Photo: Tad1989 at English Wikipedia · Public domainBridgetown ranks below 96% of Irish towns on households in flats: 2.3%
Households of parents with children make up 48%, against 43% across Ireland’s towns. Bridgetown counted 544 residents and 214 households at the 2022 Census. Residents aged 65 and over account for 11%. Higher than in 73% of Irish towns: 7.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Growth of +10% since 2016 puts Bridgetown ahead of 63% 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.
Bridgetown is younger than 72% of Irish towns: a median age of 35.8
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of residents, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. 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
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 12%, a higher 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
Process, plant and machine operatives stand out among workers: 21%, against a typical 7.8%. Across the comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 5.6%.
Bridgetown households average 2.6 people, smaller than in 64% 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.
In Bridgetown, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone.
1.6% of homes are holiday homes, more than in 90% 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
Nearly one in ten households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 88% have broadband. The comparison figure for holiday homes is 0.2% across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 12% of households have no car or van.
Median gross household income: €44,790 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Households here have a median gross income of €44,790, 26% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Wexford as a whole, the figure is €51,440.
Above 78% of Irish towns: 22% of residents are citizens of another country
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 35%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
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.
19% speak a language other than English at home, Polish most of all (2.8%); 3.9% speak English not well or not at all. Measured more widely, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. More residents born outside Ireland than in just over two thirds of Irish towns: 26%.
0.2% 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
Speakers of Irish: 127 residents, 28% of those aged 3 and over. As a yardstick, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Below 71% of Irish towns: 72% of residents describe themselves as White Irish
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: 72% of Bridgetown · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 17% across Ireland’s towns, nearly a fifth of residents said they have no religion in Bridgetown. Here, just over two thirds of residents said they are Catholic. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78% across Ireland’s towns.
In Bridgetown, 23% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 96% 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.
At 4.6%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns. On average, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Only 13% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher in Bridgetown
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 3.4% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 16% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Bridgetown is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgetown | 544 | — | 35.8 | 11% | 48% |
| Rosslare | 1,795 | 11.7 km | 45.2 | 24% | 36% |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 12.6 km | 40.6 | 17% | 40% |
| Rosslare Harbour | 2,247 | 14.2 km | 42.3 | 19% | 38% |
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | 18.8 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 Bridgetown’s residents
What is the population of Bridgetown?
Bridgetown had 544 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 10% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bridgetown?
The median age is 35.8. 29% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Bridgetown?
28% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (127 people), and 0.2% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Bridgetown?
72% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 26% were born abroad and 22% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Bridgetown?
68% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 14% another religion; 15% didn’t say.
Is Bridgetown good for families?
48% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 29% of residents are under 18. Schools near Bridgetown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bridgetown?
Median gross household income in Bridgetown was €44,790 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).