Photo: Kenod44 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households of parents with children: 59%, a higher share than 97% of Irish towns
With households without a car or van at 1.9%, Longwood is behind 99% of Irish towns on that count. 1,685 residents in 516 households: that is Longwood at the 2022 Census. One-person households account for 12%. At 79%, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is higher than in 88% of Irish towns.
What stands out about the people of Longwood
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 9.1% lone parents with children, more than in 97% of Irish towns; 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A student town
14% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 87% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 15% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
+6% since 2016, a pace below 60% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Meath’s towns.
7.5% of residents are 65 or over, below 89% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns, Longwood has 15%. Meanwhile, with a median age of 35.4, Longwood is younger than 76% of Irish towns. As a reference point, 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 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Meath 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
A student town: 14% of residents 15 and over are students
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
Set against 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, 4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Longwood. The usual figure: 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 98% of Irish towns: 3.3 people 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.
On the census count, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
2.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 96% 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
Internet at home: broadband for 95%, nothing for 2.3% (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Half above, half below €74,140 a year in household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €74,140 sits 23% above Ireland (€60,120). County median: €70,660 (Co. Meath).
Only 14% of residents were born outside Ireland in Longwood
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.
Another language is spoken at home by 13%, most often Polish (3.6%); 1.6% speak English not well or not at all. Lower than in 85% of Irish towns: 8.5% of residents are citizens of another country. To put it in context, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.7%, a lower share than 82% 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
Some 583 people here, 38% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Across the comparison, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 13% in Longwood, less than in 80% 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: 84% of Longwood · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (9.5%), Asian or Asian Irish (3%) and Black or Black Irish (1.6%). Set beside that, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in 75% of Irish towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 38% in Longwood, more than in 80% 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.
Here, 5.6% of residents give unpaid care. 55% of Longwood’s residents 15 and over are single and 38% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 30% in Longwood, less than in 64% 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, 17% are still studying. To put it in context, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. 7.8% of Longwood’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 6.8% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%).
Longwood is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
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 Longwood’s residents
What is the population of Longwood?
Longwood had 1,685 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Longwood?
The median age is 35.4. 34% are under 18 and 7.5% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Longwood?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (583 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Longwood?
84% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 8.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Longwood?
79% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 8.1% another religion; 6.5% didn’t say.
Is Longwood good for families?
59% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 34% of residents are under 18. Schools near Longwood are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Longwood?
Median gross household income in Longwood was €74,140 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).