Younger than 97% of Irish towns: half of Adamstown is under 31.5
4.2% of households live in a flat or apartment (Ireland’s towns: 12%). For Adamstown, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 0.8%. This Co. Wexford town has fewer residents with no religion than 99% of Irish towns, at 7.6%. At the 2022 Census, 326 people lived here, in 120 households.
+14% since 2016, a pace 80% of Irish towns didn’t match
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. Wexford’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10%, a lower share than 93% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Compared with 14% across Ireland’s towns, 12% of residents are 65 or over here. In Wexford, the oldest of Co. Wexford’s towns by this measure, it is 17%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Below 72% of Irish towns: 6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
Among the working population, skilled trades make up 20%, against a typical 11%. Locally, nearly one in ten residents 15 and over are students. As a yardstick, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
49% of households are parents with children, a share 76% of Irish towns don’t reach
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Wexford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
In Adamstown the average household is 2.8 people, beside 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. The benchmark for households of parents with children across Ireland’s towns: 43%. Here, a quarter of households are one person living alone.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 73% of Irish towns, at 11%
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
The share of households with broadband is 76%; 17% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. About one household in 9 lives without a car or van.
Household income, middle of the range: €51,960 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
€51,960 a year before tax puts the median household 14% below Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Wexford, the middle household has €51,440.
Below 96% of Irish towns: 12% of residents were born outside Ireland
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.
At home, 10% use another language, chiefly Polish (3.4%), and 0.6% speak English not well or not at all. For comparison, 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Few places have so few residents with another country’s citizenship: 8.1% here, fewer than in 87% of Irish towns.
Irish: 38% of Adamstown’s residents can speak it
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. Wexford belongs to Gorey (0.9%). The ability to speak Irish extends to 109 residents (38% of those aged 3 and over).
More residents who said they are Catholic than 97% of Irish towns: 84%
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 Adamstown · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
After White Irish, the most common groups are Other White (9%), Irish Traveller (3.8%) and Other, including mixed (3.2%). To put it in context, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. 83% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 68% of Irish towns.
Adamstown ranks below 93% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 25%
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.
Unpaid carers: 6.4% here and 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. Elsewhere, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 90% of Irish towns: 20%
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 Adamstown, 18%, and 4% hold a postgraduate qualification. Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
The towns around Adamstown are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adamstown | 326 | — | 31.5 | 12% | 49% |
| New Ross | 8,610 | 15.6 km | 39.5 | 16% | 40% |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 15.7 km | 37.5 | 15% | 41% |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 17.4 km | 40.6 | 17% | 40% |
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | 18.0 km | 40.1 | 14% | 46% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Wexford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Wexford’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.
Questions about Adamstown’s residents
What is the population of Adamstown?
Adamstown had 326 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 14% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Adamstown?
The median age is 31.5. 34% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Adamstown?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (109 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Adamstown?
83% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 8.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Adamstown?
84% are Catholic, 7.6% have no religion and 8.6% another religion; 6.7% didn’t say.
Is Adamstown good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 34% of residents are under 18. Schools near Adamstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Adamstown?
Median gross household income in Adamstown was €51,960 in 2022, against €51,440 across Co. Wexford 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).