Photo: Sarah777 · Public domain58% of households are parents with children, a share 96% of Irish towns don’t reach
In Palatine, 1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. 276 residents in 90 households: that is Palatine at the 2022 Census. The census found that 3.4% of households have no car or van here. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 99% of Irish towns.
+1% since 2016: slower than 89% 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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +9% across Co. Carlow’s towns.
Fewer young people than 93% of Irish towns: 10% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Palatine is 38.2, higher than in 57% of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 1.4 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. Carlow 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
In Palatine, 6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 69% 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
Among the working population, professional occupations make up 27%, against a typical 21%. In Palatine, 9.9% of residents 15 and over are students. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 7.5%.
Palatine sits below 89% of Irish towns for one-person households (16%)
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, households average 2.7 people; in Palatine, 3.1. One-person households make up 24% across Ireland’s towns.
Above 84% of Irish towns: 1% of homes are holiday homes
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
4.7% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 92% have broadband. Measured more widely, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Household income at the median: €84,320 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Palatine’s households have a gross income above €84,320 a year, 40% above the median for Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €53,120 across Co. Carlow.
Below 99% of Irish towns: 5.5% of residents were born outside Ireland
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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (4%), then outside the EU and UK (0.7%). For comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 1.1% here, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns.
Can speak Irish: 45% of Palatine’s residents
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
Within Co. Carlow, Carlow has the largest share, 1.2%. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 74% of Irish towns.
Palatine ranks above 84% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 78%
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: 97% of Palatine · Co. Carlow’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 17% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Palatine comes in at 14%. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%.
Above 93% of Irish towns: 41% of residents 15 and over are married
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.
6.5% of residents give unpaid care, against 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Palatine sits above 58% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (39%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 13% of adults here, while 5.9% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Adults with a degree or higher make up 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Palatine is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palatine | 276 | — | 38.2 | 12% | 58% |
| Carlow | 27,351 | 5.0 km | 36.3 | 12% | 43% |
| Castledermot | 1,685 | 5.3 km | 36.7 | 13% | 49% |
| Tullow | 5,138 | 10.6 km | 36.2 | 12% | 46% |
| Rathvilly | 1,074 | 11.2 km | 37.6 | 13% | 46% |
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | 13.5 km | 38.2 | 14% | 45% |
| Ballylinan | 1,167 | 15.3 km | 36.7 | 9.1% | 57% |
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 Palatine’s residents
What is the population of Palatine?
Palatine had 276 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Palatine?
The median age is 38.2. 28% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Palatine?
45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (116 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Palatine?
97% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 5.5% were born abroad and 1.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Palatine?
78% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 8% another religion; 0.7% didn’t say.
Is Palatine good for families?
58% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Palatine are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Palatine?
Median gross household income in Palatine was €84,320 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).