Photo: Kevin McNamee · CC BY-SA 4.00.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
The share of households without a car or van is 2.8%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. The 2022 Census put Kilcloon’s population at 469, in 147 households. Across Kilcloon, just over one in ten households are one person living alone. Half of the town’s residents are over 41.2, older than in 86% of Irish towns.
From 2016 to 2022, Kilcloon outgrew 99% of Irish towns: +40%
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 the median change is +8%; across Co. Meath’s towns, +11%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of Irish towns: 7.5%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
22% of residents are 65 or over (Ireland’s towns: 14%). 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
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Meath 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
4.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 86% 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
Nearly one in ten residents 15 and over are students (Ireland’s towns: 10%). On average, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 98% of Irish towns: 3.3 people on average
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.
In Kilcloon, 44% of households are parents with children, beside 43% across Ireland’s towns.
More holiday homes than 92% of Irish towns: 2.5% of homes
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Holiday homes make up 0.2% across Ireland’s towns. The share of households with broadband is 91%; 4.3% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
€95,100 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 €95,100 a year before tax, the median household income is 58% above that of Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Meath, the middle household has €70,660.
In Kilcloon, 9.7% 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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (4.5%) or elsewhere in the EU (2.6%). Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 5.8% here, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns. Residents born outside Ireland: 22% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
0.7% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer 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
Speakers of Irish: 225 residents, just over half of those aged 3 and over. In Co. Meath, Athboy has the highest share (2.4%). For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
93% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 98% 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: 93% of Kilcloon · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (12%), Kilcloon is below 85% of Irish towns. 84% of residents said they are Catholic. To put it in context, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Kilcloon ranks above 99% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 48%
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.
More unpaid carers than in 55% of Irish towns: 5.5%. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
48% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, a share 73% of Irish towns don’t reach
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 19% of adults here, while 5.3% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of adults with a degree or higher is 36%.
Kilcloon 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. 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 Kilcloon’s residents
What is the population of Kilcloon?
Kilcloon had 469 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 40% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilcloon?
The median age is 41.2. 29% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilcloon?
51% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (225 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilcloon?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 9.7% were born abroad and 5.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilcloon?
84% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 3.9% another religion; 0.9% didn’t say.
Is Kilcloon good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilcloon are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilcloon?
Median gross household income in Kilcloon was €95,100 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).