Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Between 2016 and 2022, its population grew by 9%. A town of 947 in Co. Meath.
Prices run to a median €460,000, 7.5 times local household income. The car is not the only way to work here: 13% of commuters walk, cycle or use public transport. A degree is held by a quarter of adults.
Summerhill has no grades yet: Irish towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The 2 things Summerhill does most differently from other towns.
2 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Summerhill.
An estimated 3.4% of homes in Summerhill have radon above the reference level. No part of Summerhill is mapped as high landslide susceptibility. Very few of its homes sit on low ground by water.
| Share of homes | Summerhill | Co. Meath | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
The annual mean in Summerhill is 9.8°C. The nearest weather station is Dunsany, 6 km away. November is the wettest month here, with 91 mm of rain on average.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Summerhill | Co. Meath | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 1.9°C | 2.1°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 9.8°C | 9.9°C | 10.3°C |
| Rain a year | 876 mm | 855 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
For its ages, Summerhill has 109 people with a disability for every 100 expected, higher than Co. Meath’s towns (103) and near Irish towns (106). 22% of residents in Summerhill live with a disability. Asked at the census, 88% of residents of Summerhill said they were in good or very good health.
| Census 2022 | Summerhill | Co. Meath | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 88% | 91% | 88% |
| With a disability | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.5% | 1.6% | 2% |
| Unpaid carers | 5.4% | 4.8% | 5.4% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
54% of households own their home, below both Co. Meath’s towns (74%) and Irish towns (61%). The private rented sector houses 18% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| New homes | €560,000 | 31 |
| Second-hand homes | €310,000 | 49 |
| The last 12 months | €460,000 | 69 |
| Housing | Summerhill | Co. Meath | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households in social housing | 26% | 9% | 13% |
| Households owning their home | 54% | 74% | 61% |
| Median sale price | €460K | €375K | €350K |
| Households renting privately | 18% | 15% | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
A park or green space is within 400 m for 100% of homes. Its paths and tracks come to 0.2 km per km², below both Co. Meath’s towns (1.3 km per km²) and Irish towns (2.1 km per km²). Summerhill offers 6.0 ha of green space per 1,000 residents.
| Outdoors | Summerhill | Co. Meath | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 7.6% | 1% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.2 km per km² | 1.3 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Near a park | 100% | 95% | 92% |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Summerhill’s November average makes a useful yardstick: afternoons reach 10°C, nights fall to 4°C. There may be a drop or two today, little to measure, with wind freshening to 25 km/h and a low of 8°C. The heaviest rain of the week is due on Tuesday, around 7 mm.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 8°C | 2°C | 226 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 5°C | 180 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 218 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 7°C | 252 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Commutes averaged 30.2 min, between Co. Meath’s towns (32.9 min) and Irish towns (27.6 min). 65% of people aged 15 to 64 were in work at the census. At the census, nearly one in ten workers worked mainly from home.
| Census 2022 | Summerhill | Co. Meath | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 12% | 7.3% | 9.2% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 65% | 70% | 68% |
| Average trip | 30.2 min | 32.9 min | 27.6 min |
| Median household income | €61,650 | €73,360 | €57,760 |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
Those 65 and older account for 12% of residents. 21% are under 15, lower than Co. Meath’s towns (24%) yet higher than Irish towns (20%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 14% of the population.
51.7% of Summerhill’s residents are women
490 women and 457 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Summerhill | Co. Meath | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 24% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 12% | 9.2% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 13% | 7.7% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.1% | 7% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 25% | 36% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Meath and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
At the last local elections, 44% of voters went to the polls. Meath County Council is the council for Summerhill, and the only one: Ireland has a single tier of local government. Independent lead Meath County Council with 11 of 40 seats, but no party has a majority: 21 are needed.
| Turnout | Summerhill | Co. Meath | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 44% | 47% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 58% | 60% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
2 archaeological sites are on the record, lower than both Co. Meath’s towns (24) and Irish towns (11). 5.4% of homes date from before 1919. 7 of Summerhill’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance.
| Heritage | Summerhill | Co. Meath | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 74 | 29 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 2 | 24 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 5.4% | 1.4% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
3 schools lie within 3 km of Summerhill: 3 primary schools.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dangan Mixed N.S. Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 228 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Summerhill | Co. Meath | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 0% | 35% |
| Pupils since 2019/20 | +9% | +4% | +4% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Results by school aren’t published in Ireland, so the cards carry none.
One place to visit is mapped within 5 km of Summerhill; with it, the best known within 40 km.
CastleDangan Castle2.4 km outside town, to the northwest
Castle · Office of Public WorksTrim Castle8.9 km northwest
Big drawMuseumNational Museum of Ireland35 km southeast · 783K visitors a year
CathedralSt Patrick's Cathedral34 km southeast
Big drawZooDublin Zoo31 km southeast · 1.3M visitors a year (2022)
MuseumNational Library of Ireland35 km southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
7 of Summerhill’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance. The national record lists 2 archaeological sites in and around the town.
4 notable people were born in Summerhill.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerhill | 947 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trim | 9,563 | 9 | A− | B+ | B− | B |
| Enfield | 3,663 | 10 | A+ | B− | B+ | B |
| Kilcock Kildare | 8,674 | 10 | A+ | B | A− | A− |
| Dunshaughlin | 6,644 | 13 | A | C | A− | A |
| Longwood | 1,685 | 13 | — | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Maynooth Kildare | 17,259 | 15 | A | C | B+ | A |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
9% mostly work from home, and 32% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
The median age in Summerhill is 37, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Meath
Summerhill has 947 people, in the area of Meath County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). 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).