Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of Irish towns: 1.1%
The share of residents who describe themselves as White Irish tops 98% of Irish towns: 92%. With a median age of 40.4, Stratford is older than four fifths of Irish towns. In 2022, the Census found 211 residents here, living in 87 households. 2.3% of households live in a flat or apartment.
−1% since 2016, a pace below 96% 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.
The median across Ireland’s towns is +8%, and across Co. Wicklow’s towns +13%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5%, a lower share than 98% of Irish towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
More residents are 5–9 than any other five-year age: 9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across Ireland’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 68% of Irish towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Ireland’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wicklow 50.8%, Ireland 51.2%.
Students among residents 15 and over: 4.2%, a lower share than 99% 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
14% of workers are in sales and customer service, against a typical 7.8%. To put it in context, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns. On the census count, 4.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
One-person households: 32%, a higher share than 92% 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.
With households of parents with children at 53%, Stratford is ahead of 87% of Irish towns on that count. Typically, 24% of households are one person living alone across Ireland’s towns. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
Only 7.4% of households have no car or van in Stratford
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 share of households with broadband is 75%; 22% have no internet at all (typical: 7.6%). Set beside that, 17% of households have no car or van across Ireland’s towns. Holiday homes are rarer here than in 93% of Irish towns.
Household income, middle of the range: €60,330 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 €60,330 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). That compares with €64,080 across Co. Wicklow.
13% of residents were born outside Ireland, below 93% 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.
Across Ireland’s towns, the share of residents with another country’s citizenship is 15%; Stratford has 6.8%. Residents born abroad were most often born in the UK (8.2%), then outside the EU and UK (2.4%). The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%.
In Stratford, 27% of residents can speak Irish
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
Bray leads Co. Wicklow with 1.4%. Daily speakers of Irish outside education are more common here than in 52% of Irish towns.
No religion: 7.3% of residents, a lower share than 99% 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: 92% of Stratford · Co. Wicklow’s towns 83% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
Where 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns, Stratford has 81%. To put it in context, 17% of residents said they have no religion across Ireland’s towns.
Stratford ranks below 73% of Irish towns on married residents 15 and over: 31%
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.
On unpaid carers, 4.7% here is much the same as across Ireland’s towns. The wider picture: 34% of residents 15 and over are married across Ireland’s towns.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 83% of Irish towns: 23%
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 4.3% of adults here, while 11% stopped at primary level or earlier (9.7% across Ireland’s towns). The share of adults with a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns is 36%.
Stratford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | 211 | — | 40.4 | 11% | 53% |
| Baltinglass | 2,611 | 6.1 km | 38.2 | 14% | 45% |
| Dunlavin | 1,074 | 8.1 km | 38.8 | 19% | 53% |
| Rathvilly | 1,074 | 12.1 km | 37.6 | 13% | 46% |
| Castledermot | 1,685 | 14.4 km | 36.7 | 13% | 49% |
| Kilcullen | 3,815 | 16.6 km | 36.9 | 10% | 53% |
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 Stratford’s residents
What is the population of Stratford?
Stratford had 211 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Stratford?
The median age is 40.4. 24% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Stratford?
27% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (50 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Stratford?
92% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 13% were born abroad and 6.8% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Stratford?
81% are Catholic, 7.3% have no religion and 12% another religion; 2.8% didn’t say.
Is Stratford good for families?
53% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 24% of residents are under 18. Schools near Stratford are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Stratford?
Median gross household income in Stratford was €60,330 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).