Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of Irish towns: 5.8% of residents said they have no religion
17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns, against 6.2% in Knockananna. Across Knockananna, 51% of households are parents with children. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns. The town’s 70 households held 201 residents at the 2022 Census.
+8% since 2016: slower than 50% 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.
Half of Knockananna is over 38.5, older than 61% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%, Knockananna is behind 77% of Irish towns on that count. No age band is larger than 5–9: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Wicklow 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 3.1%, a lower share than 98% 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
Students among residents 15 and over are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns: 9.7%. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 69% of Irish towns: 2.8 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. On the census count, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
Holiday homes make up 2.4% in Knockananna, more than in 92% 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
Most homes are connected: 72% have broadband, and 20% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of holiday homes is 0.2%.
Household income, middle of the range: €49,520 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €49,520 a year before tax, the median household income is 18% under that of Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €64,080 across Co. Wicklow.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 6.6% in Knockananna, less than in 99% 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 (4.1%) and in Poland (1%). To put it in context, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 5.2%, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns.
32% of Knockananna 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
Speakers of Irish: 59 residents, 32% of those aged 3 and over. On daily speakers of Irish outside education, Knockananna sits higher than 52% of Irish towns: 1.1%.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 95% in Knockananna, more than in 99% of Irish towns
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: 95% of Knockananna · Co. Wicklow’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
In Knockananna, 94% of residents said they are Catholic, beside 71% across Ireland’s towns. For residents who describe themselves as White Irish, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 78%.
Knockananna ranks above 99% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 9.5%
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.
Married residents 15 and over: 34% of the total. About 20 residents (9.5%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
Knockananna sits below 93% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (18%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
4% of Knockananna’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 14% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of adults with a degree or higher is 36%.
Of the 6 towns nearest Knockananna, 3 are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
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 Knockananna’s residents
What is the population of Knockananna?
Knockananna had 201 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Knockananna?
The median age is 38.5. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Knockananna?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (59 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Knockananna?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6.6% were born abroad and 5.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Knockananna?
94% are Catholic, 5.8% have no religion and 0.5% another religion; 6% didn’t say.
Is Knockananna good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Knockananna are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Knockananna?
Median gross household income in Knockananna was €49,520 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).