Photo: Harold Strong · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of Irish towns: half of Newmarket is over 48.6
39% of households are one person living alone; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 24%. In 2022, the Census found 1,052 residents in Newmarket, living in 465 households. Residents with no religion account for 8.1%. More holiday homes than in 92% of Irish towns: 2.3%.
What stands out about the people of Newmarket
Older than most towns
Half of Newmarket’s residents are under 48.6 and half over; the typical median across Irish towns is 37.6. 28% are 65 or over, against 14% across Ireland’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
+4% since 2016, a pace below 72% 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; +7% across Co. Cork’s towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Irish towns, at 28%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Against a figure of 12% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Newmarket comes in at 8.2%. Elsewhere, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Cork 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
A smaller share of students among residents 15 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 6.6%
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
With residents who moved in within the year at 5.5%, Newmarket is behind 79% of Irish towns on that count. For comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of Irish towns: 1.1%
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Cork’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Newmarket, 2.2. At 33%, the share of households of parents with children is lower than in just over four fifths of Irish towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults across Ireland’s towns is 4.7%.
Fewer households in flats than 90% of Irish towns: 4.3%
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
77% of households are on broadband; 18% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). For comparison, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. Households without a car or van account for 16%.
Before tax, the median household income is €46,450 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €46,450 gross, 23% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Cork, the figure is €60,670.
11% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 97% 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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (5.4%) or outside the EU and UK (3%). Across the comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 5.5%, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns.
Newmarket ranks below 90% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.6%
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
Ballincollig leads Co. Cork with 2.1%. Set beside that, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 98% of Irish towns: 93%
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: 93% of Newmarket · Co. Cork’s towns 81% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (3.7%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.7%) and Black or Black Irish (0.9%). Residents who said they are Catholic are more common here than in 99% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 39% in Newmarket, more than in 84% 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.
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 6%. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 25% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Newmarket
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
5.7% of Newmarket’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 12% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Newmarket are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 1,052 | — | 48.6 | 28% | 33% |
| Kanturk | 2,803 | 7.2 km | 37.9 | 16% | 44% |
| Millstreet | 1,722 | 17.7 km | 41.3 | 18% | 38% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Cork’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Cork’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 Newmarket’s residents
What is the population of Newmarket?
Newmarket had 1,052 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Newmarket?
The median age is 48.6. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Newmarket?
41% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (407 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Newmarket?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 5.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Newmarket?
88% are Catholic, 8.1% have no religion and 3.9% another religion; 2.9% didn’t say.
Is Newmarket good for families?
33% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Newmarket are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Newmarket?
Median gross household income in Newmarket was €46,450 in 2022, against €60,670 across Co. Cork 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).