Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Collinstown ranks below 97% of Irish towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4%
Compared with 71% across Ireland’s towns, 79% of residents said they are Catholic here. Collinstown counted 351 residents and 142 households at the 2022 Census. For Collinstown, the census puts households in flats at 5.6%. Higher than in nearly two thirds of Irish towns: 27% of households are one person living alone.
A +22% change since 2016: faster than 93% 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 Ireland’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +8%; across Co. Westmeath’s towns, by more than +11%.
A median age of 39.8: Collinstown is older than 77% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 12% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Ireland’s towns. For Collinstown, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 14%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Westmeath 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
7.4% of residents 15 and over are students, below 98% 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
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 10% in Collinstown and 7.5% across Ireland’s towns. Among the working population, skilled trades make up 17%, against a typical 11%.
Households here average 2.5 people, below 76% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Westmeath’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults account for 4.2%. The share of households of parents with children is 42%, against 43% across Ireland’s towns.
In Collinstown, 8.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 81% of Irish towns
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
Holiday homes: 1.2% here and 0.2% across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
A median household income of €53,880 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are below €53,880 a year before tax: 10% under the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Westmeath as a whole has a median of €57,430.
A smaller share of residents born outside Ireland than 69% of Irish towns: 18%
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 its share of residents with another country’s citizenship (11%), Collinstown is below 71% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland. The largest groups were born in the UK (7.1%) and outside the EU and UK (6.6%).
Daily Irish outside education: 1.6% of 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
In all, 110 residents aged 3 and over (35%) can speak Irish. The wider picture: 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Below 75% of Irish towns: 14% of residents said they have no religion
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: 83% of Collinstown · Co. Westmeath’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 78% across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish in Collinstown comes in at 83%. Typically, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (15%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.6%) and Other, including mixed (0.6%).
Fewer unpaid carers than 93% of Irish towns: 3.7%
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.
Married residents 15 and over account for 34%. About 10 residents (3.7%) give regular unpaid care (Ireland’s towns 5.4%).
30% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 64% 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 7.6% of adults; primary level or less for 7.6% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Across Ireland’s towns, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher.
Collinstown is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collinstown | 351 | — | 39.8 | 14% | 42% |
| Castlepollard | 1,349 | 6.8 km | 39.3 | 17% | 40% |
| Oldcastle | 1,409 | 14.2 km | 38 | 13% | 45% |
| Mullingar | 22,667 | 16.1 km | 36.7 | 13% | 45% |
| Killucan-Rathwire | 1,574 | 16.2 km | 38.2 | 14% | 50% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Westmeath’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Co. Westmeath has fewer than five towns of 2,500 or more, so its figure is the median of its towns of 1,000 or more; the national figure is the median of 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 Collinstown’s residents
What is the population of Collinstown?
Collinstown had 351 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 22% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Collinstown?
The median age is 39.8. 27% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Collinstown?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (110 people), and 1.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Collinstown?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 11% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Collinstown?
79% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 7.4% another religion; 7.4% didn’t say.
Is Collinstown good for families?
42% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Collinstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Collinstown?
Median gross household income in Collinstown was €53,880 in 2022, against €57,430 across Co. Westmeath 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).