Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0In Rampark, 58% of households are parents with children, more than in 96% of Irish towns
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census, 465 people lived in Rampark, in 130 households. Here, nearly one in ten residents said they have no religion. The typical household size is 3.6 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns.
From 2016 to 2022, 78% of Irish towns grew faster than Rampark: +3%
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. Louth’s towns, +10%.
16% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 89% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 37.1, Rampark is younger than 57% of Irish towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 9% locally. In Castlebellingham-Kilsaran, the oldest of Co. Louth’s towns by this measure, it is 19%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Louth 51.4%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 16% in Rampark, more than in 95% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Rampark, 49% and 6.5%. In Rampark, 1.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Fewer people live alone than in 97% of Irish towns: 13% of households
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Louth’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.1% here and 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. For one-person households, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 24%.
Rampark: 2.7% of homes are holiday homes, above 92% 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
96% have broadband at home and 2.5% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €66,660 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are above €66,660 a year before tax: 11% over the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Louth comes in at €54,600 at the median.
Only 3.1% of residents are citizens of another country in Rampark
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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (21%), then outside the EU and UK (1.3%). The usual figure: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Nearly a quarter of residents were born outside Ireland, against 22% across Ireland’s towns.
Above 77% of Irish towns: 1.5% of residents speak Irish daily outside education
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
Some 207 people here, 51% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Elsewhere, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 96%, a higher share than 99% 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: 96% of Rampark · Co. Louth’s towns 86% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Here nearly nine in ten residents said they are Catholic, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 71%. Set beside that, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Beyond White Irish, the biggest groups are Other White (2.9%), Black or Black Irish (0.5%) and Other, including mixed (0.5%).
Married residents 15 and over make up 43% in Rampark, more than in 96% 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.
Census figures put unpaid carers at 5.2% in Rampark. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of adults with a degree or higher than 60% of Irish towns, at 40%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 14% of adults. For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 3%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
2 of the 4 nearest towns are older than Rampark
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rampark | 465 | — | 37.1 | 9% | 58% |
| Carlingford | 1,528 | 6.8 km | 41.1 | 18% | 41% |
| Dundalk | 43,112 | 8.6 km | 36.5 | 14% | 45% |
| Dromiskin | 1,292 | 12.2 km | 36.1 | 10% | 59% |
| Castlebellingham-Kilsaran | 1,232 | 14.3 km | 41.4 | 19% | 41% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Louth’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Louth 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 Rampark’s residents
What is the population of Rampark?
Rampark had 465 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Rampark?
The median age is 37.1. 36% are under 18 and 9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Rampark?
51% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (207 people), and 1.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Rampark?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 24% were born abroad and 3.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Rampark?
89% are Catholic, 8.5% have no religion and 2.1% another religion; 9% didn’t say.
Is Rampark good for families?
58% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 36% of residents are under 18. Schools near Rampark are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Rampark?
Median gross household income in Rampark was €66,660 in 2022, against €54,600 across Co. Louth 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).