Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 47.8: Barntown is older than 99% of Irish towns
In Barntown, 1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Residents who said they are Catholic account for 81%. 17% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 82% of Irish towns. Census day 2022: 505 residents and 196 households here.
From 2016 to 2022, 79% of Irish towns grew faster than Barntown: +3%
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.
Medians for comparison: +8% across Ireland’s towns; +11% across Co. Wexford’s towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of Irish towns, at 23%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
15% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.4% in Barntown, less than in 67% 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
46% of Barntown’s residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 12% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of households of parents with children than 64% of Irish towns: 45%
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.
The typical household size is 2.7 people, against 2.7 across Ireland’s towns. The usual figure: 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
2.7% of households have no car or van, below 99% of Irish towns
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 Ireland’s towns, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment; in Barntown, 1%. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 17% across Ireland’s towns. In Barntown, 1.9% of homes are holiday homes.
Median gross household income: €70,300 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 €70,300 a year, 17% more than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Wexford comes in at €51,440 at the median.
Barntown sits below 98% of Irish towns for residents with another country’s citizenship (5.4%)
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 French (2.6%); in all 6.9% speak another language, and 0.6% speak English not well or not at all. Fewer residents born outside Ireland than in 91% of Irish towns: 13%. Residents with another country’s citizenship make up 15% across Ireland’s towns.
Irish: 42% of Barntown’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
There is little gap on daily speakers of Irish outside education: 0.8%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Irish speakers number 198, or 42% of residents aged 3 and over. In Co. Wexford, Gorey has the highest share (0.9%).
Barntown: 93% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, above 98% 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: 93% of Barntown · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (5.2%), Asian or Asian Irish (1.2%) and Black or Black Irish (0.8%). Against that, 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 64% of Irish towns.
Barntown sits above 99% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (46%)
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care; in Barntown, 7.5%. As a reference point, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 36%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
12% of Barntown’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 11% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%).
No nearby town is as old as Barntown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barntown | 505 | — | 47.8 | 23% | 45% |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 3.8 km | 40.6 | 17% | 40% |
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | 8.1 km | 40.1 | 14% | 46% |
| Rosslare | 1,795 | 12.0 km | 45.2 | 24% | 36% |
| Rosslare Harbour | 2,247 | 16.5 km | 42.3 | 19% | 38% |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 19.2 km | 37.5 | 15% | 41% |
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 Barntown’s residents
What is the population of Barntown?
Barntown had 505 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Barntown?
The median age is 47.8. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Barntown?
42% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (198 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Barntown?
93% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 5.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Barntown?
81% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 4.1% another religion; 4% didn’t say.
Is Barntown good for families?
45% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Barntown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Barntown?
Median gross household income in Barntown was €70,300 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).