Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0More households of parents with children than 92% of Irish towns: 55%
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 83%, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. Households in flats: 3.5% of the total. Newport has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 80% of Irish towns, at 9.7%. The 2022 Census counted 2,183 residents in 768 households.
What stands out about the people of Newport
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 13% lone parents with children, more than in 92% of Irish towns; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A student town
13% of residents aged 15 and over are students, more than in 86% of Irish towns; Ireland’s towns 10%. 13% of residents are 15 to 24. Social class & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: CSO Census 2022.
A change of +7% since 2016 leaves Newport behind 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +5% across Co. Tipperary’s towns.
Half of Newport is under 36, younger than 71% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
10–14 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Across Newport, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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. Tipperary 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Newport ranks above 86% of Irish towns on students among residents 15 and over: 13%
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
46% of Newport’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 12% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 4.2%.
Newport sits below 87% of Irish towns for shared households of unrelated adults (2.6%)
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Tipperary’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
The average household has 2.9 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults make up 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Locally, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 82% of Irish towns, at 8.5%
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 89%, nothing for 9.6% (typical: 7.6%). About one household in 12 lives without a car or van. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 74% of Irish towns.
Half above, half below €62,860 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.
The median household earns €62,860 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). That compares with €52,760 across Co. Tipperary.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 14% in Newport, less 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 largest groups were born in the UK (5.1%) and outside the EU and UK (3.9%). Measured more widely, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. At 8.2%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is lower than in 86% of Irish towns.
Only 0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Newport
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
The highest share in Co. Tipperary belongs to Thurles (1.4%). The wider picture: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns. In all, 919 residents aged 3 and over (46%) can speak Irish.
11% said they have no religion, fewer than in 91% 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: 88% of Newport · Co. Tipperary’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Where 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, Newport has 88%. After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (6.6%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.1%) and Other, including mixed (1.1%). The share of residents with no religion across Ireland’s towns is 17%.
Newport: 35% of residents 15 and over are married, above 58% 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.
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 4.6%, from the figure across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Degree or higher: 36% of adults
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate: 11% of adults. Primary level or earlier: 7.8%, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns.
Newport is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 2,183 | — | 36 | 9.7% | 55% |
| Castleconnell | 2,488 | 6.3 km | 38.5 | 14% | 50% |
| Moroe | 1,432 | 6.3 km | 35.2 | 8% | 57% |
| Annacotty | 3,398 | 9.8 km | 35 | 8.7% | 43% |
| Killaloe | 1,666 | 11.4 km | 41 | 19% | 37% |
| Castletroy | 15,093 | 11.4 km | 29 | 9.2% | 32% |
| Ballina | 2,959 | 11.7 km | 39.6 | 11% | 54% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Tipperary’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Tipperary’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 Newport’s residents
What is the population of Newport?
Newport had 2,183 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Newport?
The median age is 36. 32% are under 18 and 9.7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Newport?
46% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (919 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Newport?
88% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 14% were born abroad and 8.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Newport?
83% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 6.8% another religion; 5% didn’t say.
Is Newport good for families?
55% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 32% of residents are under 18. Schools near Newport are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Newport?
Median gross household income in Newport was €62,860 in 2022, against €52,760 across Co. Tipperary 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).