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West Gate

West Gate (County Louth) had 6,549 residents in April 2022, part of Drogheda. The median household had a gross income of €46,939, 14% below the county figure. 64% of households owned their home, 17% rented privately and 18% rented from the council or a housing body. From an average home, 103 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk.

Electoral division · Drogheda Urban local electoral area · 26 census small areas · Census 2022 · Updated 27 October 2026
6,549residentsCensus, April 2022
€46,939median household incomegross, 2022
64%of homes owner-occupied17% rented privately
7%green space within 500 maverage across small areas
West Gate by census small area
Map of West Gate: Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022
<45%84%+
Share of households owning their home, with or without a mortgage, 2022
West Gate · County LouthWest Gate highlighted; the rest of County Louth in grey
Map of County Louth with West Gate highlighted

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)

People.

Residents and households on census night, April 2022, next to the figure for County Louth. 2,530 households, 2.6 people in each on average.

17%
aged under 15
13%
aged 15–24
27%
aged 25–44
27%
aged 45–64
16%
aged 65 and over
27%
of households are one person living alone

Electoral divisions are the smallest legally defined areas in the State and the building blocks of local electoral areas. They vary widely in size: a rural division may have a few hundred people, a city division several thousand. Census figures here are for the usually resident population on census night, 3 April 2022.

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.

€46,939
median gross household income
€42,624
median household income after tax
50%
of residents aged 15+ are at work
14%
of the labour force are unemployed
21%
of adults whose education has finished hold a degree
22%
of workers work from home at least some of the time

Highest level of education completed

Primary or none22%
Lower secondary18%
Upper secondary (Leaving Certificate)20%
Further education and apprenticeships20%
Bachelor’s degree15%
Postgraduate6%

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.

2,788 dwellings on census night; 86% of households live in a house or bungalow and 15% in a flat or apartment.

Households by tenure, 2022

Owned with a mortgage or loan26%
Owned outright38%
Rented from a private landlord17%
Rented from the local authority or a housing body18%
Occupied free of rent1%

When homes were built

Before 194616%
1946–197027%
1971–199021%
1991–200015%
2001–201013%
2011–20152%
2016 or later5%
8%of dwellings vacantcensus night, 2022
0%holiday homescensus night, 2022
€340,000median sale price, County Louth2,613 sales, 2025
2.6people per household2022

Median sale price, County Louth

2010€145,000
2011€105,500
2012€85,438
2013€86,000
2014€101,000
2015€120,000
2016€140,000
2017€165,000
2018€196,000
2019€205,000
2020€185,000
2021€226,000
2022€234,950
2023€263,583
2024€286,000
2025€340,000

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. 30% of households have no car; 26% have two or more.

Usual way of travelling

Car, van or motorbike51%
Work or study mainly at home5%
On foot29%
Bus, minibus or coach11%
Train, DART or Luas2%
Bicycle2%

Journey time

Under 15 minutes33%
15 to 30 minutes31%
30 to 45 minutes16%
45 minutes to an hour6%
An hour to an hour and a half9%
An hour and a half or more4%
84%of households with broadband2022
1.8 kmto the nearest rail, DART or Luas stopstraight line, average home

Sources: Central Statistics Office, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Everyday life.

103 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk of an average home; 7% of the land within 500 metres is green space.

Supermarkets and convenience shops14
Bakeries0
Pharmacies6
GP surgeries and doctors3
Dentists1
Cafés and pubs30
Restaurants16
Parks6
Playgrounds1
Pitches11
Gyms and sports centres6
Libraries2
Crèches and childcare1
Bus stops31
Luas stops0
Railway and DART stations1
2schoolsOpenStreetMap
0crèches and childcareOpenStreetMap
3,062residents per km²2.1 km²

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.

Nearby divisions.

Other electoral divisions in the same local electoral area of County Louth.