A median age of 43.1: Oilgate is older than 94% of Irish towns
2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 4.7%. The 2022 Census put Oilgate’s population at 401, in 149 households. In Oilgate, 95% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns.
A change of +7% since 2016 leaves Oilgate behind 52% 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 Co. Wexford’s towns the median is +11%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20% in Oilgate, more than in 87% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 14% of residents, against 12% across Ireland’s towns. 40–44 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents.
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 2.8% in Oilgate, less 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
In Oilgate, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 27% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 17%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Ireland’s towns.
A lower share of households of parents with children than 60% of Irish towns, at 41%
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.
The average household has 2.7 people. At 24%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 12% in Oilgate, less than in 70% of Irish towns
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
1.2% of homes are holiday homes; across Ireland’s towns the figure is 0.2%. Set beside that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns.
Median gross household income: €59,910 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €59,910 a year before tax, the median household income is near that of Ireland (€60,120). Co. Wexford as a whole has a median of €51,440.
Only 8.2% of residents were born outside Ireland in Oilgate
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.
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the UK (4.8%) and outside the EU and UK (2%). Fewer residents with another country’s citizenship than in 98% of Irish towns: 5.3%. Residents born outside Ireland: 22% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
A lower share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 96% of Irish towns, at 0.5%
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 132 residents (35% of those aged 3 and over). Across Ireland’s towns, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education. The highest share in Co. Wexford belongs to Gorey (0.9%).
Oilgate sits above 95% of Irish towns for residents who said they are Catholic (83%)
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: 95% of Oilgate · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Here 13% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across Ireland’s towns is 17%. As a yardstick, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns.
Above 99% of Irish towns: 8% of residents give unpaid care
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.
Married residents 15 and over account for 34%. Elsewhere, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
Adults with a degree or higher make up 21% in Oilgate, less than in 88% 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 6.6% of adults here, while 20% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). For adults with a degree or higher, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Oilgate is younger than 1 of its 5 nearest neighbours
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oilgate | 401 | — | 43.1 | 20% | 41% |
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | 6.8 km | 40.1 | 14% | 46% |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 9.9 km | 37.5 | 15% | 41% |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 10.5 km | 40.6 | 17% | 40% |
| Ferns | 1,317 | 18.7 km | 38.1 | 16% | 43% |
| Rosslare | 1,795 | 19.2 km | 45.2 | 24% | 36% |
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 Oilgate’s residents
What is the population of Oilgate?
Oilgate had 401 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 7% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Oilgate?
The median age is 43.1. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Oilgate?
35% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (132 people), and 0.5% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Oilgate?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 8.2% were born abroad and 5.3% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Oilgate?
83% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 3.9% another religion; 4% didn’t say.
Is Oilgate good for families?
41% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Oilgate are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Oilgate?
Median gross household income in Oilgate was €59,910 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).