Photo: Fred Logue · CC BY-SA 2.0Julianstown sits below 99% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (3.4%)
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns, Julianstown has 18%. The town’s 217 households held 701 residents at the 2022 Census. Residents who said they are Catholic account for 82%. Compared with other places, households of parents with children are common here: 54%, more than in 90% of Irish towns.
Julianstown’s population changed by +13% since 2016, more than in 78% 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.
A median age of 41.1: Julianstown is older than 85% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 11% in Julianstown and 14% across Ireland’s towns. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 12% of residents, 1.9 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Meath 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
More students among residents 15 and over than 95% of Irish towns: 17%
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
By occupation, managers, directors and senior officials are over-represented: 13%, against a typical 7.8%. In Julianstown, 2.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Typically, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Bigger households than 97% of Irish towns: 3.2 people each on average
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.
With one-person households at 15%, Julianstown is behind 91% of Irish towns on that count. Lower than in 78% of Irish towns: 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
100% of homes are houses
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
93% of households are on broadband; 5.9% have no internet connection (typical: 7.6%). Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
€60,770 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.
The median household earns €60,770 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). In Co. Meath overall, the median comes to €70,660.
In Julianstown, 11% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 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.
With residents with another country’s citizenship at 5%, Julianstown is behind 98% of Irish towns on that count. At home, 6.8% use another language, chiefly Polish (0.7%), and 0.4% speak English not well or not at all. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 1.8%, a higher share than 88% of Irish towns
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
Within Co. Meath, Athboy has the largest share, 2.4%. Across the comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
93% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 98% 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: 93% of Julianstown · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
13% of residents said they have no religion; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 17%. Across Ireland’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White Irish come to 78%. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (5.4%), Other, including mixed (1.2%) and Black or Black Irish (0.4%).
Julianstown: 41% of residents 15 and over are married, above 93% 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 5.4% in Julianstown. Typically, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
41% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 62% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
13% of Julianstown’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 7.9% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher. Students still in education make up just over a fifth of residents 15 and over.
Every nearby town is younger than Julianstown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julianstown | 701 | — | 41.1 | 11% | 54% |
| Stamullen | 3,720 | 4.0 km | 34.4 | 5.3% | 63% |
| Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney | 15,642 | 4.2 km | 36.8 | 10% | 53% |
| Drogheda | 44,135 | 7.1 km | 37.8 | 13% | 47% |
| Balbriggan | 24,322 | 8.3 km | 34.9 | 7.8% | 55% |
| Duleek | 4,899 | 9.4 km | 35.2 | 8.9% | 56% |
| Balrothery | 2,282 | 10.8 km | 38.4 | 10% | 59% |
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 Julianstown’s residents
What is the population of Julianstown?
Julianstown had 701 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 13% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Julianstown?
The median age is 41.1. 26% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Julianstown?
48% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (317 people), and 1.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Julianstown?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Julianstown?
82% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 5.3% another religion; 3.1% didn’t say.
Is Julianstown good for families?
54% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Julianstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Julianstown?
Median gross household income in Julianstown was €60,770 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).