Photo: sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0A holiday town: 7% of homes are holiday homes
Residents who describe themselves as White Irish: 91%, above 98% of Irish towns. The 2022 Census counted 250 residents in 96 households. 32% of households are one person living alone. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 94% of Irish towns: 2.1%.
Monamolin grew +12% from 2016 to 2022, faster than 72% 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%.
Monamolin sits below 78% of Irish towns for residents aged 65 and over (10%)
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The median age in Monamolin is 38.1, higher than in 56% of Irish towns. The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with 10% of residents. 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
2.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 98% 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
Among workers, skilled trades stand out: 20%, against a typical 11%. On the census count, 9.4% of residents 15 and over are students. Typically, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
Monamolin ranks above 65% of Irish towns on households of parents with children: 46%
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 Monamolin hold 2.6 people on average (Ireland’s towns: 2.7). Set beside that, 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns.
Only 3.4% of households have no car or van in Monamolin
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
11% of households have no internet access (typical: 7.6%); 80% have broadband. Set beside that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put households in flats at 1% in Monamolin.
€58,790 a year is the median household income here
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
The median household earns €58,790 gross, about the Ireland median (€60,120). For Co. Wexford, the figure is €51,440.
Monamolin ranks below 95% of Irish towns on residents born outside Ireland: 12%
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 (6%), then outside the EU and UK (2.8%). 7.1% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 94% of Irish towns. As a yardstick, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.4% in Monamolin, less 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
Gorey leads Co. Wexford with 0.9%. The comparison figure for daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
A larger share of residents who said they are Catholic than 71% of Irish towns: 75%
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: 91% of Monamolin · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 17% across Ireland’s towns, nearly a fifth of residents said they have no religion here.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 99% of Irish towns, at 8.4%
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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of married residents 15 and over is 34%; Monamolin has 28%. Unpaid carers make up 5.4% across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 20% in Monamolin, less than in 90% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Monamolin’s adults, 3.3% went on to postgraduate study and 11% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). By way of comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Around Monamolin, 1 of 4 towns have a higher median age
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monamolin | 250 | — | 38.1 | 10% | 46% |
| Ferns | 1,317 | 10.9 km | 38.1 | 16% | 43% |
| Courtown | 4,365 | 11.9 km | 39.9 | 15% | 41% |
| Gorey | 11,517 | 14.1 km | 36.4 | 12% | 46% |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 16.3 km | 37.5 | 15% | 41% |
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 Monamolin’s residents
What is the population of Monamolin?
Monamolin had 250 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 12% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Monamolin?
The median age is 38.1. 28% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Monamolin?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (85 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Monamolin?
91% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 12% were born abroad and 7.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Monamolin?
75% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 6% another religion; 6% didn’t say.
Is Monamolin good for families?
46% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 28% of residents are under 18. Schools near Monamolin are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Monamolin?
Median gross household income in Monamolin was €58,790 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).