Photo: {own} · Public domainCheekpoint is older than 99% of Irish towns: a median age of 50.9
1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 4.7%. Holiday homes: 5.8% of the total. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 10% here, fewer than in 92% of Irish towns.
−2% since 2016: slower than 97% 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 across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Waterford’s towns +9%.
Above 98% of Irish towns: 24% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (15%), Cheekpoint is above 84% of Irish towns. Set beside that, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Waterford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 4.6% in Cheekpoint, less than in 90% 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
Just over one in ten residents 15 and over are students; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 10%. For comparison, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.6 people, below 69% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Waterford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
26% of households are one person living alone (Ireland’s towns: 24%). For Cheekpoint, the census puts households of parents with children at 43%.
Fewer households in flats than 98% of Irish towns: 1%
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
Connected households: 67% on broadband; 20% offline (typical: 7.6%). The wider picture: 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten households have no car or van.
Median household income: €59,620 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €59,620 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Waterford has a median of €51,540.
6.6% of residents are citizens of another country, below 95% 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.
6.8% speak a language other than English at home, French most of all (1.2%); 0.8% speak English not well or not at all. At 17%, the share of residents born outside Ireland is lower than in nearly three quarters of Irish towns. The benchmark for residents with another country’s citizenship across Ireland’s towns: 15%.
Can speak Irish: 39% of Cheekpoint’s residents
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
At 1.3%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. Speakers of Irish: 90 residents, 39% of those aged 3 and over. In Co. Waterford, Dungarvan has the highest share (2%).
In Cheekpoint, 90% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 97% 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: 90% of Cheekpoint · Co. Waterford’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (7.9%), Other, including mixed (1.7%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.4%). On residents who said they are Catholic, Cheekpoint sits higher than 98% of Irish towns: 85%. Typically, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 90% 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.
6.6% of residents give unpaid care (Ireland’s towns: 5.4%). Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
Cheekpoint ranks below 69% of Irish towns on adults with a degree or higher: 28%
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, one in ten adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Cheekpoint, 13%, and 9.3% hold a postgraduate qualification. The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Cheekpoint are all younger
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpoint | 242 | — | 50.9 | 24% | 43% |
| Grantstown and Ballinakill | 9,571 | 6.1 km | 42.5 | 18% | 47% |
| Ferrybank | 5,766 | 6.9 km | 36.5 | 11% | 53% |
| Grange Upper | 2,510 | 7.2 km | 37.2 | 13% | 46% |
| Grange | 4,109 | 7.6 km | 38 | 13% | 47% |
| Waterford City Centre | 9,031 | 8.1 km | 38.8 | 17% | 24% |
| Poleberry | 4,875 | 8.7 km | 36.9 | 17% | 23% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Waterford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Waterford’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 Cheekpoint’s residents
What is the population of Cheekpoint?
Cheekpoint had 242 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% fewer than 2016.
What is the average age in Cheekpoint?
The median age is 50.9. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Cheekpoint?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (90 people), and 1.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Cheekpoint?
90% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 6.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Cheekpoint?
85% are Catholic, 10% have no religion and 5% another religion; 0% didn’t say.
Is Cheekpoint good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 17% of residents are under 18. Schools near Cheekpoint are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cheekpoint?
Median gross household income in Cheekpoint was €59,620 in 2022, against €51,540 across Co. Waterford 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).