Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Campile ranks below 99% of Irish towns on households in flats: 0.7%
78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns, against 92% in Campile. The 2022 Census counted 371 residents in 150 households. Across Campile, 22% of residents are 65 or over. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 95% of Irish towns: 2%.
From 2016 to 2022, 74% of Irish towns grew faster than Campile: +4%
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.
For comparison, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Wexford’s towns.
Older than 89% of Irish towns: half of Campile is over 41.9
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 15–19 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 92% of Irish towns, at 4.4%
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
Here just over one in ten residents 15 and over are students, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 10%. Set beside that, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of households of parents with children than 77% of Irish towns, at 49%
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, 24% of households are one person living alone; in Campile, 28%. Against that, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
Households without a car or van make up 14% in Campile, less than in 67% 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
At 0.6%, holiday homes sit close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
A median household income of €46,820 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Campile’s households have a gross income below €46,820 a year, 22% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Wexford, the figure is €51,440.
11% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 96% 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.
Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (8.1%), then elsewhere in the EU (1.9%). Measured more widely, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than in 97% of Irish towns: 6.1%.
A smaller share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns: 0.3%
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
94 residents, 27% of those aged 3 and over, can speak Irish. As a reference point, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 98% of Irish towns, at 85%
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: 92% of Campile · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
11% of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Across the comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
3.2% of residents give unpaid care, below 95% 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.
Set against 34% across Ireland’s towns, 31% of residents 15 and over are married in Campile. Unpaid carers: 5.4% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 15% in Campile, less than in 96% of Irish towns
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, 9.7% of adults finished at primary level or earlier; in Campile, 20%, and 1.7% hold a postgraduate qualification. As a reference point, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Campile
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campile | 371 | — | 41.9 | 22% | 49% |
| Grantstown and Ballinakill | 9,571 | 10.6 km | 42.5 | 18% | 47% |
| Ferrybank | 5,766 | 10.8 km | 36.5 | 11% | 53% |
| New Ross | 8,610 | 10.9 km | 39.5 | 16% | 40% |
| Grange Upper | 2,510 | 11.6 km | 37.2 | 13% | 46% |
| Grange | 4,109 | 12.1 km | 38 | 13% | 47% |
| Waterford City Centre | 9,031 | 12.2 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 Campile’s residents
What is the population of Campile?
Campile had 371 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Campile?
The median age is 41.9. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Campile?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (94 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Campile?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 11% were born abroad and 6.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Campile?
85% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 4% another religion; 5.9% didn’t say.
Is Campile good for families?
49% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Campile are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Campile?
Median gross household income in Campile was €46,820 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).