Photo: Dave Spencer · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 98% of Irish towns, at 91%
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. In 2022, the Census found 349 residents in Kill, living in 128 households. The share of households of parents with children stands at 53%. With residents aged 65 and over at 10%, Kill is behind just over three quarters of Irish towns on that count.
+14% since 2016, a pace 81% of Irish towns didn’t match
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 typical town changed +8%; across Co. Waterford’s towns, +9%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 14%, a higher share than 78% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 36.9, Kill is younger than three fifths of Irish towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. In Lisduggan, the oldest of Co. Waterford’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Waterford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 2.3% in Kill, less than in 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
Where 11% is typical, skilled trades take in 28% of workers. On average, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. Here, 13% of residents 15 and over are students.
In Kill, 31% of households are one person living alone, more than in 88% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Waterford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The typical household size is 2.7 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. One-person households make up 24% across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 13%, a lower share than 69% of Irish towns
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
79% have broadband at home and 18% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of households have no car or van. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Median household income: €52,610 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €52,610 a year, 12% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Waterford comes in at €51,540 at the median.
Residents born outside Ireland: 12%, a lower share than 95% 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 trails 88% of Irish towns: 7.9%. The usual figure: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups were born in the UK (6.9%) and elsewhere in the EU (2.6%).
In Kill, 1.5% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, more than in 77% 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: 123 residents, 38% of those aged 3 and over. The share of daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
Kill ranks above 93% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 81%
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: 91% of Kill · Co. Waterford’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Higher than in 53% of Irish towns: 18% of residents said they have no religion. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who said they are Catholic come to 71%.
22% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 97% 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.
Census figures put unpaid carers at 5.2% in Kill. 64% of the town’s residents 15 and over are single and 22% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 96% of Irish towns, at 14%
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, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Kill, 12%, and 3.2% hold a postgraduate qualification. The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Kill
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. Waterford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Waterford’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 Kill’s residents
What is the population of Kill?
Kill had 349 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kill?
The median age is 36.9. 32% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kill?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (123 people), and 1.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kill?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 7.9% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kill?
81% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 0.9% another religion; 8.3% didn’t say.
Is Kill good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 32% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kill?
Median gross household income in Kill was €52,610 in 2022, against €51,540 across Co. Waterford 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).