Ireland
Ireland had 5,149,139 residents on census night in April 2022, in 31 local authority areas and 3,420 electoral divisions. The median household had a gross income of €60,123 in 2022, and 69% of households owned their home. Homes sold for a median of €360,000 in 2025.
Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann and Central Statistics Office, statistical boundaries 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
All 31 local authorities.
Colour shows where each one sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest. Select a row for its full profile.
| Local authority | Residents | Household income | Owners | Private renting | Social renting | Aged 65+ | Degree | Green 500 m | Services 15 min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Carlow | 61,968 | €53k | 68% | 17% | 13% | 15% | 28% | 8% | 39 |
| County Cavan | 81,704 | €52k | 72% | 17% | 9% | 15% | 25% | 51% | 27 |
| County Clare | 127,938 | €55k | 75% | 15% | 8% | 17% | 34% | 22% | 32 |
| County Cork | 360,152 | €61k | 75% | 15% | 8% | 16% | 35% | 11% | 25 |
| Cork City | 224,004 | €60k | 59% | 25% | 15% | 15% | 41% | 19% | 159 |
| County Donegal | 167,084 | €42k | 73% | 14% | 10% | 18% | 28% | 13% | 15 |
| Dublin City | 592,713 | €64k | 50% | 33% | 15% | 13% | 46% | 13% | 323 |
| Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown | 233,860 | €85k | 69% | 21% | 8% | 17% | 59% | 18% | 130 |
| Fingal | 330,506 | €77k | 70% | 21% | 9% | 11% | 42% | 20% | 76 |
| County Galway | 193,323 | €60k | 79% | 14% | 5% | 17% | 36% | 23% | 15 |
| Galway City | 84,414 | €59k | 49% | 38% | 12% | 13% | 51% | 22% | 139 |
| County Kerry | 156,458 | €48k | 73% | 15% | 10% | 19% | 30% | 16% | 36 |
| County Kildare | 247,774 | €73k | 74% | 16% | 9% | 12% | 39% | 14% | 52 |
| County Kilkenny | 104,160 | €58k | 74% | 13% | 11% | 16% | 32% | 13% | 58 |
| County Laois | 91,877 | €60k | 74% | 13% | 11% | 13% | 28% | 7% | 32 |
| County Leitrim | 35,199 | €45k | 74% | 15% | 8% | 19% | 31% | 15% | 13 |
| Limerick | 209,536 | €56k | 69% | 19% | 10% | 16% | 33% | 18% | 72 |
| County Longford | 46,751 | €47k | 65% | 19% | 15% | 16% | 26% | 24% | 17 |
| County Louth | 139,703 | €55k | 70% | 16% | 13% | 14% | 30% | 15% | 50 |
| County Mayo | 137,970 | €49k | 76% | 16% | 6% | 20% | 29% | 12% | 26 |
| County Meath | 220,826 | €71k | 78% | 13% | 7% | 12% | 34% | 24% | 38 |
| County Monaghan | 65,288 | €51k | 73% | 16% | 9% | 16% | 26% | 6% | 21 |
| County Offaly | 83,150 | €56k | 75% | 14% | 10% | 16% | 26% | 15% | 29 |
| County Roscommon | 70,259 | €51k | 77% | 14% | 7% | 19% | 30% | 8% | 12 |
| County Sligo | 70,198 | €50k | 70% | 17% | 11% | 18% | 35% | 33% | 44 |
| South Dublin | 301,075 | €70k | 69% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 35% | 20% | 88 |
| County Tipperary | 167,895 | €53k | 72% | 14% | 11% | 18% | 27% | 10% | 35 |
| Waterford | 127,363 | €52k | 68% | 17% | 14% | 17% | 31% | 8% | 63 |
| County Westmeath | 96,221 | €57k | 71% | 19% | 8% | 15% | 32% | 53% | 40 |
| County Wexford | 163,919 | €51k | 73% | 15% | 11% | 17% | 26% | 10% | 38 |
| County Wicklow | 155,851 | €64k | 74% | 14% | 11% | 15% | 37% | 21% | 51 |
Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
People.
Residents and households on census night, April 2022. 1,841,152 households, 2.7 people in each on average.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)
Income and work.
Household income in 2022 from the CSO’s income profiles; work and education from the 2022 Census.
Highest level of education completed
Gross household income is all income received by the household before tax and social contributions, including wages, pensions and social welfare payments; net income is after tax and contributions. The median is the middle household, so a few very high incomes do not pull it up. Figures are the CSO’s estimates from administrative records for 2022.
Sources: Central Statistics Office, Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2022 (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0)
Homes.
2,112,121 dwellings on census night; 87% of households live in a house or bungalow and 13% in a flat or apartment.
Households by tenure, 2022
When homes were built
Median sale price, Ireland
Vacant dwellings exclude holiday homes and homes whose residents were temporarily away on census night. Median price of all residential dwellings bought in the year, from Revenue stamp duty returns, for the whole county. Prices within a county vary a great deal, and the figure depends on which homes happened to sell.
Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Central Statistics Office, Residential Dwelling Property Transactions, table HPA02 (CC BY 4.0)
Getting about.
How residents travel to work, school or college, and how long it takes. 14% of households have no car; 45% have two or more.
Usual way of travelling
Journey time
Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Everyday life.
87 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk of an average home; 17% of the land within 500 metres is green space.
Services and green space are measured from the centre of each census small area (usually 80 to 120 homes) and averaged by population. The list of everyday places counts what lies within one kilometre of the small area with the most services in the division.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Within one kilometre. OpenStreetMap is not complete; school counts are a guide, not the Department of Education register.
Local authorities.