had 450 people at the 2022 census, up from 437 in 2016: 3% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Johnstown is 45.8, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Kilkenny
Johnstown has 450 people, in the area of Kilkenny County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).