Photo: Sarah777 at en.wikipedia · Public domain53% of households are parents with children, a share 87% of Irish towns don’t reach
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2.2%, Summerhill is behind 93% of Irish towns on that count. At the 2022 Census Summerhill was home to 947 people in 324 households. The share of households without a car or van stands at 12%. On residents who said they are Catholic, Summerhill sits higher than 77% of Irish towns: 76%.
Growth of +9% since 2016 puts Summerhill ahead of 58% 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 Co. Meath’s towns the median is +11%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 14% in Summerhill, more than in 76% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 10–14: 9.5% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Half of Summerhill’s residents are under 37, younger than in 58% of Irish 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%.
3.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 96% of Irish towns
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
In Summerhill, 12% of residents 15 and over are students, beside 10% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Only 16% of households in Summerhill are one person living alone
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 2.9 people on average; across Ireland’s towns, 2.7. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns.
88% 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
One in ten households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 88% have broadband. Holiday homes: 0.3% of the total. Fewer households in flats than in 56% of Irish towns: 12%.
€61,650 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 €61,650 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Meath, the median is €70,660.
13% of residents are citizens of another country, below 61% 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.
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born outside the EU and UK (5.6%) and in the UK (5.5%). Across the comparison, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. A fifth of residents were born outside Ireland, a lower share than in 57% of Irish towns.
0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 65% 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 326, or 37% of residents aged 3 and over. The benchmark for daily speakers of Irish outside education across Ireland’s towns: 1.1%.
No religion: 14% of residents, a lower share than 69% 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: 82% of Summerhill · Co. Meath’s towns 80% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (13%), Other, including mixed (2.4%) and Black or Black Irish (1.4%). Just over four in five residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 63% of Irish towns. To put it in context, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
In Summerhill, 36% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 61% 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.
5.4% of residents give unpaid care. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 25% in Summerhill, less than in 76% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 9.1% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 13% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Summerhill
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 Summerhill’s residents
What is the population of Summerhill?
Summerhill had 947 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Summerhill?
The median age is 37. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Summerhill?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (326 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Summerhill?
82% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 13% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Summerhill?
76% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 9.5% another religion; 3.3% didn’t say.
Is Summerhill good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Summerhill are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Summerhill?
Median gross household income in Summerhill was €61,650 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).