Photo: Alex Passmore · CC BY-SA 2.0Arthurstown is older than 99% of Irish towns: a median age of 46.4
34% of homes are holiday homes; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 0.2%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 89% here, more than in 96% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 149 residents in 72 households. Locally, nearly two in five households are one person living alone.
Arthurstown’s population changed by +10% since 2016, more than in 61% 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.
The median change is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Wexford’s towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of Irish towns: 27%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
6% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (Ireland’s towns: 12%). For comparison, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
4.8% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 99% 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
Across Ireland’s towns, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Arthurstown, 29% and 15%. The census found that one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in the town.
Households here average 2 people, below 99% of Irish towns
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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 5.6%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. 32% of households are parents with children, a lower share than in 84% of Irish towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 74% of Irish towns: 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The benchmark for households without a car or van across Ireland’s towns: 17%. Broadband: four in five households. No internet at all: 16% (typical: 7.6%).
A median household income of €50,280 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 €50,280 a year before tax: 16% under the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Wexford, the figure is €51,440.
7.2% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 93% 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.
Born outside Ireland: 17% of residents, against 22% across Ireland’s towns. The comparison figure for residents with another country’s citizenship is 15% across Ireland’s towns. Another language is spoken at home by 4.1%, most often Polish (1.3%); 0.7% speak English not well or not at all.
Of Arthurstown’s residents, 35% 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
Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. 45 residents, 35% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish.
In Arthurstown, 78% of residents said they are Catholic, more than in 85% of Irish towns
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: 89% of Arthurstown · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (6.8%), Other, including mixed (3%) and Black or Black Irish (0.8%). Across Ireland’s towns, residents who said they are Catholic come to 71%. Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, nearly a fifth of residents said they have no religion here.
Married residents 15 and over: 39%, a higher share than 84% of Irish towns
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.
The share of unpaid carers stands at 5.4%. 47% of Arthurstown’s residents 15 and over are single and 39% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Only 31% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Arthurstown
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 Arthurstown, 12%, and 9.2% hold a postgraduate qualification. Elsewhere, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Arthurstown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthurstown | 149 | — | 46.4 | 27% | 32% |
| Grantstown and Ballinakill | 9,571 | 8.0 km | 42.5 | 18% | 47% |
| Grange Upper | 2,510 | 9.5 km | 37.2 | 13% | 46% |
| Grange | 4,109 | 9.6 km | 38 | 13% | 47% |
| Ferrybank | 5,766 | 9.9 km | 36.5 | 11% | 53% |
| Dunmore East | 1,731 | 10.7 km | 42.6 | 16% | 43% |
| Waterford City Centre | 9,031 | 10.9 km | 38.8 | 17% | 24% |
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 Arthurstown’s residents
What is the population of Arthurstown?
Arthurstown had 149 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Arthurstown?
The median age is 46.4. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Arthurstown?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (45 people), and 0% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Arthurstown?
89% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 7.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Arthurstown?
78% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 3% another religion; 10% didn’t say.
Is Arthurstown good for families?
32% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 18% of residents are under 18. Schools near Arthurstown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Arthurstown?
Median gross household income in Arthurstown was €50,280 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).