Photo: C O'Flanagan · CC BY-SA 2.056% of households are parents with children, a share 94% of Irish towns don’t reach
By its share of households in flats (6.2%), Duleek is below 83% of Irish towns. Nearly one in ten residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 84% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census Duleek was home to 4,899 people in 1,563 households. For Duleek, the census puts one-person households at 15%.
What stands out about the people of Duleek
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 13% lone parents with children, more than in 94% of Irish towns; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
Duleek grew +12% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 74% 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 median change is +8%; across Co. Meath’s towns, +11%.
A median age of 35.2: Duleek is younger than 78% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
In Kells, the oldest of Co. Meath’s towns by this measure, it is 14%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Duleek, 35.2. 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. Meath 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
Duleek: 12% of residents 15 and over are students, above 73% 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
Workers here lean to process, plant and machine operatives: 14%, against a typical 7.8%. By way of comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Here, 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
3.1 people per household, more than in 95% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Meath’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
3.5% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 10%, a lower share than 75% 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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 17%. The share of households with broadband is 91%; 7.4% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%).
€61,570 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €61,570 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Meath, the median is €70,660.
18% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 67% of Irish towns
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.
17% speak another language at home, most often Polish (2.1%); 3% speak English not well or not at all. The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%. At 12%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 64% of Irish towns.
Duleek ranks below 99% of Irish towns on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.4%
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 1,390 residents (31% of those aged 3 and over). Typically, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 90% of Irish towns: 11%
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: 83% of Duleek · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%; Duleek has 78%. The town has more residents who describe themselves as White Irish than two thirds of Irish towns, at 83%. As a yardstick, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Below 87% of Irish towns: 4.2% of residents give unpaid care
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.
The share of married residents 15 and over is 36%, against 34% across Ireland’s towns. Against that, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 89% of Irish towns: 20%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 6.2% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 14% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Among 41 towns of 4,315 to 5,552 people, the 11th youngest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 27.5 in Dangan to 44.9 in Fair Hill. Nearest to Duleek in age: Glanmire (34.8), Monasterevin (35.2), Bohernabreena (35.6) and Tullow (36.2).
4 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Duleek
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duleek | 4,899 | — | 35.2 | 8.9% | 56% |
| Kentstown | 1,195 | 7.9 km | 35.8 | 10% | 58% |
| Drogheda | 44,135 | 7.9 km | 37.8 | 13% | 47% |
| Tullyallen | 1,697 | 9.0 km | 33.2 | 6.1% | 67% |
| Slane | 1,445 | 9.7 km | 39.2 | 13% | 52% |
| Stamullen | 3,720 | 10.6 km | 34.4 | 5.3% | 63% |
| Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney | 15,642 | 11.6 km | 36.8 | 10% | 53% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Meath’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Meath’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 Duleek’s residents
What is the population of Duleek?
Duleek had 4,899 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Duleek?
The median age is 35.2, younger than 78% of Irish towns. 30% are under 18 and 8.9% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Duleek?
31% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (1,390 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Duleek?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Duleek?
78% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 11% another religion; 7.5% didn’t say.
Is Duleek good for families?
56% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 30% of residents are under 18. Schools near Duleek are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Duleek?
Median gross household income in Duleek was €61,570 in 2022, against €70,660 across Co. Meath 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).