Photo: Shaun Nolan · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents with no religion make up 13% in Mullingar, less than in 80% of Irish towns
With a median age of 36.7, Mullingar is younger than 62% of Irish towns. Households in flats account for 16%. The 2022 Census counted 22,667 residents in 8,173 households. 45% of households are parents with children, against 43% across Ireland’s towns.
A +9% change since 2016: Mullingar grew faster than 56% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Westmeath’s towns.
Only 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Mullingar
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
35–39 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 60% of Irish towns: 13% of residents are 65 or over. In Castlepollard, the oldest of Co. Westmeath’s towns by this measure, it is 17%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Mullingar, 36.7. 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. Westmeath 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 55% 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
By occupation, caring, leisure and other services are over-represented: 11%, against a typical 8.3%. Typically, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns. In Mullingar, 9.8% of residents 15 and over are students.
2.7 people per household, more than in 59% 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.
Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 4.2%, fewer than in 58% of Irish towns. One-person households: 25% of the total.
Mullingar sits below 60% of Irish towns for households without a car or van (15%)
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
Broadband reaches 89% of households; 8.5% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Against that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. In Mullingar, 0.3% of homes are holiday homes.
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.
Before tax, the middle household here has €53,880 a year, 10% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Westmeath the median is €57,430.
17% of residents are citizens of another country, more than in 61% 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.
Polish leads the languages spoken at home (4.3%), among the 22% who speak another language there; 3.2% speak English not well or not at all. Set beside that, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. On residents born outside Ireland, Mullingar sits higher than 59% of Irish towns: 24%.
In Mullingar, 37% of 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
0.9% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, about the same as across Ireland’s towns.
Only 73% of residents describe themselves as White Irish in Mullingar
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: 73% of Mullingar · Co. Westmeath’s towns 79% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Where 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, Mullingar has 75%. By way of comparison, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (15%), Asian or Asian Irish (4.5%) and Other, including mixed (3.3%).
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.
On unpaid carers, 5.1% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. Married residents 15 and over account for 34%.
A lower share of adults with a degree or higher than 56% of Irish towns, at 33%
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 Mullingar, 11%, and 11% hold a postgraduate qualification. As a yardstick, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
In its size band (18,239 to 27,923), the 19th youngest of 41 towns
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Jobstown is the youngest (32.4); Beaumont the oldest (42.9). Nearest to Mullingar in age: Ballymun (36.6), Carrigaline (36.6), Naas (36.9) and Clondalkin (37.1).
A younger town than 3 of the 4 around it: Mullingar
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullingar | 22,667 | — | 36.7 | 13% | 45% |
| Rochfortbridge | 1,498 | 12.4 km | 38.2 | 14% | 53% |
| Killucan-Rathwire | 1,574 | 13.8 km | 38.2 | 14% | 50% |
| Kinnegad | 3,064 | 17.7 km | 33.8 | 7.1% | 54% |
| Castlepollard | 1,349 | 17.9 km | 39.3 | 17% | 40% |
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 Mullingar’s residents
What is the population of Mullingar?
Mullingar had 22,667 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Mullingar?
The median age is 36.7, younger than 62% of Irish towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Mullingar?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (7,322 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Mullingar?
73% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 24% were born abroad and 17% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Mullingar?
75% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 13% another religion; 8.2% didn’t say.
Is Mullingar good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 27% of residents are under 18. Schools near Mullingar are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mullingar?
Median gross household income in Mullingar 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).