Photo: Harold Strong · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of residents with no religion than 93% of Irish towns, at 10%
Against a figure of 12% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Newcastle West comes in at 9.9%. Census day 2022: 7,209 residents and 2,674 households here. In Newcastle West, 28% of households are one person living alone. 3.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a lower share than in 74% of Irish towns.
Newcastle West grew +10% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 62% 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; +9% across Co. Limerick’s towns.
Newcastle West is younger than 54% of Irish towns: a median age of 37.4
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 35–39: 9% of residents. People aged 65 and over make up 15% of residents, against 14% across Ireland’s towns.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Newcastle West, 37.4. 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. Limerick 51.2%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 8.6% in Newcastle West, less than in 84% 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
Among the working population, process, plant and machine operatives make up 13%, against a typical 7.8%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 7.5%. Typically, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
2.6 people per household, fewer than in 62% of Irish towns
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.
For Newcastle West, the census puts households of parents with children at 43%.
Newcastle West: 0.8% of homes are holiday homes, above 79% 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
16% of households have no car or van. There is little gap on households in flats: 12%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns.
Median household income: €49,050 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 €49,050 gross, 18% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Limerick comes in at €55,950 at the median.
Newcastle West ranks above 81% of Irish towns on residents with another country’s citizenship: 22%
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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are outside the EU and UK (9.1%) and in Poland (7%). Newcastle West has more residents born outside Ireland than 78% of Irish towns, at 29%. As a reference point, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
In Newcastle West, 37% of residents 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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 2,402 residents (37% of those aged 3 and over). The highest share in Co. Limerick belongs to Farranshone (1.9%). Nothing unusual on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.9%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
67% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer than in 82% 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: 67% of Newcastle West · Co. Limerick’s towns 82% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who said they are Catholic at 76%, Newcastle West is ahead of 77% of Irish towns on that count. For residents who describe themselves as White Irish, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 78%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (21%), Asian or Asian Irish (4%) and Irish Traveller (3.6%).
Half of adults have never married
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: 4.6%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. Married residents 15 and over account for 34%.
27% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 72% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Primary level or earlier: 12%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate: 7.5% of adults.
21st highest median age among 41 towns of 6,258 to 8,320
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Temple Bar (31.4) and the oldest Dalkey (50.3). Nearest to Newcastle West in age: Edenderry (36.9), Frankfield and Grange (37.1), Christchurch (37.7) and Loughrea (37.9).
The towns around Newcastle West are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle West | 7,209 | — | 37.4 | 15% | 43% |
| Rathkeale | 1,231 | 11.2 km | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Askeaton | 1,236 | 17.7 km | 38.2 | 18% | 43% |
| Abbeyfeale | 2,206 | 18.3 km | 40.8 | 18% | 39% |
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 Newcastle West’s residents
What is the population of Newcastle West?
Newcastle West had 7,209 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Newcastle West?
The median age is 37.4, younger than 54% of Irish towns. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Newcastle West?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,402 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Newcastle West?
67% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 29% were born abroad and 22% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Newcastle West?
76% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 14% another religion; 5.9% didn’t say.
Is Newcastle West good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Newcastle West are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Newcastle West?
Median gross household income in Newcastle West was €49,050 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).