Photo: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.0Households of parents with children: 50%, a higher share than 79% of Irish towns
Households in Newbridge hold 2.9 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). In 2022, the Census found 24,366 residents here, living in 8,321 households. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are 65 or over. 15% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 64% of Irish towns.
+6% since 2016: slower than 57% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +14% across Co. Kildare’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13% in Newbridge, more than in 66% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 8.9% of residents. The median age in Newbridge is 37.6, lower than in 51% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. In Leixlip, the oldest of Co. Kildare’s towns by this measure, it is 17%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Newbridge, 37.6. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Kildare 51.0%, Ireland 51.2%.
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
The share of students among residents 15 and over is 11%, against 10% across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
One-person households make up 18% in Newbridge, less than in 79% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Kildare’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
In Newbridge, 3.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for one-person households across Ireland’s towns: 24%.
More flats than 57% of Irish towns: 13% of households in Newbridge
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
0.1% of homes are holiday homes, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is €64,040 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 €64,040 a year, 7% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Kildare has a median of €73,000.
Newbridge: 24% of residents were born outside Ireland, above 55% 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.
Another language is spoken at home by 23%, most often Polish (6%); 3.5% speak English not well or not at all. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are common here: 16%, more than in 59% of Irish towns. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Of Newbridge’s residents, 37% 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
Maynooth leads Co. Kildare with 2.2%. 1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 56% of Irish towns.
75% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer than in 63% of Irish towns
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: 75% of Newbridge · Co. Kildare’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
In Newbridge, 73% of residents said they are Catholic, beside 71% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 78% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Census figures put residents with no religion at 15% in the town.
37% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 74% 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.
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 4.9%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 32% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Newbridge
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Just over a tenth of Newbridge’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 9.5% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across the comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Oldest by rank: 18th of 41 towns of 18,239 to 27,923 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Jobstown is the youngest (32.4); Beaumont the oldest (42.9). Nearest to Newbridge in age: Blanchardstown (37.3), Carpenterstown (37.4), Old Bawn (38) and Knocknacarra (38).
Older than Newbridge: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
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. Kildare’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Kildare’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 Newbridge’s residents
What is the population of Newbridge?
Newbridge had 24,366 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Newbridge?
The median age is 37.6, younger than 51% of Irish towns. 26% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Newbridge?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (8,371 people), and 1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Newbridge?
75% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 24% were born abroad and 16% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Newbridge?
73% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 12% another religion; 5.1% didn’t say.
Is Newbridge good for families?
50% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Newbridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Newbridge?
Median gross household income in Newbridge was €64,040 in 2022, against €73,000 across Co. Kildare 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).