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Statistician's Comment
Commenting on the results, Dr Tracy Clegg, Statistician in the Census Division, said: “Profile 1, which we are publishing today, provides a wealth of information on population changes in our counties, towns and cities since April 2016. It provides detailed data on the distribution of the population across our towns and cities and their age profiles, the place of birth of the usual residents of each county, and details of population movements into, within, and out of each county since 2016.
Looking at Wicklow, we can see that Bray was the largest town, with a population of 33,512 in April 2022.”
Results for Wicklow
Age Profile of Towns
Of those towns with a population of at least 500 people in April 2022, Rathnew was the youngest, with an average age of 32.6 years. The oldest was Kilmacanogue, with an average age of 41.5 years. Nationally, the average age was 38.8 years.
Place of Birth
In April 2022, 35% of Wicklow’s usual residents (54,192 people) were born in the county. A further 48% (74,277) were born elsewhere in the State. The remaining 17% (25,962) were born outside the State, which was up from 15% in 2016. Nationally, 20% of the usually resident population in April 2022 was born outside of the State.
On the move
Of the people who were resident in Wicklow, 7,687 had moved in the year prior to Census 2022. Most of these (4,825 or 63%) moved elsewhere within the county. Nationally, 265,098 usual residents moved in the year to April 2022. Of these, 71% moved to a new home in the same county.
In Wicklow, 36% of households that moved owned their new home with a loan or mortgage while 14% owned it without a loan or mortgage. Nationally 23% of households that moved owned their new home with a loan or mortgage while 11% owned their new home without a loan or mortgage.
Households that moved in Wicklow were more likely to move to a detached house (31%) than movers nationally (23%). Almost one in four Wicklow household movers (23%) moved to a flat or apartment, compared to 34% who did so nationally.