Demographics
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1653 | 19,185 | — |
| 1659 | 18,427 | −4.0% |
| 1821 | 181,946 | +887.4% |
| 1831 | 193,686 | +6.5% |
| 1841 | 202,420 | +4.5% |
| 1851 | 158,748 | −21.6% |
| 1861 | 124,515 | −21.6% |
| 1871 | 109,379 | −12.2% |
| 1881 | 99,531 | −9.0% |
| 1891 | 87,261 | −12.3% |
| 1901 | 79,159 | −9.3% |
| 1911 | 74,962 | −5.3% |
| 1926 | 70,990 | −5.3% |
| 1936 | 68,614 | −3.3% |
| 1946 | 66,712 | −2.8% |
| 1951 | 65,235 | −2.2% |
| 1956 | 64,089 | −1.8% |
| 1961 | 61,668 | −3.8% |
| 1966 | 60,463 | −2.0% |
| 1971 | 61,473 | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 69,156 | +12.5% |
| 1981 | 70,806 | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 73,186 | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 73,635 | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 75,336 | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 80,339 | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 87,558 | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 95,419 | +9.0% |
As of the 2006 census, by the Central Statistics Office, County Kilkenny's population was 87,558. There were 35,669 Irish speakers as of 2006. There were 39,809 people currently working in County Kilkenny and 4,133 people on the live register as of August 2008. There were 1,251 births and 546 deaths in 2007. Disposable household income per person as of 2005 was 18,032 euros and the index of disposable household was 89.4.
The main religion is Catholic, however there are Church of Ireland, Presbyterian, Methodist, Jewish and other religious traditions living in Kilkenny.
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