Households in flats: 2.1%, a lower share than 96% of Irish towns
Households average 2.9 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Few places have as many residents who said they are Catholic: 75% here, more than in 72% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 1,574 residents in 515 households. In Killucan-Rathwire, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
From 2016 to 2022, Killucan-Rathwire outgrew 72% of Irish towns: +12%
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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Westmeath’s towns.
Killucan-Rathwire is older than 57% of Irish towns: a median age of 38.2
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: 9.8% of residents. In Castlepollard, the oldest of Co. Westmeath’s towns by this measure, it is 17%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Westmeath 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
Only 5.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Killucan-Rathwire
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 9.8%, the share of students among residents 15 and over is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Killucan-Rathwire sits above 79% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (50%)
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Westmeath’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Here 21% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 24%. Across Ireland’s towns, 43% of households are parents with children.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 87% of Irish towns: 7.3%
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: 89% on broadband; 8.2% offline (typical: 7.6%). The benchmark for households without a car or van across Ireland’s towns: 17%. The census found that 0.2% of homes are holiday homes in Killucan-Rathwire.
A median household income of €64,550 a year
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 €64,550 a year here, 7% above Ireland (€60,120). County median: €57,430 (Co. Westmeath).
Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than 75% of Irish towns: 10%
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.
22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns, against 18% in Killucan-Rathwire. By way of comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (4.7%) and elsewhere in the EU (4.5%).
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.5% in Killucan-Rathwire, less than in 96% 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
Mullingar leads Co. Westmeath with 0.9%. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 81% in Killucan-Rathwire, more than in 62% 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: 81% of Killucan-Rathwire · Co. Westmeath’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (12%), Asian or Asian Irish (4%) and Black or Black Irish (1.9%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78% across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 15%, fewer than in 68% of Irish towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 52% of Irish towns, at 35%
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.
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 5.1%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Killucan-Rathwire sits below 70% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (28%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 7% of adults. Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 11%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Killucan-Rathwire and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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. Westmeath’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Westmeath 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 Killucan-Rathwire’s residents
What is the population of Killucan-Rathwire?
Killucan-Rathwire had 1,574 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Killucan-Rathwire?
The median age is 38.2. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Killucan-Rathwire?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (520 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Killucan-Rathwire?
81% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 10% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Killucan-Rathwire?
75% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 11% another religion; 8.5% didn’t say.
Is Killucan-Rathwire good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Killucan-Rathwire are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Killucan-Rathwire?
Median gross household income in Killucan-Rathwire was €64,550 in 2022, against €57,430 across Co. Westmeath 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).