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Population 759: a town in Co. Louth.
Prices run to a median €307,200, 4.5 times local household income. The car is not the only way to work here: 5% of commuters walk, cycle or use public transport.
Knockbridge has no grades yet: Irish towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The one thing Knockbridge does most differently from other towns.
1 archaeological site are on the record here too.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Knockbridge.
Within 3 km of Knockbridge there is one school. 285 pupils attend the one school within 3 km of the town.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knockbridge Mixed N.S.Largest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 285 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Knockbridge | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 39% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −5% | +9% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 3% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · No school here carries a letter or a result: Ireland publishes neither for individual schools.
99% of its homes sit in high-radon areas, higher than both Co. Louth’s towns (0%) and Irish towns (0%). Landslides: none of Knockbridge lies in a high-susceptibility zone. Low ground by water holds almost none of its homes.
| Share of homes | Knockbridge | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 99% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | under 0.1% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Across the year it averages 10.0°C, close to Co. Louth’s towns (10.2°C) and below Irish towns (10.3°C). November is the wettest month in Knockbridge, with 91 mm of rain on average. The nearest weather station is Dunsany, 52 km away.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Knockbridge | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 2.3°C | 2.7°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 10.0°C | 10.2°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 866 mm | 826 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Self-reported good health: 92% of Knockbridge’s residents. Allowing for its ages, Knockbridge has 33 residents in bad health per 100 expected, below both Co. Louth’s towns (133) and Irish towns (113). Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 0.5% of the town.
| Census 2022 | Knockbridge | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad or very bad health | 0.5% | 2.3% | 2% |
| With a disability | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| Good or very good health | 92% | 87% | 88% |
| Unpaid carers | 4.7% | 5.4% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Private tenants account for just over one in ten households. 7% live in social housing, below Co. Louth’s towns (19%) and Irish towns (13%) alike.
| Housing | Knockbridge | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 80% | 60% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 7% | 19% | 13% |
| Households renting privately | 12% | 20% | 22% |
| Median sale price | €307K | €305K | €350K |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area A91, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Walkers have 0.2 km per km² of paths and tracks, below both Co. Louth’s towns (1.0 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). There are 4.4 ha of green space for every 1,000 people in Knockbridge.
| Outdoors | Knockbridge | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 100% | 74% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.2 km per km² | 1.0 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0% | 3.6% | 1.8% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0.7% | 1.7% | 2.7% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Over the coming week, highs run from 7°C to 11°C, with Thursday the warmest. Knockbridge’s averages for November set the scene: the usual high is 11°C, the usual low 4°C. Today stays dry but breezy, with wind up to 26 km/h and a low of 7°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 2°C | 229 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 178 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 214 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 244 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Commutes averaged 25.9 min, close to Co. Louth’s towns (27 min) and below Irish towns (27.6 min). The car carried just over four in five commuters at the census. The average household earns €68,260 a year before tax.
| Census 2022 | Knockbridge | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | €68,260 | €48,907 | €57,760 |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 69% | 63% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 40% | 41% | 31% |
| Unemployment rate | 10% | 12% | 9.2% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Daily Irish speakers outside school: 0.3%, near Co. Louth’s towns (0.8%) and lower than Irish towns (1.1%). Retirement age and beyond: 11% of residents are 65 or older. One measure of its mix: 18% of residents were born abroad.
51.0% of Knockbridge’s residents are women
387 women and 372 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Knockbridge | Co. Louth | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 29% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 24% | 24% |
| 65+ | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 9.7% | 13% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 33% | 36% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 7.8% | 5.9% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 32% | 30% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Louth and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
With 7 of 29 seats, Sinn Féin are the largest group on Louth County Council, short of the 15 a majority needs. Louth County Council is the council for Knockbridge, and the only one: Ireland has a single tier of local government. Just over three in five voters cast a ballot at the general election.
| Turnout | Knockbridge | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | 61% | 59% |
| Local elections, June 2024 | 48% | 48% | 46% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Scaled to its population, that is 26 inventory buildings for every 10,000 people in Knockbridge. 1 archaeological sites are on the record, lower than both Co. Louth’s towns (105) and Irish towns (11). Homes built before 1919 account for 3.2% of the housing.
| Heritage | Knockbridge | Co. Louth | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 26 | 88 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 1 | 105 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Knockbridge; with it, the best known within 40 km.
Historic houseMonasterboice High Cross and Round Tower23 km south
Castle · Office of Public WorksCarlingford Castle21 km east
CastleSlane Castle30 km south
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksOld Mellifont Abbey26 km south
CastleCastle Roche7.9 km northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
2 of Knockbridge’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance. The national record lists one archaeological site in and around the town.
3 notable people were born in Knockbridge.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockbridge | 759 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dundalk | 43,112 | 6.6 | C− | B− | C− | C+ |
| Dromiskin | 1,292 | 8.1 | — | C | A− | B |
| Castlebellingham-Kilsaran | 1,232 | 11 | — | B− | A− | C+ |
| Ardee | 5,478 | 14 | C | B− | C | B− |
| Carrickmacross Monaghan | 5,745 | 15 | B | B+ | C+ | B+ |
| Dunleer | 2,143 | 18 | — | B− | C− | C |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
The median age in Knockbridge is 36.8, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Louth
Knockbridge has 759 people, in the area of Louth County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).