Older than 99% of Irish towns: half of Newbawn is over 45.6
88% of residents said they are Catholic; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 71%. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 86% of Irish towns. At the 2022 Census, 183 people lived in Newbawn, in 70 households. For Newbawn, the census puts one-person households at 21%.
Newbawn’s population moved +2% on 2016, less than in 84% 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%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 92% of Irish towns: 21%
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across Ireland’s towns. On average, 14% of residents are 65 or over across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Newbawn.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Newbawn sits below 99% of Irish towns for students among residents 15 and over (5.9%)
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
16% of workers are in administrative and secretarial, against a typical 9.8%. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. Locally, 4.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households here average 2.7 people, below 52% 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.
Locally, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. On households of parents with children, 43% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns.
A higher share of holiday homes than 89% of Irish towns, at 1.4%
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. The share of holiday homes across Ireland’s towns is 0.2%. At home, 80% have broadband, while 18% have no internet access (typical: 7.6%).
Household income, middle of the range: €53,320 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Newbawn’s households have a gross income below €53,320 a year, 11% under the median for Ireland (€60,120). For Co. Wexford as a whole, the figure is €51,440.
A smaller share of residents born outside Ireland than 98% of Irish towns: 8.2%
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.
2.8% of residents are citizens of another country, against 15% across Ireland’s towns. As a reference point, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (6%), then elsewhere in the EU (1.6%).
In Newbawn, 0.6% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer than in 90% 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
The highest share in Co. Wexford belongs to Gorey (0.9%). Speakers of Irish: 59 residents, 34% of those aged 3 and over. Typically, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White Irish than 99% of Irish towns: 96%
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: 96% of Newbawn · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Just over one in ten residents said they have no religion (Ireland’s towns: 17%). The usual figure: 78% of residents describe themselves as White Irish across Ireland’s towns.
Married residents 15 and over make up 38% in Newbawn, more than in 83% 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.
Census figures put unpaid carers at 5.5% in Newbawn. 53% of the town’s residents 15 and over are single and 38% married, against 56% and 34% across Ireland’s towns.
16% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 94% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Postgraduate qualifications are held by 4.6% of adults here, while 19% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The comparison figure for adults with a degree or higher is 36% across Ireland’s towns.
The places around Newbawn
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbawn | 183 | — | 45.6 | 21% | 43% |
| New Ross | 8,610 | 11.4 km | 39.5 | 16% | 40% |
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 Newbawn’s residents
What is the population of Newbawn?
Newbawn had 183 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Newbawn?
The median age is 45.6. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Newbawn?
34% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (59 people), and 0.6% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Newbawn?
96% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 8.2% were born abroad and 2.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Newbawn?
88% are Catholic, 11% have no religion and 1.1% another religion; 2.2% didn’t say.
Is Newbawn good for families?
43% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 19% of residents are under 18. Schools near Newbawn are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Newbawn?
Median gross household income in Newbawn was €53,320 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).