Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.07.7% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 88% of Irish towns
By its share of households of parents with children (51%), Roundwood is above just over four fifths of Irish towns. Its 302 households held 907 residents at the 2022 Census. Locally, 87% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 8.3%, fewer than in 72% of Irish towns.
Growth of +9% since 2016 puts Roundwood ahead of 57% 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. Wicklow’s towns the median is +13%, and across Ireland’s towns +8%.
A median age of 34.9: Roundwood is younger than 81% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
The largest age band is 40–44: 11% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 14% in Roundwood.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wicklow 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over make up 12% in Roundwood, more than in 80% 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 Roundwood, the professional, managerial and technical classes take in 33% of residents and the semi-skilled and unskilled classes 19%, against 34% and 15% across Ireland’s towns. Across Roundwood, 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
3 people per household, more than in 88% 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.
In Roundwood, 3.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 22%, fewer than in 63% of Irish towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 81% of Irish towns: 8.7%
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
The figure for holiday homes is 1.2% in Roundwood and 0.2% across Ireland’s towns. Across Ireland’s towns, 17% of households have no car or van.
Median gross household income: €65,110 a year
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
At €65,110 a year before tax, the median household income is 8% above that of Ireland (€60,120). Countywide in Co. Wicklow, the median is €64,080.
Only 13% of Roundwood’s residents were born outside Ireland
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.
9.1% speak another language at home, most often Polish (1.3%); 0.8% speak English not well or not at all. Residents born outside Ireland make up 22% across Ireland’s towns. Lower than in 91% of Irish towns: 7.4% of residents are citizens of another country.
Irish: 36% of Roundwood’s residents can speak it
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
Within Co. Wicklow, Bray has the largest share, 1.4%. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are rarer here than in 74% of Irish towns.
A higher share of residents who said they are Catholic than 62% of Irish towns, at 73%
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: 87% of Roundwood · Co. Wicklow’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Nearly a fifth of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. After White Irish, the largest groups are Other White (5.9%), Other, including mixed (3.6%) and Asian or Asian Irish (2%). Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents who said they are Catholic is 71%.
Married residents 15 and over: 29%, a lower share than 82% 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.
Unpaid carers: 4.1% here and 5.4% across Ireland’s towns. To put it in context, 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Roundwood sits below 70% of Irish towns for adults with a degree or higher (28%)
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
Of Roundwood’s adults, 8% went on to postgraduate study and 11% left at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The wider picture: 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
Every neighbour of Roundwood has an older population
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roundwood | 907 | — | 34.9 | 7.7% | 51% |
| Newtownmountkennedy | 3,539 | 7.8 km | 35.5 | 10% | 58% |
| Kilpedder | 1,248 | 9.5 km | 43.1 | 18% | 51% |
| Ashford | 1,892 | 9.6 km | 38.6 | 15% | 50% |
| Newcastle | 1,010 | 10.7 km | 43.3 | 17% | 47% |
| Kilcoole | 4,569 | 11.8 km | 37.8 | 12% | 58% |
| Kilmacanogue | 1,240 | 12.6 km | 43.1 | 18% | 45% |
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 Roundwood’s residents
What is the population of Roundwood?
Roundwood had 907 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 9% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Roundwood?
The median age is 34.9. 33% are under 18 and 7.7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Roundwood?
36% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (301 people), and 0.8% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Roundwood?
87% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 7.4% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Roundwood?
73% are Catholic, 19% have no religion and 8.3% another religion; 4.7% didn’t say.
Is Roundwood good for families?
51% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 33% of residents are under 18. Schools near Roundwood are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Roundwood?
Median gross household income in Roundwood was €65,110 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).