Photo: sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 43.1: Kilpedder is older than 94% of Irish towns
By its share of households of parents with children (51%), Kilpedder is above 83% of Irish towns. Meanwhile, households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census put the town’s population at 1,248, in 431 households. Just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White Irish.
What stands out about the people of Kilpedder
Older than most towns
Half of Kilpedder’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 ↓
Growing faster than most
Kilpedder went from about 1,050 people in 2016 to 1,248 in 2022, +19%: faster growth than in 90% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Kilpedder grew +19% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 90% 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.
Across Co. Wicklow’s towns the median is +13%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 18%, a higher share than 78% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Kilpedder has more residents aged 15 to 24 than three quarters of Irish towns, at 14%.
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 81% of Irish towns: 5.4% 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
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 Kilpedder, 47% and 11%. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Kilpedder ranks below 80% of Irish towns on one-person households: 18%
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 average household has 2.9 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, one-person households come to 24%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.5% in Kilpedder.
Below 98% of Irish towns: 4.3% of households have no car or van
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
The share of households with broadband is 92%; 5.3% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of households have no car or van. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Median household income: €67,000 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 €67,000 a year before tax: 11% over the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Wicklow as a whole has a median of €64,080.
12% born outside Ireland, fewer than in 95% 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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (5%), then outside the EU and UK (3.5%). At 5.4%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 98% of Irish towns. On average, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
42% of Kilpedder can speak Irish
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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 477 residents (42% of those aged 3 and over). 0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, a lower share than in 65% of Irish towns.
A lower share of residents who said they are Catholic than 75% of Irish towns, at 64%
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 Kilpedder · Co. Wicklow’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White Irish come Other White (6.5%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.1%) and Other, including mixed (1.1%). At 21%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in 69% of Irish towns. For residents who said they are Catholic, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 71%.
Married residents 15 and over make up 44% in Kilpedder, more than in 97% 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.
With unpaid carers at 6.5%, Kilpedder is ahead of 90% of Irish towns on that count. For comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
More adults with a degree or higher than 51% of Irish towns: 37%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, just over one in ten adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 5.9% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Kilpedder are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilpedder | 1,248 | — | 43.1 | 18% | 51% |
| Newtownmountkennedy | 3,539 | 2.8 km | 35.5 | 10% | 58% |
| Kilcoole | 4,569 | 3.1 km | 37.8 | 12% | 58% |
| Greystones-Delgany | 22,009 | 3.5 km | 39.4 | 14% | 51% |
| Newcastle | 1,010 | 5.1 km | 43.3 | 17% | 47% |
| Kilmacanogue | 1,240 | 6.8 km | 43.1 | 18% | 45% |
| Bray | 33,512 | 9.3 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 Kilpedder’s residents
What is the population of Kilpedder?
Kilpedder had 1,248 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 19% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Kilpedder?
The median age is 43.1. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Kilpedder?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (477 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Kilpedder?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 5.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Kilpedder?
64% are Catholic, 21% have no religion and 15% another religion; 6.2% didn’t say.
Is Kilpedder good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Kilpedder are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Kilpedder?
Median gross household income in Kilpedder was €67,000 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).