Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainA lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 95% of Irish towns, at 2%
Across Ireland’s towns, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment; in Castlebridge, 4.6%. The town had 1,850 residents in 714 households at the 2022 Census. The census found that 87% of residents describe themselves as White Irish here. Half of the town’s residents are over 40.1, older than in 79% of Irish towns.
Castlebridge grew +8% from 2016 to 2022, ahead of 54% 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.
14% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 51% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 45–49, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 12%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 72% 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, 34% of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Castlebridge, 38% and 17%. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Households of parents with children: 46%, a higher share than 65% 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.
Against a figure of 24% across Ireland’s towns, the share of one-person households in Castlebridge comes in at 26%. Households of parents with children: 43% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. Average household size: 2.6 people.
Below 79% of Irish towns: 8.9% 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
Here 1.9% of homes are holiday homes, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 0.2%. At the same time, every 11th household or so has no car or van.
€53,000 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €53,000 gross, 12% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Across Co. Wexford the median is €51,440.
Only 17% of residents were born outside Ireland in Castlebridge
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.
Polish leads the languages spoken at home (1.8%), among the 11% who speak another language there; 2% speak English not well or not at all. Compared with other places, residents with another country’s citizenship are scarce here: 9.8%, fewer than in 77% of Irish towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Only 0.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education in Castlebridge
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
Within Co. Wexford, Gorey has the largest share, 0.9%. Across Ireland’s towns, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education.
Castlebridge sits above 80% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (77%)
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: 87% of Castlebridge · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (6.7%), Asian or Asian Irish (3.8%) and Other, including mixed (1.2%). Measured more widely, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. 15% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 67% of Irish towns.
More married residents 15 and over than 70% of Irish towns: 37%
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.
6.4% of residents give unpaid care; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 5.4%. As a yardstick, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
In Castlebridge, 32% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 59% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, nearly one in ten adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 11% 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.
Castlebridge sits below 3 of its 4 closest neighbours on median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | — | 40.1 | 14% | 46% |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 6.3 km | 40.6 | 17% | 40% |
| Rosslare | 1,795 | 13.5 km | 45.2 | 24% | 36% |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 15.8 km | 37.5 | 15% | 41% |
| Rosslare Harbour | 2,247 | 17.5 km | 42.3 | 19% | 38% |
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 Castlebridge’s residents
What is the population of Castlebridge?
Castlebridge had 1,850 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Castlebridge?
The median age is 40.1. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Castlebridge?
38% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (653 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Castlebridge?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 9.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Castlebridge?
77% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 8.4% another religion; 3.6% didn’t say.
Is Castlebridge good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Castlebridge are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Castlebridge?
Median gross household income in Castlebridge was €53,000 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).