Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of Irish towns: 1.4%
78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, against 89% in Slane. Compared with other places, households of parents with children are common here: 52%, more than in 85% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census, 1,445 people lived in the town, in 493 households. Here, 16% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Slane’s population moved +5% on 2016, less than in 70% 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 typical town changed +8%; across Co. Meath’s towns, +11%.
Half of Slane is over 39.2, older than 68% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (13%), Slane is below 58% of Irish towns. In Slane, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Meath 50.7%, Ireland 51.2%.
Slane sits below 88% of Irish towns for residents who moved in within the year (4.7%)
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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Slane, 39% and 16%. On average, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 71% 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.
A household here has 2.8 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. The benchmark for one-person households across Ireland’s towns: 24%.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 73% of Irish towns, at 11%
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
On holiday homes, 0.4% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. In one household in 9 there is no car or van.
€62,260 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.
At €62,260 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Meath, the figure is €70,660.
13% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 89% 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.
The most common home language after English is Polish (2.3%); in all 10% speak another language, and 0.8% speak English not well or not at all. At 7.5%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 90% of Irish towns. The share of residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns is 22%.
0.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 99% 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
Irish speakers number 544, or two in five residents aged 3 and over. The usual figure: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
78% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 85% 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: 89% of Slane · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (7.2%), Black or Black Irish (1.4%) and Asian or Asian Irish (1.3%). 14% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 69% of Irish towns. To put it in context, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 83% of Irish towns, at 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.
Here 6.6% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 5.4%. The usual figure: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
31% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 60% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Across Ireland’s towns, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Slane, 12%, and 11% hold a postgraduate qualification. The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
Slane is older than every town around it
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 Slane’s residents
What is the population of Slane?
Slane had 1,445 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 5% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Slane?
The median age is 39.2. 26% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Slane?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (544 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Slane?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 7.5% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Slane?
78% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 7.1% another religion; 3.7% didn’t say.
Is Slane good for families?
52% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 26% of residents are under 18. Schools near Slane are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Slane?
Median gross household income in Slane was €62,260 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).