 The 2016 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 1,660 persons in Kilkenny on census night.Of these, 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female.The majority of residents (58.8%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being Vietnam (6.3%), Italy (3.9%), India (2.9%) Greece (2.3%) and England (2.0%).