Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of Irish towns: half of Redcross is over 43.5
1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. One-person households account for 11%. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 99% of Irish towns. There were 83 households in Redcross at the 2022 Census, home to 256 residents.
Redcross changed by +4% from 2016 to 2022, behind 76% 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.
Elsewhere, the median is +8% across Ireland’s towns and +13% across Co. Wicklow’s towns.
In Redcross, 20% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 97% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 50–54: 17% of residents, 2.8 times the share across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns. Here, 13% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wicklow 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
More students among residents 15 and over than 95% of Irish towns: 17%
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 managers, directors and senior officials, against a typical 7.8%. Lower than in 97% of Irish towns: 3.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. On average, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Larger households than 95% of Irish towns: 3.1 people on average
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.
Where 43% of households are parents with children across Ireland’s towns, Redcross has 51%.
Only 6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Redcross
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
Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns. The benchmark for households in flats across Ireland’s towns: 12%. Most homes are connected: 83% have broadband, and 6.4% have no internet (typical: 7.6%).
Median household income: €63,500 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €63,500 sits 6% above Ireland (€60,120). Co. Wicklow as a whole has a median of €64,080.
In Redcross, 17% of residents were born outside Ireland, fewer than in 78% of Irish towns
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.
Most residents from abroad were born in the UK (7.5%) or outside the EU and UK (4.7%). As a reference point, just over a fifth of residents were born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns. 10% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 75% of Irish towns.
A lower share of daily speakers of Irish outside education than 99% of Irish towns, at 0.4%
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
Speakers of Irish: 95 residents, nearly two fifths of those aged 3 and over. The highest share in Co. Wicklow belongs to Bray (1.4%). For daily speakers of Irish outside education, the comparison across Ireland’s towns is 1.1%.
In Redcross, 86% of residents describe themselves as White Irish, more than in 82% 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: 86% of Redcross · Co. Wicklow’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion tops 63% of Irish towns: 19%. Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish is 78%. For Redcross, the census puts residents who said they are Catholic at 60%.
8.2% of residents give unpaid care, a share 99% of Irish towns don’t reach
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.
Compared with 34% across Ireland’s towns, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married here. By way of comparison, 5.4% of residents give unpaid care across Ireland’s towns.
35% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher, below 51% of Irish towns
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Students still in education make up 21% of residents 15 and over. On average, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns. Postgraduate qualifications are held by just over one in ten adults here, while 11% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns).
Every neighbour of Redcross has a younger population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
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 Redcross’s residents
What is the population of Redcross?
Redcross had 256 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Redcross?
The median age is 43.5. 23% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Redcross?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (95 people), and 0.4% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Redcross?
86% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 17% were born abroad and 10% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Redcross?
60% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 21% another religion; 3.5% didn’t say.
Is Redcross good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 23% of residents are under 18. Schools near Redcross are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Redcross?
Median gross household income in Redcross was €63,500 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).