Photo: Alex Passmore · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 95% of Irish towns: 82% of residents said they are Catholic
17% of residents are 65 or over (Ireland’s towns: 14%). In Bunclody, 38% of households are parents with children. Few places have as many one-person households: 28% here, more than in 72% of Irish towns. The town is home to 2,053 residents in 751 households, by the 2022 Census.
A +8% change since 2016: faster than 51% 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.
Bunclody ranks below 86% of Irish towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
With a median age of 37.9, Bunclody is older than 52% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. No age band is larger than 35–39: 9.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
7.9% of residents 15 and over are students, fewer than in 94% 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
Nothing unusual on residents who moved in within the year: 6.6%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. By way of comparison, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Above 70% of Irish towns: 7.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
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.
Households in Bunclody hold 2.7 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). The usual figure: 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
Below 65% of Irish towns: 14% of households have no car or van
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
Holiday homes: 1.1%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. About one household in 7 lives without a car or van.
Household income, middle of the range: €44,020 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 €44,020, 27% lower than across Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Wexford has a median of €51,440.
22% of residents are citizens of another country, a share 81% of Irish towns don’t reach
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 Polish (11%); in all 19% speak another language, and 5.1% speak English not well or not at all. The wider picture: 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns. Residents born outside Ireland make up 24%, against 22% across Ireland’s towns.
In Bunclody, Irish is spoken by 32% of residents
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: 532 residents, 32% of those aged 3 and over. At 0.9%, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is lower than in 65% of Irish towns.
In Bunclody, 11% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 88% 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: 67% of Bunclody · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White Irish, the main groups are Other White (18%), Irish Traveller (9.5%) and Asian or Asian Irish (3.3%). Lower than in 82% of Irish towns: 67% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. To put it in context, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
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.
Bunclody sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 4.7%, about the same as across Ireland’s towns. Here, just over a third of residents 15 and over are married.
Adults with a degree or higher: 20%, a lower share than 88% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 6.5% of adults here, while 18% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
2 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Bunclody
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunclody | 2,053 | — | 37.9 | 17% | 38% |
| Ferns | 1,317 | 12.5 km | 38.1 | 16% | 43% |
| Carnew | 1,233 | 12.6 km | 39.6 | 15% | 44% |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 17.0 km | 37.5 | 15% | 41% |
| Tullow | 5,138 | 18.0 km | 36.2 | 12% | 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 Bunclody’s residents
What is the population of Bunclody?
Bunclody had 2,053 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Bunclody?
The median age is 37.9. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Bunclody?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (532 people), and 0.9% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Bunclody?
67% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 24% were born abroad and 22% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Bunclody?
82% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 6.6% another religion; 16% didn’t say.
Is Bunclody good for families?
38% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Bunclody are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Bunclody?
Median gross household income in Bunclody was €44,020 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).