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Its population rose 10% from 2016 to 2022. It is a town of 468 residents in Co. Waterford.
A typical home sold for €400,000, or 8.8 years of the town’s median household income. Its architectural heritage runs to 23 buildings on the national inventory. Residents born outside Ireland: 10%. It skews older: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for Irish towns, so Ardmore has none.
The 3 things Ardmore does most differently from other towns.
31 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ardmore.
2 schools lie within 3 km of Ardmore: 2 primary schools. DEIS, the support scheme, covers half of them, higher than both Co. Waterford’s towns (41%) and Irish towns (35%).
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.N. Naomh Deaglan DEISLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 94 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Ardmore | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −18% | +4% | +4% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 50% | 41% | 35% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · Letters and results are missing here for a reason: Ireland publishes neither school by school.
100% of its homes sit in high-radon areas, above Co. Waterford’s towns (69%) and Irish towns (0%) alike. For a swim, the nearest bathing water is Ardmore Beach, 1 km from Ardmore, rated good in 2025. Few of its homes stand low beside water.
| Share of homes | Ardmore | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| On high landslide susceptibility | 6.2% | 0.2% | 0% |
| In high-radon areas | 100% | 69% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Across the year it averages 11.0°C, close to Co. Waterford’s towns (10.8°C) and above Irish towns (10.3°C). July afternoons in Ardmore average 19.6°C. This Co. Waterford town is 0.2°C warmer over the year than in 1981–2010.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Ardmore | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 4.0°C | 3.4°C | 2.9°C |
| Average temperature over the year | 11.0°C | 10.8°C | 10.3°C |
| July high | 19.6°C | 20.2°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 980 mm | 1,022 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Unpaid caring falls to 7.7% of Ardmore’s residents. At the census, 27% of people here had a disability, above Co. Waterford’s towns (24%) and Irish towns (22%) alike. Weighed against its ages, bad health here runs at 95 per 100 expected.
| Census 2022 | Ardmore | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid carers | 7.7% | 5.6% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 91% | 87% | 88% |
| With a disability | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Owners make up 64% of households, higher than Co. Waterford’s towns (59%) and near Irish towns (61%). Social housing holds 17% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Second-hand homes | €380,000 | 33 |
| Housing | Ardmore | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | €400K | €294K | €350K |
| Households renting privately | 15% | 16% | 22% |
| Households owning their home | 64% | 59% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 17% | 19% | 13% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure
Protected sites cover 2.1% of the land within 5 km, below Co. Waterford’s towns (5.5%) but above Irish towns (1.8%). Per 1,000 residents, Ardmore has 5.4 ha of green space. 4 waymarked trails and greenways begin within 5 km.
| Outdoors | Ardmore | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near a park | 53% | 80% | 92% |
| Sea within 5 km | 58% | 0% | 0% |
| Woodland within 1 km | 0% | 1% | 2.7% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.5 km per km² | 1.1 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Expect about 2 mm of rain with it tomorrow, the wind at 41 km/h and a low of 9°C. Over the coming week, Monday looks wettest, with about 6 mm of rain. Long-term averages for Ardmore put November days at 12°C and November nights at 6°C.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 10°C | 4°C | 275 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 202 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 12°C | 225 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 9°C | 278 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
Household income came to €45,230 a year before tax, below Co. Waterford’s towns (€48,421) and Irish towns (€57,760) alike. At the census, 62% of commuters went by car. Getting to work takes 29.1 min on average.
| Census 2022 | Ardmore | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 29.1 min | 20.4 min | 27.6 min |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 72% | 65% | 68% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 41% | 47% | 31% |
| Median household income | €45,230 | €48,421 | €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.
Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 8.8% of residents, below Co. Waterford’s towns (13%) and Irish towns (12%) alike. Under 15: 16% of residents.
51.9% of Ardmore’s residents are women
243 women and 225 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Ardmore | Co. Waterford | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 22% | 16% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 11% | 12% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 13% | 18% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 39% | 36% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.3% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 32% | 29% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Waterford and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Turnout at the general election came to 56%. With 8 of 32 seats, Independent are the largest group on Waterford City and County Council, short of the 17 a majority needs. One council serves Ardmore: Waterford City and County Council.
| Turnout | Ardmore | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 53% | 48% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 56% | 56% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Homes from before 1919 make up 15.2% of the total. The Sites and Monuments Record lists 31 sites here, higher than both Co. Waterford’s towns (10) and Irish towns (11).
| Heritage | Ardmore | Co. Waterford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 491 | 34 | 48 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 15.2% | 2.6% | 3.4% |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 31 | 10 | 11 |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Ardmore; with them, the best known within 40 km.
CathedralArdmore Round Tower and Cathedralin town
CastleLismore Castle25 km northwest
Abbey or prioryMount Melleray Abbey27 km north
CathedralSt Carthage's Cathedral Lismore25 km northwest
CastleConna Castle30 km northwest
Abbey or prioryMolana Priory11 km northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
23 of Ardmore’s buildings made the national inventory of architectural heritage, all at regional importance. The national record lists 31 archaeological sites in and around the town.
5 notable people were born in Ardmore.
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
The median age in Ardmore is 47.3, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
Ardmore had 468 people at the 2022 census, up from 427 in 2016: 9.6% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
Urban area in Co. Waterford
468 people live in Ardmore, in the area of Waterford City and 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).