Photo: sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0A family town: 58% of households are parents with children
Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of households have no car or van; in Kentstown, 3.7%. For Kentstown, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.2%. With a median age of 35.8, Kentstown is younger than 72% of Irish towns. The town’s 363 households held 1,195 residents at the 2022 Census.
What stands out about the people of Kentstown
A town of families
48% of households are couples with children and 11% lone parents with children, more than in 97% of Irish towns; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A student town
14% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 90% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 16% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Kentstown has changed by +5%, slower than 65% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Meath’s towns.
Above 91% of Irish towns: 16% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with just over one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 77% 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
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Meath 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
Kentstown: 14% of residents 15 and over are students, above 90% 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
At 6.6%, residents who moved in within the year sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Only 12% of households are one person living alone in Kentstown
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Meath’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Households in Kentstown hold 3.3 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). On average, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
Only 0.3% of households live in a flat or apartment in Kentstown
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
Home broadband covers 94% of households, while 5.1% go without the internet (typical: 7.6%). Households in flats make up 12% across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
€79,380 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.
At €79,380 a year before tax, the median household income is 32% above that of Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Meath the median is €70,660.
13% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 93% 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.
Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 8.6%, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. Polish leads the languages spoken at home (2.1%), among the 12% who speak another language there; 1.9% speak English not well or not at all. Elsewhere, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Kentstown ranks below 82% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.7%
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
Speakers of Irish: 459 residents, just over two fifths of those aged 3 and over. Elsewhere, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. In Co. Meath, Athboy has the highest share (2.4%).
In Kentstown, 81% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 93% 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: 88% of Kentstown · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 14%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Meanwhile, 88% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, a higher share than in 87% of Irish towns. For residents who said they are Catholic, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 71%. Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (7.9%), Other, including mixed (2.6%) and Black or Black Irish (1.5%).
Kentstown: 38% of residents 15 and over are married, above 83% 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.
At 5.7%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
28% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 69% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Among residents 15 and over, 18% are still studying. As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Kentstown, 9.7%, and 7.3% hold a postgraduate qualification.
1 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Kentstown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentstown | 1,195 | — | 35.8 | 10% | 58% |
| Duleek | 4,899 | 7.9 km | 35.2 | 8.9% | 56% |
| Slane | 1,445 | 8.9 km | 39.2 | 13% | 52% |
| Navan | 33,886 | 9.9 km | 35.6 | 9.5% | 52% |
| Dunshaughlin | 6,644 | 13.0 km | 34.7 | 8.1% | 52% |
| Tullyallen | 1,697 | 14.4 km | 33.2 | 6.1% | 67% |
| Ratoath | 10,077 | 14.5 km | 34.6 | 5.3% | 65% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Meath’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Meath’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 Kentstown’s residents
What is the population of Kentstown?
Kentstown had 1,195 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kentstown?
The median age is 35.8. 31% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kentstown?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (459 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kentstown?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 8.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kentstown?
81% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 5.1% another religion; 3% didn’t say.
Is Kentstown good for families?
58% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kentstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kentstown?
Median gross household income in Kentstown was €79,380 in 2022, against €70,660 across Co. Meath 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).