Photo: Terence wiki · CC BY-SA 3.07.9% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
Across Ireland’s towns, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment; in Hacketstown, 4.7%. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 90% of Irish towns: 2.4%. The town is home to 653 residents in 254 households, by the 2022 Census. In Hacketstown, 46% of households are parents with children.
Faster growth than 62% of Irish towns: Hacketstown changed by +10% since 2016
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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +9% across Co. Carlow’s towns.
16% of residents are 65 or over, a share 65% of Irish towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with 8% of residents. Set beside that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. Higher than in 60% of Irish towns: 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Carlow 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Hacketstown ranks below 86% of Irish towns on residents who moved in within the year: 4.8%
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
16% of workers are in process, plant and machine operatives, against a typical 7.8%. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 7.5%. Students among residents 15 and over: a tenth of the total.
Households here average 2.6 people, below 63% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Carlow’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Across Ireland’s towns, 24% of households are one person living alone; in Hacketstown, 26%.
A larger share of holiday homes than 91% of Irish towns: 1.8%
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
19% of households have no car or van, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes: 0.2% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Half of households earn more than €51,480 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €51,480 a year, 14% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Carlow comes in at €53,120 at the median.
12% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 94% 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.
Against a figure of 15% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship in Hacketstown comes in at 9.3%. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are elsewhere in the EU (5.1%) and in the UK (2.6%).
In Hacketstown, 0.2% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
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
Some 172 people here, 29% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Set beside that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A higher White Irish share than 87% of Irish towns: 88% of residents
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: 88% of Hacketstown · Co. Carlow’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Nearly four in five residents said they are Catholic (Ireland’s towns: 71%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White Irish come to 78%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (7.2%), Other, including mixed (3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.3%).
Married residents 15 and over make up 32% in Hacketstown, less than in 71% 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.
4.6% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Hacketstown sits below 99% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (9.7%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Hacketstown sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
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. Carlow’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Carlow has fewer than five towns of 2,500 or more, so its figure is the median of its towns of 1,000 or more; the national figure is the median of 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 Hacketstown’s residents
What is the population of Hacketstown?
Hacketstown had 653 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Hacketstown?
The median age is 37.8. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Hacketstown?
29% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (172 people), and 0.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Hacketstown?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 9.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Hacketstown?
79% are Catholic, 7.9% have no religion and 13% another religion; 5.5% didn’t say.
Is Hacketstown good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Hacketstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Hacketstown?
Median gross household income in Hacketstown was €51,480 in 2022, against €53,120 across Co. Carlow 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).