A median age of 33.8: Kinnegad is younger than 89% of Irish towns
At 3.1 people, the average household compares with 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. By contrast, residents with no religion are rarer here than in three quarters of Irish towns. 3,064 residents in 980 households: that is Kinnegad at the 2022 Census. The share of households without a car or van stands at 7.4%.
What stands out about the people of Kinnegad
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 14% lone parents with children, more than in 89% of Irish towns and the highest share in Co. Westmeath; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Kinnegad’s residents are under 33.8 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 15% are 15 to 24 and 7.1% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Kinnegad has grown +11%, faster than 70% 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.
Only 7.1% of residents are 65 or over in Kinnegad
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 15% of residents, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Kinnegad, 33.8. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Westmeath 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
A larger share of students among residents 15 and over than 81% of Irish towns: 13%
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
Among workers, elementary occupations stand out: 17%, against a typical 11%. On average, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9% in Kinnegad.
Kinnegad sits above 89% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (54%)
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.
The share of one-person households is 18%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.5% in Kinnegad. For households of parents with children, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 43%.
A smaller share of households in flats than 76% of Irish towns: 7.7%
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
On holiday homes, 0.1% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Households in flats: 12% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
A median household income of €61,210 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 €61,210 a year here, close to Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Westmeath, the median is €57,430.
Kinnegad sits above 54% of Irish towns for residents born outside Ireland (23%)
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.
19% speak another language at home, most often Polish (3.7%); 1.8% speak English not well or not at all. The wider picture: just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents with another country’s citizenship are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 15%.
In Kinnegad, 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
In all, 953 residents aged 3 and over (35%) can speak Irish. On average, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of residents who said they are Catholic than 66% of Irish towns: 73%
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: 76% of Kinnegad · Co. Westmeath’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (12%), Asian or Asian Irish (5.1%) and Black or Black Irish (4.3%). Set beside that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. 76% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Ireland’s towns.
Half of adults have never married
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.
Kinnegad sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 4.9%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Locally, just over a third of residents 15 and over are married.
In Kinnegad, 25% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 78% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Kinnegad’s adults, 7% went on to postgraduate study and 8.9% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 2,713 to 3,486 people, the 6th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Kilbarry (30.4) and the oldest Ballybrack (45.5). Nearest to Kinnegad in age: Sunday's Well (33), Rathnew (33.4), Ballyhaunis (34.5) and Limerick City Centre (34.8).
Kinnegad is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinnegad | 3,064 | — | 33.8 | 7.1% | 54% |
| Killucan-Rathwire | 1,574 | 6.2 km | 38.2 | 14% | 50% |
| Longwood | 1,685 | 11.6 km | 35.4 | 7.5% | 59% |
| Ballivor | 1,870 | 12.7 km | 34.2 | 7.2% | 56% |
| Edenderry | 7,888 | 13.0 km | 36.9 | 11% | 48% |
| Rochfortbridge | 1,498 | 13.6 km | 38.2 | 14% | 53% |
| Derrinturn | 1,837 | 16.9 km | 33.7 | 8.4% | 60% |
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 Kinnegad’s residents
What is the population of Kinnegad?
Kinnegad had 3,064 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 11% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kinnegad?
The median age is 33.8, younger than 89% of Irish towns. 29% are under 18 and 7.1% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kinnegad?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (953 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kinnegad?
76% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 23% were born abroad and 15% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kinnegad?
73% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 13% another religion; 7% didn’t say.
Is Kinnegad good for families?
54% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kinnegad are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kinnegad?
Median gross household income in Kinnegad was €61,210 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).