Photo: jwd · CC BY-SA 2.0Oldtown sits above 94% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (57%)
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Oldtown counted 523 residents and 153 households at the 2022 Census. On the census count, 15% of households are one person living alone. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish make up 90%, against 78% across Ireland’s towns.
A +12% change since 2016: Oldtown grew faster than 71% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns the median change is +8%; across Co. Dublin’s towns, +6%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 10%, a lower share than 77% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. The median age in Oldtown is 37.5, lower than in 52% of Irish towns. Against that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Dublin 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Below 91% of Irish towns: 4.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
In Oldtown, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in nearly two in five residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 14%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across Ireland’s towns: 7.5%.
3.2 people per household, more than in 96% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Dublin’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
Below 97% of Irish towns: 4.6% of households have no car or van
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
Most homes are connected: 94% have broadband, and 5.3% have no internet (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, households without a car or van come to 17%. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Median household income: €78,720 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 €78,720 a year, 31% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Dublin as a whole has a median of €71,120.
A lower share of residents born outside Ireland than 97% of Irish towns, at 10%
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 outside the EU and UK (3.3%), then in the UK (2.9%). On residents with another country’s citizenship, Oldtown sits lower than 98% of Irish towns: 4.2%. For comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Of Oldtown’s residents, 38% can speak Irish
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
Oldtown sits close to the norm on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.4%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. No town in Co. Dublin beats Monkstown (2.5%).
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 72% of Irish towns, at 75%
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: 90% of Oldtown · Co. Dublin’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (6.6%), Black or Black Irish (2.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.8%). Residents with no religion are more common here than in 50% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 71% of residents said they are Catholic.
Married residents 15 and over: 36%, a higher share than 65% 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.
At 6.1%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Set beside that, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Below 66% of Irish towns: 30% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 7.1% of adults; primary level or less for 13% (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.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Oldtown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldtown | 523 | — | 37.5 | 10% | 57% |
| Ashbourne | 15,680 | 5.6 km | 35.6 | 8.3% | 56% |
| Swords | 40,776 | 8.9 km | 36.9 | 9.7% | 50% |
| Ratoath | 10,077 | 9.8 km | 34.6 | 5.3% | 65% |
| Lusk | 8,806 | 9.8 km | 35.3 | 6.6% | 59% |
| Balrothery | 2,282 | 11.3 km | 38.4 | 10% | 59% |
| Kinsealy-Drinan | 7,526 | 11.4 km | 34.4 | 3.9% | 53% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Dublin’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Dublin’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 Oldtown’s residents
What is the population of Oldtown?
Oldtown had 523 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Oldtown?
The median age is 37.5. 31% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Oldtown?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (189 people), and 1.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Oldtown?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 4.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Oldtown?
75% are Catholic, 17% have no religion and 8% another religion; 1.9% didn’t say.
Is Oldtown good for families?
57% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Oldtown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Oldtown?
Median gross household income in Oldtown was €78,720 in 2022, against €71,120 across Co. Dublin 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).