Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8%, a lower share than 98% of Irish towns
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. Donard’s 94 households held 238 residents at the 2022 Census. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White Irish at 95% here. The share of one-person households tops 93% of Irish towns: 33%.
A +15% change since 2016: Donard grew faster than 82% 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 +13% across Co. Wicklow’s towns.
Donard is older than 85% of Irish towns: a median age of 41.1
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: 9.7% of residents. 18% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 82% of Irish towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wicklow 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
7.9% of residents 15 and over are students, below 94% 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
19% of workers are in skilled trades, against a typical 11%. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. The census found that 5.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Donard.
Households here average 2.5 people, below 79% of Irish towns
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Wicklow’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Across Donard, 44% of households are parents with children.
Donard: 1.8% of homes are holiday homes, above 91% 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
Households without a car or van: 11%, below nearly three quarters of Irish towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 0.2% of homes are holiday homes. The census found that 9.6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Donard.
Household income, middle of the range: €58,640 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
Half of Donard’s households have a gross income above €58,640 a year and half below, close to the median for Ireland (€60,120). Across Co. Wicklow the median is €64,080.
Only 7.6% of residents were born outside Ireland in Donard
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.
4.6% are citizens of another country (Ireland’s towns 15%). Spanish leads the languages spoken at home (0.8%), among the 4.8% who speak another language there; 0.8% speak English not well or not at all. To put it in context, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns.
0.4% of residents speak Irish daily outside education, fewer 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 85, or 37% of residents aged 3 and over. To put it in context, 1.1% of residents speak Irish daily outside education across Ireland’s towns.
No religion: 13% of residents, a lower share than 79% 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: 95% of Donard · Co. Wicklow’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White Irish are Other White (4.7%), Asian or Asian Irish (0.4%) and Other, including mixed (0.4%). Few places have as many residents who said they are Catholic: 76% here, more than in 77% of Irish towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 17% across Ireland’s towns.
Donard ranks above 93% of Irish towns on unpaid carers: 6.7%
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.
In Donard, 34% of residents 15 and over are married. The wider picture: 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
In Donard, 28% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, fewer than in 69% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Donard’s adults, 8.6% went on to postgraduate study and 7.4% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of adults with a degree or higher is 36%.
Donard is older than every town around it
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donard | 238 | — | 41.1 | 18% | 44% |
| Dunlavin | 1,074 | 7.1 km | 38.8 | 19% | 53% |
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | 11.2 km | 38.2 | 14% | 45% |
| Kilcullen | 3,815 | 15.0 km | 36.9 | 10% | 53% |
| Rathvilly | 1,074 | 16.6 km | 37.6 | 13% | 46% |
| Blessington | 5,611 | 17.1 km | 37.6 | 9.7% | 58% |
| Athgarvan | 1,193 | 18.2 km | 37.7 | 9.2% | 57% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Wicklow’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Wicklow’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 Donard’s residents
What is the population of Donard?
Donard had 238 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 15% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Donard?
The median age is 41.1. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Donard?
37% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (85 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Donard?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 7.6% were born abroad and 4.6% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Donard?
76% are Catholic, 13% have no religion and 11% another religion; 0.8% didn’t say.
Is Donard good for families?
44% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Donard are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Donard?
Median gross household income in Donard was €58,640 in 2022, against €64,080 across Co. Wicklow 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).