Photo: Charlie Doolally · CC BY-SA 2.0In Grange Upper, 66% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, fewer than in 84% of Irish towns
One-person households make up 17%, against 24% across Ireland’s towns. Grange Upper’s 909 households held 2,510 residents at the 2022 Census. Households without a car or van account for 8.6%. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 68% of Irish towns.
+4% since 2016, a pace below 72% 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. Waterford’s towns the median is +9%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 86% of Irish towns, at 11%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Grange Upper is 37.2, lower than in 56% of Irish towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 13% of residents are 65 or over. In Lisduggan, the oldest of Co. Waterford’s towns by this measure, it is 25%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Grange Upper, 37.2. The typical town is 37.6.
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. Waterford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
A student neighbourhood: 11% of residents 15 and over are students
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
Across Ireland’s towns, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Grange Upper, 47% and 13%. 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households of parents with children make up 46% in Grange Upper, more than in 66% 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.
Households in Grange Upper hold 2.8 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). Across Ireland’s towns, 43% of households are parents with children.
Below 78% of Irish towns: 7.3% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
At home, 95% have broadband, while 3.7% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). In Grange Upper, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Half of households earn more than €64,950 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 €64,950 sits 8% above Ireland (€60,120). Co. Waterford as a whole has a median of €51,540.
A higher share of residents born outside Ireland than 74% of Irish towns, at 28%
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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (11%) and in India (6.9%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents born outside Ireland is 22%. At 20%, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is higher than in three quarters of Irish towns.
39% of Grange Upper’s residents can speak Irish
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
Some 876 people here, 39% of residents aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 65% of Irish towns.
Residents who said they are Catholic: 65%, a lower share than 73% 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: 66% of Grange Upper · Co. Waterford’s towns 77% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Asian or Asian Irish (17%), Other White (12%) and Black or Black Irish (2.9%). For comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over: 40%, a higher share than 91% 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.
At 5.8%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
46% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, more than in 71% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 16% of adults; primary level or less for 5.9% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
The 13th youngest of 41 towns of 2,510 to 3,211 people
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Ages run from 30.4 in Kilbarry to 45.5 in Ballybrack. Nearest to Grange Upper in age: Virginia (35.8), Blackpool (36.1), Carndonagh (37.4) and Callan (37.6).
Grange Upper sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census neighbourhood.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grange Upper | 2,510 | — | 37.2 | 13% | 46% |
| Grange | 4,109 | 0.7 km | 38 | 13% | 47% |
| Grantstown and Ballinakill | 9,571 | 1.5 km | 42.5 | 18% | 47% |
| Ballytruckle | 6,563 | 1.7 km | 36 | 6.9% | 56% |
| Poleberry | 4,875 | 1.9 km | 36.9 | 17% | 23% |
| Waterford City Centre | 9,031 | 1.9 km | 38.8 | 17% | 24% |
| Ferrybank | 5,766 | 2.5 km | 36.5 | 11% | 53% |
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.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas
Questions about Grange Upper’s residents
What is the population of Grange Upper?
Grange Upper had 2,510 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its neighbourhood, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Grange Upper?
The median age is 37.2, younger than 56% of Irish towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Grange Upper?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (876 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Grange Upper?
66% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 28% were born abroad and 20% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Grange Upper?
65% are Catholic, 17% have no religion and 18% another religion; 6.5% didn’t say.
Is Grange Upper good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Grange Upper are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Grange Upper?
Median gross household income in Grange Upper was €64,950 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 · Neighbourhood figures are TownRatings sums of CSO Small Areas. 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).