Photo: Christopher Kirk · CC BY-SA 2.0Virginia is younger than 72% of Irish towns: a median age of 35.8
By its share of residents with no religion (14%), Virginia is below 70% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 3,211 residents and 1,160 households locally. Here, 12% of households have no car or van. At 3.2%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is lower than in 78% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Virginia
Growing faster than most
Virginia went from about 2,710 people in 2016 to 3,211 in 2022, +18%: faster growth than in 86% of Irish towns. Population change ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Since 2016, Virginia has grown +18%, faster than 86% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +10% across Co. Cavan’s towns.
In Virginia, 13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 56% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
35–39 is the most common age band: 9.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 12% of the total. The usual figure: 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Virginia, 35.8. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cavan 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
7.6% of residents moved in within a year, more than in 53% 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, skilled trades make up 14%, against a typical 11%. 10% of residents 15 and over are students. The share of residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns is 7.5%.
Above 67% of Irish towns: 46% of households are parents with children
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Cavan’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The average household has 2.7 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. One-person households: 25% of the total. Across Ireland’s towns, households of parents with children come to 43%.
Few flats: only 8.9% of households in Virginia live in one
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
Nearly nine in ten households are on broadband; 8.8% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). The benchmark for households in flats across Ireland’s towns: 12%. For Virginia, the census puts holiday homes at 0.8%.
€53,500 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€53,500 a year before tax puts the median household 11% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Cavan as a whole has a median of €52,320.
24% born outside Ireland, more than in 59% 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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (8.1%), then outside the EU and UK (6.7%). Few places have as many residents with another country’s citizenship: 15% here, more than in 54% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents born outside Ireland come to 22%.
Below 90% of Irish towns: 0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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
Irish speakers number 1,018, or just over a third of residents aged 3 and over. By way of comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. The highest share in Co. Cavan belongs to Cavan (0.7%).
A larger share of residents who said they are Catholic than 67% of Irish towns: 74%
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: 80% of Virginia · Co. Cavan’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (13%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.5%) and Other, including mixed (2.2%). Set beside that, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 56% of Irish towns.
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 60% of Irish towns: 33%
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.
Lower than in 58% of Irish towns: 5.2% of residents give unpaid care. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
33% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 55% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 11% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 8.2% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Ranked by age, 17th youngest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Taylor's Hill (31.8) and the oldest Ballybrack (45.5). Nearest to Virginia in age: Sixmilebridge (35.6), Ballynanty (35.7), Blackpool (36.1) and Riverstown (37.1).
Virginia is younger than 3 of its 5 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 3,211 | — | 35.8 | 13% | 46% |
| Ballyjamesduff | 2,917 | 8.5 km | 35.5 | 8.7% | 45% |
| Oldcastle | 1,409 | 8.9 km | 38 | 13% | 45% |
| Mullagh | 1,651 | 9.4 km | 34.4 | 10% | 51% |
| Bailieborough | 2,974 | 11.2 km | 38.2 | 15% | 43% |
| Kells | 6,608 | 18.2 km | 38.4 | 14% | 45% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Cavan’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Cavan’s towns of 2,500 or more and over 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 Virginia’s residents
What is the population of Virginia?
Virginia had 3,211 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 18% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Virginia?
The median age is 35.8, younger than 72% of Irish towns. 28% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Virginia?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,018 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Virginia?
80% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 24% were born abroad and 15% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Virginia?
74% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 12% another religion; 4% didn’t say.
Is Virginia good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Virginia are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Virginia?
Median gross household income in Virginia was €53,500 in 2022, against €52,320 across Co. Cavan 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).