Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats make up 2.4% in Delvin, less than in 96% of Irish towns
15% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Ireland’s towns: 12%). In Delvin, 51% of households are parents with children. Lower than in 69% of Irish towns: 14% of residents said they have no religion. Its 252 households held 714 residents at the 2022 Census.
A change of +6% since 2016 leaves Delvin behind 60% 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, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Westmeath’s towns, +11%.
Older than 56% of Irish towns: half of Delvin is over 38.1
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
No age band is larger than 15–19: 9.7% of residents, 1.6 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 62% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Westmeath 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
More students among residents 15 and over than 80% of Irish towns: 12%
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
Compared with a typical 8.3%, caring, leisure and other services account for 16% of workers. Set beside that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. In Delvin, 5.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Larger households than 70% of Irish towns: 2.8 people on average
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.
Here, a quarter of households are one person living alone. There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.8%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns.
Delvin ranks below 75% of Irish towns on households without a car or van: 10%
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, 83% have broadband, while 13% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%). Few places have as many holiday homes: 0.7% here, more than in 76% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
A median household income of €53,920 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Gross household income has a median of €53,920 a year here, 10% below Ireland (€60,120). Co. Westmeath comes in at €57,430 at the median.
10% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 76% 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 most common home language after English is Polish (1.7%); in all 13% speak another language, and 1.6% speak English not well or not at all. 19% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 62% of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, residents with another country’s citizenship come to 15%.
0.3% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, below 99% of Irish towns
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. Westmeath belongs to Mullingar (0.9%). 188 residents, 29% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. To put it in context, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Above 65% of Irish towns: 82% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
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: 82% of Delvin · Co. Westmeath’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Across Ireland’s towns, 71% of residents said they are Catholic; in Delvin, 74%. Next after White Irish come Other White (12%), Black or Black Irish (3%) and Asian or Asian Irish (2.3%). As a yardstick, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Half of adults have never married
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.
Census figures put unpaid carers at 5.6% in Delvin. On married residents 15 and over, 34% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns.
In Delvin, 20% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 89% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 6.4% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 16% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Delvin are older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delvin | 714 | — | 38.1 | 15% | 51% |
| Athboy | 2,596 | 11.2 km | 38.8 | 14% | 47% |
| Killucan-Rathwire | 1,574 | 12.1 km | 38.2 | 14% | 50% |
| Ballivor | 1,870 | 12.2 km | 34.2 | 7.2% | 56% |
| Castlepollard | 1,349 | 15.5 km | 39.3 | 17% | 40% |
| Kinnegad | 3,064 | 17.5 km | 33.8 | 7.1% | 54% |
| Oldcastle | 1,409 | 17.9 km | 38 | 13% | 45% |
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 Delvin’s residents
What is the population of Delvin?
Delvin had 714 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Delvin?
The median age is 38.1. 28% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Delvin?
29% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (188 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Delvin?
82% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 19% were born abroad and 10% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Delvin?
74% are Catholic, 14% have no religion and 12% another religion; 6.6% didn’t say.
Is Delvin good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Delvin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Delvin?
Median gross household income in Delvin was €53,920 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).