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Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. On the census count, four in five residents said they are Catholic. In 2022, the Census found 194 residents in Kilmore, living in 75 households. People aged 65 and over make up 18% of residents, against 14% across Ireland’s towns.
From 2016 to 2022, Kilmore outgrew 65% of Irish towns: +10%
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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Wexford’s towns.
A median age of 43.1: Kilmore is older than 94% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 9.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 6.7%
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
Little separates the share of residents who moved in within the year here, 8.4%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Smaller households than 52% of Irish towns: 2.7 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Wexford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
For Kilmore, the census puts one-person households at 24%. Households of parents with children make up 43%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 88% of Irish towns: 6.8%
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: 86% on broadband; 8.2% offline (typical: 7.6%). For comparison, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Median gross household income: €44,790 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €44,790 a year before tax, the median household income is 26% under that of Ireland (€60,120). Co. Wexford as a whole has a median of €51,440.
14% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 58% 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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (12%) and outside the EU and UK (5.2%). As a reference point, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Where just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns, Kilmore has 21%.
0.5% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer 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
Speakers of Irish: 67 residents, 36% of those aged 3 and over. Across Ireland’s towns, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education. In Co. Wexford, Gorey has the highest share (0.9%).
Fewer residents with no religion than 85% of Irish towns: 12%
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: 84% of Kilmore · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
84% of residents describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%). For comparison, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 93% of Irish towns, at 41%
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: 5.7%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 33% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Kilmore
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 9.8%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 4.9% of adults. The usual figure: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Around Kilmore, 1 of 3 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmore | 194 | — | 43.1 | 18% | 43% |
| Rosslare | 1,795 | 13.4 km | 45.2 | 24% | 36% |
| Rosslare Harbour | 2,247 | 15.1 km | 42.3 | 19% | 38% |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 15.4 km | 40.6 | 17% | 40% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Wexford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Wexford’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 Kilmore’s residents
What is the population of Kilmore?
Kilmore had 194 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilmore?
The median age is 43.1. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilmore?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (67 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilmore?
84% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 21% were born abroad and 14% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilmore?
80% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 8.4% another religion; 1.5% didn’t say.
Is Kilmore good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 20% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilmore are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilmore?
Median gross household income in Kilmore was €44,790 in 2022, against €51,440 across Co. Wexford 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).