Photo: Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 3.0Murntown is older than 99% of Irish towns: a median age of 45.6
The share of households without a car or van is 0.8%, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. Murntown has more residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 98% of Irish towns, at 92%. Census day 2022: 342 residents and 128 households here. The census found that 53% of households are parents with children in the town.
A +3% change since 2016: slower than 77% 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.
Set beside +8% across Ireland’s towns and +11% across Co. Wexford’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 16% in Murntown, more than in 91% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns, against 13% in Murntown. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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%.
Below 94% of Irish towns: 4.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 Murntown, 38% and 16%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.5% across Ireland’s towns.
0.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, households average 2.7 people; in Murntown, 2.7. Census figures put one-person households at 20% locally. Typically, 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across Ireland’s towns.
Few flats: only 0.8% of households in Murntown live in one
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
Where 0.2% of homes are holiday homes across Ireland’s towns, Murntown has 1.4%. The wider picture: 12% of households live in a flat or apartment across Ireland’s towns.
Median gross household income: €66,920 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of households are above €66,920 a year before tax: 11% over the Ireland median (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Wexford, the median is €51,440.
In Murntown, 7.1% of residents are citizens of another country, fewer than in 94% 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.
6.8% speak another language at home, most often Polish (2.3%); 0.9% speak English not well or not at all. Residents born outside Ireland are rarer here than in 85% of Irish towns. Measured more widely, 15% of residents are citizens of another country across Ireland’s towns.
Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 0.3% in Murntown, 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
Irish speakers number 130, or 40% of residents aged 3 and over. Measured more widely, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
Murntown: 80% of residents said they are Catholic, above 91% 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: 92% of Murntown · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (15%), Murntown is below 67% of Irish towns. Across the comparison, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Murntown sits above 85% of Irish towns for married residents 15 and over (39%)
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.
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across Ireland’s towns, at 6.1%. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher: 28%, a lower share than 68% 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, 7.5% of adults have a postgraduate qualification; at the other end, 9.1% finished at primary level or earlier, against 9.7% across Ireland’s towns. Typically, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Murntown
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murntown | 342 | — | 45.6 | 13% | 53% |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 5.9 km | 40.6 | 17% | 40% |
| Rosslare | 1,795 | 9.3 km | 45.2 | 24% | 36% |
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | 12.1 km | 40.1 | 14% | 46% |
| Rosslare Harbour | 2,247 | 13.4 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 Murntown’s residents
What is the population of Murntown?
Murntown had 342 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 3% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Murntown?
The median age is 45.6. 21% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Murntown?
40% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (130 people), and 0.3% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Murntown?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 15% were born abroad and 7.1% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Murntown?
80% are Catholic, 15% have no religion and 5.1% another religion; 1.8% didn’t say.
Is Murntown good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 21% of residents are under 18. Schools near Murntown are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Murntown?
Median gross household income in Murntown was €66,920 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).