Find your town in County Wicklow
The 2022 census counted 155,851 residents in County Wicklow. At the top of the towns in County Wicklow stands Greystones-Delgany, #73 among 320 in the country. People in County Wicklow numbered 9.4% more in 2022 than at the 2016 census. The median household income across the county is €64,077 a year (2022). A new tenancy in the county cost €1,730 a month on average in 2025.
What County Wicklow is like
The median ranked town in County Wicklow grades highest on safety and jobs & income against towns across Ireland, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
1 of 9 (11%) grade A− or better, against 25% of Irish towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for County Wicklow, with what drives each gradeCounty report cardHow County Wicklow compares with Ireland’s other counties, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
9 towns · ordered by county rank
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has; the reason it has no overall grade is beside it.
14 smaller places in County Wicklow
With every town of 1,000 or more above, these are the remaining places in County Wicklow, A to Z: each has its page with its figures, too small for grades. The search at the top finds these too.
14 places under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Counties next to County Wicklow
The counties that share a border with it: each one’s places, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about County Wicklow
How do the biggest towns in County Wicklow grade?
Bray grades B− overall, with its best grade in walkability. Next in size, Arklow grades C+, best in cost of living.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (safety, cost of living, health, jobs & income, walkability and hazard risk) from public data, each comparing a town with every town in Ireland of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in County Wicklow, where five or more have an overall grade.
How does County Wicklow compare with the other counties?
On its report card, which sets official figures for the whole county beside how its towns grade, County Wicklow comes 5th of 26 counties overall (A−). It does best on safety and worst on cost of living.
Is every town in County Wicklow on TownRatings?
Yes: every one has its page, listed here from the biggest town to the smallest place; size decides only how many grades a page carries.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Rathdrum, Enniskerry, Ashford, Aughrim and 6 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Greystones-Delgany, 瑞丽江的河水 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Kilcoole, 瑞丽江的河水 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Bray, 瑞丽江的河水 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Wicklow, 瑞丽江的河水 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Blessington, P L Chadwick (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Newtownmountkennedy, Simon Mortimer (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Baltinglass, Eirian Evans (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Arklow, Malone0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Rathnew, Simon Mortimer (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Irish towns against each other only, run #54 of 3 November 2026 · CSO, Census 2022 (population). 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).