Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.031% of households are one person living alone, more than in 86% of Irish towns
The figure for residents who said they are Catholic is 77% in New Ross and 71% across Ireland’s towns. The median age in the town is 39.5, higher than in 73% of Irish towns. There were 3,546 households in the town at the 2022 Census, home to 8,610 residents. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3% of the total.
New Ross changed by +6% from 2016 to 2022, slower than 64% 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.
16% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 65% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. To put it in context, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. In Wexford, the oldest of Co. Wexford’s towns by this measure, it is 17%.
Median age of Irish towns of 2,500+
■ New Ross, 39.5. The typical town is 37.6.
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%.
New Ross sits below 79% of Irish towns for students among residents 15 and over (8.9%)
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
Where 7.8% is typical, process, plant and machine operatives take in 17% of workers. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 6.1% here, fewer than in 72% of Irish towns. On average, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Households here average 2.4 people, below 84% 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.
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns: 43%).
A larger share of households in flats than 67% of Irish towns: 17%
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
Nothing unusual on holiday homes: 0.9%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns. Households without a car or van account for 20%. For households in flats, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 12%.
A median household income of €40,460 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Before tax, the middle household here has €40,460 a year, 33% less than the Ireland median (€60,120). Co. Wexford’s median household income is €51,440.
New Ross sits above 75% of Irish towns for residents with another country’s citizenship (20%)
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 figure for residents born outside Ireland is 25% in New Ross and 22% across Ireland’s towns. Residents with another country’s citizenship: 15% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Poland (10%) and in the UK (4.7%).
A smaller share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 90% of Irish towns: 0.6%
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
Top of Co. Wexford: Gorey, at 0.9%. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of daily speakers of Irish outside education is 1.1%.
13% of residents said they have no religion, below 75% 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: 72% of New Ross · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White Irish, most residents describe themselves as Other White (19%), Other, including mixed (3.1%) and Irish Traveller (3%). As a yardstick, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns. 72% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, against 78% across Co. Wexford’s towns and 78% across Ireland’s towns. It is the lowest share of Co. Wexford’s 5 towns of 2,500+.
In New Ross, 33% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 64% 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.
On the census count, 5.2% of residents give unpaid care. 56% of New Ross’s residents 15 and over are single and 33% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
Below 87% of Irish towns: 21% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
5.1% of New Ross’s adults hold a postgraduate qualification, and 14% finished their education at primary level or earlier (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). Adults with a degree or higher: 36% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
Of 41 towns its size (7,438 to 9,895 people), the 16th oldest
Median age of the Irish towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Grand Canal Dock is the youngest (32.1); Dalkey the oldest (50.3). Nearest to New Ross in age: Kilmore (39), Finglas North (39.4), Walkinstown (39.7) and Monaghan (39.8).
2 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than New Ross
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Ross | 8,610 | — | 39.5 | 16% | 40% |
| Graiguenamanagh-Tinnahinch | 1,506 | 16.7 km | 44.1 | 22% | 39% |
| Ferrybank | 5,766 | 17.3 km | 36.5 | 11% | 53% |
| Waterford City Centre | 9,031 | 18.8 km | 38.8 | 17% | 24% |
| Grantstown and Ballinakill | 9,571 | 19.0 km | 42.5 | 18% | 47% |
| Grange Upper | 2,510 | 19.3 km | 37.2 | 13% | 46% |
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 New Ross’s residents
What is the population of New Ross?
New Ross had 8,610 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in New Ross?
The median age is 39.5, older than 73% of Irish towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in New Ross?
32% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (2,463 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is New Ross?
72% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 25% were born abroad and 20% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in New Ross?
77% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 9.9% another religion; 6.7% didn’t say.
Is New Ross good for families?
40% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near New Ross are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in New Ross?
Median gross household income in New Ross was €40,460 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).