Photo: Spideog · CC BY-SA 4.0Moate: 79% of residents said they are Catholic, above 87% of Irish towns
Half of Moate’s residents are over 39, older than in two thirds of Irish towns. This Co. Westmeath town is home to 3,013 residents in 1,141 households, by the 2022 Census. The census found that 14% of households have no car or van in the town. In Moate the average household is 2.6 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns.
Since 2016, Moate has grown +14%, faster than 80% 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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Westmeath’s towns.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of Irish towns: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 14%; Moate has 15%. No age band is larger than 40–44: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Moate, 39. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Westmeath 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 9.1%, a lower share than 77% 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
In Moate, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 35% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 15%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Here, 6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 6.2% in Moate, more than in 63% 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.
Across Moate, 44% of households are parents with children. 24% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 50% of Irish towns.
88% of homes are houses
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
Across Moate, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes. Lower than in just over half of Irish towns: 12% of households live in a flat or apartment.
The middle household earns €53,180 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €53,180 a year, 12% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Westmeath has a median of €57,430.
Residents born outside Ireland make up 18% in Moate, less than in 69% 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 largest groups were born outside the EU and UK (5.8%) and in the UK (5.1%). Typically, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 12% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 67% of Irish towns.
In Moate, 0.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 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
Within Co. Westmeath, Mullingar has the largest share, 0.9%. Elsewhere, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Below 79% of Irish towns: 13% 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: 82% of Moate · Co. Westmeath’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (9%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.4%) and Other, including mixed (3.2%). Just over four in five residents describe themselves as White Irish, a higher share than in 63% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 57% of Irish towns: 35%
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.
On unpaid carers, 5% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
35% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 54% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
12% of Moate’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 9.8% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Set beside that, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
41 towns of 2,649 to 3,454 people: this is the 18th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
At the ends of the range sit Kilbarry (30.4), the youngest, and Ballybrack (45.5), the oldest. Nearest to Moate in age: Bailieborough (38.2), Claddagh (38.9), Skibbereen (39.2) and Mayfield (39.3).
Moate is younger than 1 of its 5 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moate | 3,013 | — | 39 | 15% | 44% |
| Clara | 3,403 | 9.5 km | 37.6 | 15% | 45% |
| Athlone | 22,869 | 15.0 km | 36.4 | 13% | 40% |
| Kilbeggan | 1,575 | 15.2 km | 35.6 | 12% | 45% |
| Ferbane | 1,324 | 16.1 km | 42.6 | 22% | 41% |
| Ballymahon | 1,714 | 18.8 km | 37.3 | 15% | 38% |
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 Moate’s residents
What is the population of Moate?
Moate had 3,013 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Moate?
The median age is 39, older than 67% of Irish towns. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Moate?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (974 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Moate?
82% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 18% were born abroad and 12% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Moate?
79% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 8.4% another religion; 11% didn’t say.
Is Moate good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 25% of residents are under 18. Schools near Moate are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Moate?
Median gross household income in Moate was €53,180 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).