Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.6% in Mountmellick, less than in 98% of Irish towns
Here 10% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 17%. The census found that 7% of households live in a flat or apartment in Mountmellick. Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 14% here, more than in 78% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 4,905 residents and 1,767 households here.
+2% since 2016: slower than 82% 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; +8% across Co. Laois’ towns.
Mountmellick is younger than 51% of Irish towns: a median age of 37.6
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
40–44 is the most common age band: 8% of residents. In Stradbally, the oldest of Co. Laois’ towns by this measure, it is 21%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Mountmellick, 37.6. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Laois 50.9%, Ireland 51.2%.
5.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 82% 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
In Mountmellick, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 28% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 18%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 7.5% across Ireland’s towns.
Above 75% of Irish towns: 49% of households are parents with children
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Laois’ towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Households in Mountmellick hold 2.7 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). Against that, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. For Mountmellick, the census puts one-person households at 24%.
16% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 56% of Irish towns
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
85% have broadband at home and 13% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Across Ireland’s towns, households without a car or van come to 17%. Locally, 0.3% of homes are holiday homes.
Before tax, the median household income is €48,300 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€48,300 a year before tax puts the median household 20% below Ireland (€60,120). County median: €59,520 (Co. Laois).
Mountmellick ranks below 90% of Irish towns on residents born outside Ireland: 13%
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 15%; Mountmellick has 7.3%. On average, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born outside the EU and UK (5.2%), then in the UK (3.3%).
In Mountmellick, 0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 90% of Irish towns
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 1,615, or 36% of residents aged 3 and over. The usual figure: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. In Co. Laois, Abbeyleix has the highest share (1.4%).
More residents who said they are Catholic than 93% of Irish towns: 81%
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: 84% of Mountmellick · Co. Laois’ towns 84% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White Irish, are Other White (7.3%), Black or Black Irish (3.1%) and Irish Traveller (2.1%). Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 76% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Mountmellick sits below 59% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (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.
5.7% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
18% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 92% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 4.8% of adults. The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%. Primary level or earlier: 14%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
41 towns of 4,365 to 5,568 people: this is the 21st oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Dangan (27.5), the youngest, and Fair Hill (44.9), the oldest. Nearest to Mountmellick in age: Carrick-On-Shannon (37.3), Knockrea (37.4), Ardee (37.7) and Kilcoole (37.8).
Older than Mountmellick: 1 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountmellick | 4,905 | — | 37.6 | 14% | 49% |
| Portlaoise | 23,494 | 8.8 km | 35.9 | 9.5% | 50% |
| Portarlington | 9,288 | 10.3 km | 36.4 | 10% | 50% |
| Mountrath | 2,070 | 16.4 km | 35.8 | 13% | 47% |
| Stradbally | 1,404 | 16.6 km | 43.4 | 21% | 41% |
| Monasterevin | 5,307 | 18.1 km | 35.2 | 9.9% | 51% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Laois’ towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Laois 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 Mountmellick’s residents
What is the population of Mountmellick?
Mountmellick had 4,905 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mountmellick?
The median age is 37.6, younger than 51% of Irish towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Mountmellick?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,615 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Mountmellick?
84% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 7.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Mountmellick?
81% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 8.6% another religion; 4.7% didn’t say.
Is Mountmellick good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Mountmellick are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mountmellick?
Median gross household income in Mountmellick was €48,300 in 2022, against €59,520 across Co. Laois 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).