Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0A lower share of households in flats than 82% of Irish towns, at 6.4%
Residents who said they are Catholic make up 76%, against 71% across Ireland’s towns. On one-person households, Enniscorthy sits higher than 70% of Irish towns: 28%. At the 2022 Census, 12,310 people lived locally, in 4,661 households. There are 7% more residents than in 2016.
A change of +7% since 2016 leaves Enniscorthy behind 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the typical town changed +8%; across Co. Wexford’s towns, +11%.
Younger than 52% of Irish towns: half of Enniscorthy is under 37.5
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 35–39, with 7.7% of residents. Enniscorthy has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than nearly three fifths of Irish towns, at 12%. In Wexford, the oldest of Co. Wexford’s towns by this measure, it is 17%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ Enniscorthy, 37.5. The typical town is 37.6.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
Below 94% of Irish towns: 7.9% of residents 15 and over are students
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, just over a third of residents are in the professional, managerial and technical classes and 15% in the semi-skilled and unskilled classes; in Enniscorthy, 24% and 23%. 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
2.6 people per household, fewer than in 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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.8%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 41% of households are parents with children.
22% of households have no car or van, a share 71% of Irish towns don’t reach
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
82% have broadband at home and 15% no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Compared with other places, holiday homes are common here: 1%, more than in 84% of Irish towns. Typically, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Median gross household income: €42,430 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €42,430 sits 29% below Ireland (€60,120). County median: €51,440 (Co. Wexford).
20% born outside Ireland, fewer than in 59% 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.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are elsewhere in the EU (5.5%) and in the UK (4.8%). Against that, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents with another country’s citizenship are rarer here than in 52% of Irish towns.
Fewer daily speakers of Irish outside education than 82% of Irish towns: 0.7%
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
The ability to speak Irish extends to 3,311 residents (30% of those aged 3 and over). The highest share in Co. Wexford belongs to Gorey (0.9%). Measured more widely, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 81% of Irish towns, at 13%
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: 78% of Enniscorthy · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (12%), Other, including mixed (3.6%) and Asian or Asian Irish (2.6%). Higher than in 52% of Irish towns: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. As a reference point, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of married residents 15 and over than 71% of Irish towns: 32%
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.
On the census count, 5.5% of residents give unpaid care. 57% of Enniscorthy’s residents 15 and over are single and 32% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
A smaller share of adults with a degree or higher than 90% of Irish towns: 19%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
At the top, 5.1% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 17% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, adults with a degree or higher come to 36%.
Ranked by age, 20th oldest of 41 towns this size
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
The youngest is Clonskeagh (29.4) and the oldest Foxrock (44.7). Nearest to Enniscorthy in age: Rush (37.1), Cabra East (37.5), Whitehall (37.6) and Mallow (38.6).
Enniscorthy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | — | 37.5 | 15% | 41% |
| Ferns | 1,317 | 10.5 km | 38.1 | 16% | 43% |
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | 15.8 km | 40.1 | 14% | 46% |
| Bunclody | 2,053 | 17.0 km | 37.9 | 17% | 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 Enniscorthy’s residents
What is the population of Enniscorthy?
Enniscorthy had 12,310 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Enniscorthy?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 52% of Irish towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Enniscorthy?
30% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (3,311 people), and 0.7% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Enniscorthy?
78% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 20% were born abroad and 15% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Enniscorthy?
76% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 11% another religion; 7.6% didn’t say.
Is Enniscorthy good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Enniscorthy are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Enniscorthy?
Median gross household income in Enniscorthy was €42,430 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).