Photo: Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0Gormanston is older than 99% of Irish towns: a median age of 53.6
13% of households are one person living alone (Ireland’s towns: 24%). Households in flats: 1.1% of the total. At 93%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is higher than in 98% of Irish towns.
Growth of +9% since 2016 puts Gormanston ahead of 59% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Meath’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 35%, a higher share than 99% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 15–19, with just over one in ten residents, 2 times the share across Ireland’s towns. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
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. Meath 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More students among residents 15 and over than 95% of Irish towns: 16%
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
Compared with 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, 5.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
More households of parents with children than 83% of Irish towns: 52%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. Households here average 2.9 people each.
Below 79% of Irish towns: 8.9% of households have no car or van
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: 0.9%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. In one household in 11 there is no car or van.
€81,410 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.
Half of households are above €81,410 a year before tax: 35% over the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Meath as a whole has a median of €70,660.
12% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 96% 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.
15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns, against 3% in Gormanston. By way of comparison, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (5.7%) or outside the EU and UK (3.4%).
38% of Gormanston 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
Speakers of Irish: 134 residents, 38% of those aged 3 and over. At 0.8%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is lower than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns.
Above 85% of Irish towns: 78% of residents said they are Catholic
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: 93% of Gormanston · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (6.9%), Irish Traveller (0.3%) and Other, including mixed (0.3%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents who said they are Catholic come to 71%. Here 18% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 17%.
More married residents 15 and over than 84% of Irish towns: 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.
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 5.8%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
27% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 74% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Among residents 15 and over, 20% are still studying. Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Primary level or earlier: 7.8%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Gormanston has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gormanston | 380 | — | 53.6 | 35% | 52% |
| Stamullen | 3,720 | 1.9 km | 34.4 | 5.3% | 63% |
| Balbriggan | 24,322 | 4.2 km | 34.9 | 7.8% | 55% |
| Balrothery | 2,282 | 6.6 km | 38.4 | 10% | 59% |
| Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney | 15,642 | 7.5 km | 36.8 | 10% | 53% |
| Skerries | 10,743 | 10.3 km | 40.7 | 16% | 52% |
| Drogheda | 44,135 | 11.3 km | 37.8 | 13% | 47% |
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 Gormanston’s residents
What is the population of Gormanston?
Gormanston had 380 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Gormanston?
The median age is 53.6. 21% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Gormanston?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (134 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Gormanston?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Gormanston?
78% are Catholic, 18% have no religion and 3.5% another religion; 2.1% didn’t say.
Is Gormanston good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Gormanston are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Gormanston?
Median gross household income in Gormanston was €81,410 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).