Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 42.6: Mungret is older than 93% of Irish towns
6.9% of households have no car or van, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Mungret’s 135 households held 372 residents at the 2022 Census. The census found that 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. On residents who said they are Catholic, Mungret sits higher than 98% of Irish towns: 85%.
Slower than most: +5% since 2016, behind 65% 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 typical town changed +8%; across Co. Limerick’s towns, +9%.
18% of Mungret is 65 or over, a higher share than 78% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Compared with 12% across Ireland’s towns, 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. In Farranshone, the oldest of Co. Limerick’s towns by this measure, it is 23%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 85% of Irish towns, at 5.1%
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
By its share of students among residents 15 and over (12%), Mungret is above 77% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Mungret sits above 66% of Irish towns for households of parents with children (46%)
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Limerick’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households is 24%; Mungret has 26%. Households average 2.8 people. For households of parents with children, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 43%.
Fewer households in flats than 96% of Irish towns: 2.2%
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
Broadband reaches 84% of households; 12% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
The median household brings in €71,550 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €71,550, 19% higher than across Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €55,950 across Co. Limerick.
A smaller share of residents born outside Ireland than 97% of Irish towns: 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.
7.7% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (1.1%); 0.5% speak English not well or not at all. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 5%, fewer than in 98% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Irish speakers: 49% of Mungret’s residents
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
The highest share in Co. Limerick belongs to Farranshone (1.9%). 174 residents, 49% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 1.1%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 96% of Irish towns, at 90%
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 Mungret · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 10%, Mungret is behind 92% of Irish towns on that count. For residents who describe themselves as White Irish, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 78%. After White Irish, the most common groups are Black or Black Irish (3.6%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.6%) and Other White (2.5%).
Mungret sits above 84% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (39%)
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.
Compared with 5.4% across Ireland’s towns, 7.5% of residents give unpaid care here. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Mungret ranks above 51% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 37%
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 13% of adults; primary level or less for 5.2% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of adults with a degree or higher is 36%.
Older than Mungret: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mungret | 372 | — | 42.6 | 18% | 46% |
| Dooradoyle | 18,593 | 2.0 km | 36.4 | 11% | 44% |
| Ballinacurra | 3,719 | 3.0 km | 38.6 | 18% | 33% |
| Dock | 6,258 | 4.1 km | 35.4 | 9.4% | 24% |
| Prospect and Newtown Pery | 4,122 | 4.4 km | 40.8 | 18% | 31% |
| Farranshone | 7,874 | 4.6 km | 43.5 | 23% | 32% |
| Rathbane | 4,111 | 4.7 km | 37.9 | 15% | 47% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Limerick’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Limerick’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 Mungret’s residents
What is the population of Mungret?
Mungret had 372 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mungret?
The median age is 42.6. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Mungret?
49% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (174 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Mungret?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 10% were born abroad and 5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Mungret?
85% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 4.7% another religion; 1.9% didn’t say.
Is Mungret good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Mungret are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mungret?
Median gross household income in Mungret was €71,550 in 2022, against €55,950 across Co. Limerick 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).