Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 98% of Irish towns, at 1.4%
One in ten residents said they have no religion; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 17%. Here, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. On shared households of unrelated adults, Nobber sits lower than 85% of Irish towns: 2.8%. The town’s 143 households held 404 residents at the 2022 Census.
Growth of +8% since 2016 puts Nobber ahead of 51% 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.
Younger than 62% of Irish towns: half of Nobber is under 36.7
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
5–9 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Across Nobber, 14% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Meath 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
Nobber sits below 97% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (3.5%)
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
At 9.1%, the share of students among residents 15 and over is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Nobber households average 2.9 people, larger than in 77% 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.
One-person households make up 20%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Across Nobber, 45% of households are parents with children.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 62% of Irish towns: 15%
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
14% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 85% have broadband. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
€59,140 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €59,140 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Meath comes in at €70,660 at the median.
Residents with another country’s citizenship: 11%, a lower share than 73% 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.
Against a figure of 22% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland in Nobber comes in at 19%. Across Ireland’s towns, residents with another country’s citizenship come to 15%. Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (6.7%) or elsewhere in the EU (6.7%).
In Nobber, Irish is spoken by 28% of residents
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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.8%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. Speakers of Irish: 101 residents, 28% of those aged 3 and over. The highest share in Co. Meath belongs to Athboy (2.4%).
Nobber sits above 69% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (74%)
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: 82% of Nobber · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (15%), Black or Black Irish (1.1%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.1%). Residents who describe themselves as White Irish are more common here than in nearly two thirds of Irish towns. By way of comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Only 3.7% of residents give unpaid care in Nobber
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.
For Nobber, the census puts married residents 15 and over at 34%. About 10 residents (3.7%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
Adults with a degree or higher make up 19% in Nobber, less than in 91% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Nobber’s adults, 5.5% went on to postgraduate study and 19% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Nobber
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobber | 404 | — | 36.7 | 14% | 45% |
| Kingscourt | 2,955 | 10.0 km | 35.2 | 10% | 50% |
| Mullagh | 1,651 | 13.0 km | 34.4 | 10% | 51% |
| Kells | 6,608 | 13.5 km | 38.4 | 14% | 45% |
| Ardee | 5,478 | 14.4 km | 37.7 | 14% | 46% |
| Carrickmacross | 5,745 | 17.1 km | 36.9 | 13% | 42% |
| Bailieborough | 2,974 | 18.0 km | 38.2 | 15% | 43% |
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 Nobber’s residents
What is the population of Nobber?
Nobber had 404 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Nobber?
The median age is 36.7. 31% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Nobber?
28% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (101 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Nobber?
82% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Nobber?
74% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 16% another religion; 5.7% didn’t say.
Is Nobber good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 31% of residents are under 18. Schools near Nobber are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Nobber?
Median gross household income in Nobber was €59,140 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).