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Waterford

Waterford had 127,363 residents in April 2022, across 129 electoral divisions. The median household had a gross income of €51,539, 14% below the national figure. 68% of households owned their home and 17% rented from a private landlord. Homes in County Waterford sold for a median of €270,000 in 2025.

County · Census 2022 · Updated 27 October 2026
127,363residentsCensus, April 2022
€51,539median household incomegross, 2022
68%of homes owner-occupied17% rented privately
€270kmedian sale priceCounty Waterford, 2025
Waterford by census small area
Map of Waterford: 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

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 129 electoral divisions.

Colour shows where each one sits among the others in the table, from lowest to highest. Select a row for its full profile.

Electoral divisionResidentsHousehold incomeOwnersPrivate rentingSocial rentingAged 65+DegreeGreen 500 mServices 15 min
Annestown917€76k92%6%1%14%41%4%4
Ardmore (Dungarvan, ED 227002)246€67k90%8%1%12%41%78%0
Ardmore (Dungarvan, ED 227003)810€45k74%12%10%23%34%0%12
Ballybeg North2,841€41k36%11%53%14%12%15%81
Ballybeg South/Ballynaneashagh311€58k81%6%12%19%38%12%59
Ballybricken171€36k36%46%15%16%22%2%264
Ballyduff341€63k85%10%0%14%33%21%0
Ballydurn207€77k88%6%0%12%34%0%0
Ballyhane495€53k90%7%1%21%26%12%0
Ballyheeny603€53k80%7%12%18%28%0%4
Ballyin542€56k89%6%1%18%32%28%0
Ballylaneen266€58k96%1%2%17%34%0%0
Ballymacarbry575€71k84%9%4%11%37%5%0
Ballymacart404€52k83%5%9%16%34%0%3
Ballymaclode1,298€86k89%9%1%24%48%13%25
Ballynakill (Waterford City East, ED 227012)432€63k96%1%0%36%29%0%0
Ballynakill (Waterford City East, ED 228005)2,269€71k80%17%2%29%49%3%52
Ballynamult207€75k86%9%0%17%26%1%0
Ballysaggartmore363€65k90%5%1%16%22%0%3
Ballytruckle6,563€56k58%10%31%7%23%11%60
Bilberry970€40k36%48%14%12%36%2%192
Bohadoon326€71k91%4%0%20%30%0%2
Cappagh408€65k89%9%1%18%35%19%0
Cappoquin1,297€39k65%17%13%20%21%12%14
Carrickbeg Rural463€63k90%5%0%23%28%20%4
Carrigcastle273€56k91%6%0%19%29%0%0
Carriglea559€67k89%7%1%22%37%2%1
Castlerichard494€58k91%6%0%22%38%5%0
Centre A889€32k20%60%20%11%31%2%273
Centre B293€29k24%51%24%13%28%2%295
Clashmore466€53k83%11%2%23%28%0%5
Cleaboy2,610€58k77%14%9%16%24%7%81
Clonea (Dungarvan)2,505€69k78%13%7%12%42%3%9
Clonea (Portlaw-Kilmacthomas)420€55k83%3%10%17%21%1%3
Colligan722€60k90%5%1%21%36%8%1
Comeragh532€52k79%5%15%18%26%17%5
Coumaraglin268€71k94%5%0%19%26%6%0
Custom House A367€31k15%57%26%16%30%9%295
Custom House B335€28k4%70%25%11%38%3%291
Dromana832€58k84%12%4%18%25%11%6
Dromore257€57k90%9%1%15%37%0%1
Drumcannon419€68k95%5%0%19%33%1%0
Drumroe256€57k88%9%0%25%31%10%1
Dungarvan No. 1 Urban5,102€39k47%21%30%19%21%3%71
Dungarvan No. 2 Urban3,834€59k78%14%7%18%41%3%43
Dungarvan Rural2,096€63k73%21%5%16%34%1%8
Dunhill276€75k97%2%0%19%39%0%0
Faithlegg2,115€60k84%9%5%20%39%6%6
Farranshoneen6,004€72k76%19%4%13%49%6%47
Fenoagh236€82k96%0%2%19%23%19%0
Ferrybank862€40k71%14%14%25%25%9%195
Fews373€64k97%2%1%13%29%0%0
Fox's Castle505€66k93%5%0%19%31%0%0
Gardenmorris435€58k87%3%6%16%25%2%8
Georgestown234€70k96%3%0%14%33%0%0
Glen461€62k82%9%1%16%32%0%0
Glenwilliam197€76k91%2%2%19%36%0%0
Gortnapeaky221€43k83%5%10%21%22%7%0
Gracedieu2,074€48k38%22%40%6%28%5%25
Graignagower550€57k78%10%9%18%29%3%2
Grallagh241€61k90%3%3%17%34%69%0
Grange387€68k79%3%11%16%27%0%3
Grange North898€37k62%12%24%22%18%4%113
Grange South3,211€49k53%15%32%11%31%8%42
Grange Upper2,510€65k61%28%10%13%46%9%71
Gurteen383€62k89%8%1%20%30%25%0
Islandikane2,707€83k93%4%2%16%49%7%13
Keereen240€52k75%13%8%15%18%0%1
Kilbarry (Waterford City South, ED 227051)245€150k93%6%0%8%64%3%3
Kilbarry (Waterford City South, ED 228019)2,758€59k47%34%18%3%35%7%56
Kilbarrymeaden471€50k67%6%27%9%17%4%8
Kilcockan240€46k92%3%2%20%24%24%0
Killea1,656€56k74%18%5%18%40%13%20
Killoteran587€62k92%5%1%30%32%0%7
Kilmacleague402€66k95%4%0%15%30%6%0
Kilmacomma464€57k82%9%6%24%34%16%5
Kilmacthomas1,423€49k64%15%19%16%19%9%23
Kilmeadan (Portlaw-Kilmacthomas, ED 227060)845€58k68%9%21%11%21%37%3
Kilmeadan (Portlaw-Kilmacthomas, ED 227059)778€57k90%6%1%23%32%16%4
Kilronan233€82k89%7%3%14%45%1%0
Kilwatermoy East130€40k77%10%0%19%31%8%0
Kilwatermoy West241€63k85%5%3%18%23%0%0
Kingsmeadow1,305€30k48%26%26%24%19%7%220
Kinsalebeg616€53k84%9%4%19%29%0%1
Knockaunbrandaun209€60k91%4%2%20%32%98%0
Knockmahon419€47k87%8%1%24%28%0%2
Larchville1,008€33k38%12%49%24%9%10%111
Lisduggan996€36k57%9%34%25%13%8%134
Lismore Rural1,256€49k73%9%16%18%30%3%15
Lismore Urban777€43k65%19%11%18%29%6%37
Military Road844€32k63%14%22%23%22%2%184
Mocollop237€61k93%5%1%19%31%31%0
Modelligo (Lismore, ED 227069)335€70k91%8%0%17%32%0%0
Modelligo (Lismore, ED 227070)338€64k95%3%0%16%34%38%0
Morrisson's Avenue East667€37k44%35%21%18%22%2%246
Morrisson's Avenue West291€34k66%9%22%23%15%3%170
Morrisson's Road518€30k42%18%38%26%13%2%288
Mothel461€73k90%4%2%17%30%0%0
Mount Sion1,169€30k21%45%33%12%20%4%304
Mountkennedy455€75k91%5%0%17%31%1%0
Mountstuart90€69k100%0%0%16%22%86%0
Newcastle555€79k95%4%0%14%37%14%1
Newport's Square565€32k41%22%36%20%16%3%291
Newtown (Portlaw-Kilmacthomas)502€66k91%5%1%17%25%0%3
Newtown (Waterford City East)1,048€53k78%14%6%33%43%4%169
Park1,589€43k24%65%10%12%46%11%265
Pembrokestown523€77k95%4%0%18%42%11%1
Poleberry1,611€33k28%51%20%13%31%6%245
Portlaw1,653€49k72%15%11%15%24%18%19
Rathgormuck239€58k86%7%0%20%25%100%0
Rathmoylan1,228€57k77%10%11%16%37%8%13
Reisk1,304€72k88%7%3%16%35%7%6
Ringville1,548€64k84%8%5%14%38%3%3
Roanmore790€36k50%10%39%21%18%6%262
Ross308€80k90%5%1%16%36%0%0
Seskinan464€61k87%3%8%22%22%4%2
Shortcourse356€28k23%44%31%15%20%3%292
Slievekeale699€33k63%14%21%25%16%4%226
St. Mary's733€63k92%4%2%26%39%45%58
Stradbally900€50k79%11%9%20%34%2%11
Tallow1,322€47k69%18%10%18%20%0%17
Templemichael465€67k88%8%3%15%27%35%0
The Glen1,068€34k12%73%14%7%26%2%248
Ticor North2,109€50k84%14%2%26%18%8%95
Ticor South446€40k74%23%2%32%21%8%96
Tinnasaggart93€62k91%6%0%15%32%76%0
Tramore9,949€52k72%14%13%16%33%6%66
Whitechurch223€70k86%8%1%19%30%0%4
Woodstown635€72k90%6%0%24%45%4%2

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, next to the figure for Ireland. 47,778 households, 2.6 people in each on average.

19%
aged under 15
13%
aged 15–24
26%
aged 25–44
26%
aged 45–64
17%
aged 65 and over
25%
of households are one person living alone

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.

€51,539
median gross household income
€45,592
median household income after tax
54%
of residents aged 15+ are at work
9%
of the labour force are unemployed
31%
of adults whose education has finished hold a degree
28%
of workers work from home at least some of the time

Highest level of education completed

Primary or none11%
Lower secondary16%
Upper secondary (Leaving Certificate)20%
Further education and apprenticeships21%
Bachelor’s degree21%
Postgraduate10%

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.

54,847 dwellings on census night; 91% of households live in a house or bungalow and 9% in a flat or apartment.

Households by tenure, 2022

Owned with a mortgage or loan28%
Owned outright40%
Rented from a private landlord17%
Rented from the local authority or a housing body14%
Occupied free of rent2%

When homes were built

Before 194617%
1946–197013%
1971–199024%
1991–200016%
2001–201024%
2011–20152%
2016 or later5%
7%of dwellings vacantcensus night, 2022
4%holiday homescensus night, 2022
€270,000median sale price, County Waterford1,948 sales, 2025
2.6people per household2022

Median sale price, County Waterford

2010€130,000
2011€95,000
2012€77,250
2013€75,750
2014€82,855
2015€93,732
2016€110,000
2017€120,000
2018€146,442
2019€160,000
2020€169,683
2021€170,000
2022€212,000
2023€225,000
2024€263,000
2025€270,000

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. 15% of households have no car; 44% have two or more.

Usual way of travelling

Car, van or motorbike71%
Work or study mainly at home8%
On foot13%
Bus, minibus or coach7%
Train, DART or Luas0%
Bicycle2%

Journey time

Under 15 minutes41%
15 to 30 minutes35%
30 to 45 minutes13%
45 minutes to an hour4%
An hour to an hour and a half4%
An hour and a half or more2%
84%of households with broadband2022
4.2 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.

63 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk of an average home; 8% of the land within 500 metres is green space.

Supermarkets and convenience shops19
Bakeries4
Pharmacies10
GP surgeries and doctors5
Dentists3
Cafés and pubs69
Restaurants24
Parks6
Playgrounds1
Pitches27
Gyms and sports centres14
Libraries2
Crèches and childcare2
Bus stops6
Luas stops0
Railway and DART stations0
92schoolsOpenStreetMap
24crèches and childcareOpenStreetMap
69residents per km²1,858.0 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.

Around here.

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