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Kilcar

Kilcar (County Roscommon) had 384 residents in April 2022. The median household had a gross income of €63,758, 25% above the county figure. 88% of households owned their home, 9% rented privately and 1% rented from the council or a housing body. From an average home, 0 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk.

Electoral division · Athlone local electoral area · 1 census small areas · Census 2022 · Updated 27 October 2026
384residentsCensus, April 2022
€63,758median household incomegross, 2022
88%of homes owner-occupied9% rented privately
0%green space within 500 maverage across small areas
Kilcar by census small area
Map of Kilcar: Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022
<45%84%+
Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022
Kilcar · County RoscommonKilcar highlighted; the rest of County Roscommon in grey
Map of County Roscommon with Kilcar highlighted

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann and Central Statistics Office, statistical boundaries 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

People.

Residents and households on census night, April 2022, next to the figure for County Roscommon. 136 households, 2.8 people in each on average.

21%
aged under 15
10%
aged 15–24
23%
aged 25–44
32%
aged 45–64
14%
aged 65 and over
24%
of households are one person living alone

Electoral divisions are the smallest legally defined areas in the State and the building blocks of local electoral areas. They vary widely in size: a rural division may have a few hundred people, a city division several thousand. Census figures here are for the usually resident population on census night, 3 April 2022.

Source: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)

Income and work.

Household income in 2022 from the CSO’s income profiles; work and education from the 2022 Census.

€63,758
median gross household income
€58,297
median household income after tax
62%
of residents aged 15+ are at work
4%
of the labour force are unemployed
33%
of adults whose education has finished hold a degree
26%
of workers work from home at least some of the time

Highest level of education completed

Primary or none14%
Lower secondary14%
Upper secondary (Leaving Certificate)23%
Further education and apprenticeships16%
Bachelor’s degree23%
Postgraduate10%

Gross household income is all income received by the household before tax and social contributions, including wages, pensions and social welfare payments; net income is after tax and contributions. The median is the middle household, so a few very high incomes do not pull it up. Figures are the CSO’s estimates from administrative records for 2022.

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)

Homes.

151 dwellings on census night; 99% of households live in a house or bungalow and 0% in a flat or apartment.

Households by tenure, 2022

Owned with a mortgage or loan35%
Owned outright54%
Rented from a private landlord9%
Rented from the local authority or a housing body1%
Occupied free of rent2%

When homes were built

Before 194619%
1946–19708%
1971–199028%
1991–20009%
2001–201031%
2011–20153%
2016 or later3%
8%of dwellings vacantcensus night, 2022
3%holiday homescensus night, 2022
€180,000median sale price, County Roscommon833 sales, 2025
2.8people per household2022

Median sale price, County Roscommon

2010€100,000
2011€70,000
2012€60,000
2013€57,750
2014€55,000
2015€59,000
2016€60,000
2017€80,000
2018€90,000
2019€96,916
2020€92,500
2021€122,250
2022€143,000
2023€160,000
2024€170,000
2025€180,000

Vacant dwellings exclude holiday homes and homes whose residents were temporarily away on census night. Median price of all residential dwellings bought in the year, from Revenue stamp duty returns, for the whole county. Prices within a county vary a great deal, and the figure depends on which homes happened to sell.

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Residential Dwelling Property Transactions, table HPA02 (CC BY 4.0)

Getting about.

How residents travel to work, school or college, and how long it takes. 4% of households have no car; 59% have two or more.

Usual way of travelling

Car, van or motorbike83%
Work or study mainly at home7%
On foot2%
Bus, minibus or coach6%
Train, DART or Luas0%
Bicycle0%

Journey time

Under 15 minutes25%
15 to 30 minutes44%
30 to 45 minutes17%
45 minutes to an hour6%
An hour to an hour and a half5%
An hour and a half or more3%
66%of households with broadband2022
14.0 kmto the nearest rail, DART or Luas stopstraight line, average home

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Everyday life.

0 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk of an average home; 0% of the land within 500 metres is green space.

Supermarkets and convenience shops0
Bakeries0
Pharmacies0
GP surgeries and doctors0
Dentists0
Cafés and pubs0
Restaurants0
Parks0
Playgrounds0
Pitches0
Gyms and sports centres0
Libraries0
Crèches and childcare0
Bus stops0
Luas stops0
Railway and DART stations0
0schoolsOpenStreetMap
0crèches and childcareOpenStreetMap
24residents per km²15.7 km²

Services and green space are measured from the centre of each census small area (usually 80 to 120 homes) and averaged by population. The list of everyday places counts what lies within one kilometre of the small area with the most services in the division.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Within one kilometre. OpenStreetMap is not complete; school counts are a guide, not the Department of Education register.

Nearby divisions.

Other electoral divisions in the same local electoral area of County Roscommon.