Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainA median age of 45.8: Johnstown is older than 99% of Irish towns
4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns, against 1.7% in Johnstown. For Johnstown, the census puts residents with no religion at 4%. Households in flats are rarer here than in 95% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census Johnstown was home to 450 people in 181 households.
From 2016 to 2022, 79% of Irish towns grew faster than Johnstown: +3%
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. Kilkenny’s towns the median is +4%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
22% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
60–64 is the most common age band: 8.9% of residents, 1.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here, fewer than in 92% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kilkenny 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 7.1%
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
Where 11% is typical, skilled trades take in 21% of workers. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 3.9%. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 80% of Irish towns: 2.5 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Kilkenny’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
One-person households make up 28%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Across Johnstown, 38% of households are parents with children.
More holiday homes than 84% of Irish towns: 1%
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: 81% on broadband; 14% offline (typical: 7.6%). In Johnstown, 17% of households have no car or van. As a yardstick, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
€45,670 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €45,670 a year here, 24% below Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Kilkenny the median is €58,190.
In Johnstown, 9.2% 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.
The share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 3.2%, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. At home, 6.3% use another language, chiefly Polish (0.9%), and 0.6% speak English not well or not at all. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%.
Below 96% of Irish towns: 0.5% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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
Top of Co. Kilkenny: Kilkenny, at 1.3%. Across Ireland’s towns, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 94%, a higher share than 99% 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: 94% of Johnstown · Co. Kilkenny’s towns 86% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Asian or Asian Irish (2.8%), Other White (2.6%) and Black or Black Irish (0.5%). By way of comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. 90% of residents said they are Catholic, a higher share than in 99% of Irish towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 37% in Johnstown, more than in 69% of Irish towns
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.
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 5.8%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
18% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 93% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Johnstown, 18%, and 3.9% hold a postgraduate qualification.
No nearby town is as old as Johnstown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstown | 450 | — | 45.8 | 22% | 38% |
| Urlingford | 1,196 | 4.1 km | 37.3 | 16% | 50% |
| Rathdowney | 1,368 | 11.7 km | 37.4 | 17% | 43% |
| Ballyragget | 1,116 | 15.5 km | 41.9 | 22% | 47% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Kilkenny’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Kilkenny has fewer than five towns of 2,500 or more, so its figure is the median of its towns of 1,000 or more; the national figure is the median of 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 Johnstown’s residents
What is the population of Johnstown?
Johnstown had 450 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Johnstown?
The median age is 45.8. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Johnstown?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (164 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Johnstown?
94% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.2% were born abroad and 3.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Johnstown?
90% are Catholic, 4% have no religion and 5.7% another religion; 5.8% didn’t say.
Is Johnstown good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Johnstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Johnstown?
Median gross household income in Johnstown was €45,670 in 2022, against €58,190 across Co. Kilkenny 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).