Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0Above 95% of Irish towns: 58% of households are parents with children
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 87%, above 86% of Irish towns. There were 1,477 households in Kilcoole at the 2022 Census, home to 4,569 residents. 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Lower than in 89% of Irish towns: 6.6% of households have no car or van.
What stands out about the people of Kilcoole
A town of families
46% of households are couples with children and 11% lone parents with children, more than in 95% of Irish towns; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Kilcoole has grown +13%, faster than 79% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +13% across Co. Wicklow’s towns.
In Kilcoole, 12% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 66% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of residents, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with 10% of residents. With a median age of 37.8, Kilcoole is older than 52% of Irish towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Kilcoole, 37.8. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wicklow 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5% in Kilcoole, less than in 85% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Kilcoole, 44% and 12%. The usual figure: 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 93% of Irish towns: 3.1 people on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Wicklow’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
One-person households make up 17%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns.
In Kilcoole, 5.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 86% 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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment. Most homes are connected: 91% have broadband, and 6.5% have no internet (typical: 7.6%).
Households here have a median income of €70,250 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are above €70,250 a year before tax: 17% over the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Wicklow as a whole, the figure is €64,080.
14% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 88% 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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the UK (5.2%) and outside the EU and UK (3.9%). Typically, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 91% of Irish towns: 7.4% of residents are citizens of another country.
Only 0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Kilcoole
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
Bray leads Co. Wicklow with 1.4%. Across the comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Kilcoole ranks above 75% of Irish towns on residents with no religion: 23%
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: 87% of Kilcoole · Co. Wicklow’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 68% in Kilcoole and 71% across Ireland’s towns. Residents with no religion make up 17% across Ireland’s towns. Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (7.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (2.6%) and Other, including mixed (1.7%).
Married residents 15 and over: 38%, a higher share than 76% 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.
Unpaid carers: 5.8%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 51% of Irish towns, at 35%
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: 8.4%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: just over one in ten adults. Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Of 41 towns its size (3,926 to 5,307 people), the 20th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Dangan (27.5) and the oldest Montenotte (46.5). Nearest to Kilcoole in age: Knockrea (37.4), Mountmellick (37.6), Rathbane (37.9) and Grange (38).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Kilcoole
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilcoole | 4,569 | — | 37.8 | 12% | 58% |
| Kilpedder | 1,248 | 3.1 km | 43.1 | 18% | 51% |
| Newcastle | 1,010 | 3.7 km | 43.3 | 17% | 47% |
| Greystones-Delgany | 22,009 | 3.8 km | 39.4 | 14% | 51% |
| Newtownmountkennedy | 3,539 | 4.1 km | 35.5 | 10% | 58% |
| Kilmacanogue | 1,240 | 9.0 km | 43.1 | 18% | 45% |
| Bray | 33,512 | 10.7 km | 40.7 | 16% | 44% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Wicklow’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Wicklow’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 Kilcoole’s residents
What is the population of Kilcoole?
Kilcoole had 4,569 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilcoole?
The median age is 37.8, older than 52% of Irish towns. 29% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilcoole?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,694 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilcoole?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 7.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilcoole?
68% are Catholic, 23% have no religion and 9.4% another religion; 3.3% didn’t say.
Is Kilcoole good for families?
58% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilcoole are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilcoole?
Median gross household income in Kilcoole was €70,250 in 2022, against €64,080 across Co. Wicklow 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).