Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainOlder than 94% of Irish towns: half of Kilmacanogue is over 43.1
The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 91%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 93% of Irish towns: 6.1% of households have no car or van. 1,240 residents in 428 households: that is Kilmacanogue at the 2022 Census. One-person households account for 19%.
What stands out about the people of Kilmacanogue
Older than most towns
Half of Kilmacanogue’s residents are under 43.1 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 18% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
From 2016 to 2022, 79% of Irish towns grew faster than Kilmacanogue: +3%
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 median change is +8%; across Co. Wicklow’s towns, +13%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 77% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 13%.
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%.
Below 86% of Irish towns: 4.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
15% of workers are in managers, directors and senior officials, against a typical 7.8%. On average, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Kilmacanogue households average 2.9 people, larger than in 77% of Irish towns
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.
The share of households of parents with children is 45%, against 43% across Ireland’s towns. In Kilmacanogue, 5.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A lower share of households in flats than 91% of Irish towns, at 4.2%
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 the comparison, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. 88% have broadband at home and 6.5% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
Median gross household income: €70,690 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €70,690 gross, 18% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Wicklow as a whole has a median of €64,080.
A lower share of residents with another country’s citizenship than 98% of Irish towns, at 5.8%
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 (7.4%) and outside the EU and UK (5.1%). Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 15% across Ireland’s towns.
More daily speakers of Irish outside education than 77% of Irish towns: 1.5%
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
Irish speakers number 478, or 44% of residents aged 3 and over. The wider picture: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Kilmacanogue sits below 76% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (63%)
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 Kilmacanogue · Co. Wicklow’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White Irish: Other White (5.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.4%) and Other, including mixed (1%). Kilmacanogue has more residents with no religion than 74% of Irish towns, at 23%. Set beside that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Kilmacanogue sits above 96% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (43%)
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: 6.2%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
44% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 68% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 18% of adults here, while 7.3% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher.
No nearby town is as old as Kilmacanogue
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmacanogue | 1,240 | — | 43.1 | 18% | 45% |
| Enniskerry | 2,000 | 3.4 km | 42.7 | 16% | 51% |
| Bray | 33,512 | 3.5 km | 40.7 | 16% | 44% |
| Greystones-Delgany | 22,009 | 5.7 km | 39.4 | 14% | 51% |
| Kilpedder | 1,248 | 6.8 km | 43.1 | 18% | 51% |
| Shankill | 11,009 | 7.2 km | 42.2 | 18% | 45% |
| Kilcoole | 4,569 | 9.0 km | 37.8 | 12% | 58% |
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 Kilmacanogue’s residents
What is the population of Kilmacanogue?
Kilmacanogue had 1,240 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilmacanogue?
The median age is 43.1. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilmacanogue?
44% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (478 people), and 1.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilmacanogue?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 5.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilmacanogue?
63% are Catholic, 23% have no religion and 14% another religion; 10% didn’t say.
Is Kilmacanogue good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 22% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilmacanogue are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilmacanogue?
Median gross household income in Kilmacanogue was €70,690 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).