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Mount Sion

Mount Sion (Waterford) had 1,169 residents in April 2022, part of Waterford city and suburbs. The median household had a gross income of €29,914, 42% below the figure for Waterford. 21% of households owned their home, 45% rented privately and 33% rented from the council or a housing body. From an average home, 304 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk.

Electoral division · Waterford City South local electoral area · 5 census small areas · Census 2022 · Updated 27 October 2026
1,169residentsCensus, April 2022
€29,914median household incomegross, 2022
21%of homes owner-occupied45% rented privately
4%green space within 500 maverage across small areas
Mount Sion by census small area
Map of Mount Sion: 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
Mount Sion · WaterfordMount Sion highlighted; the rest of Waterford in grey
Map of Waterford with Mount Sion 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 Waterford. 518 households, 2.2 people in each on average.

15%
aged under 15
16%
aged 15–24
36%
aged 25–44
21%
aged 45–64
12%
aged 65 and over
39%
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.

€29,914
median gross household income
€28,295
median household income after tax
48%
of residents aged 15+ are at work
22%
of the labour force are unemployed
20%
of adults whose education has finished hold a degree
17%
of workers work from home at least some of the time

Highest level of education completed

Primary or none17%
Lower secondary20%
Upper secondary (Leaving Certificate)23%
Further education and apprenticeships21%
Bachelor’s degree13%
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.

637 dwellings on census night; 52% of households live in a house or bungalow and 48% in a flat or apartment.

Households by tenure, 2022

Owned with a mortgage or loan6%
Owned outright15%
Rented from a private landlord45%
Rented from the local authority or a housing body33%
Occupied free of rent1%

When homes were built

Before 194625%
1946–197017%
1971–199015%
1991–20008%
2001–201032%
2011–20151%
2016 or later2%
15%of dwellings vacantcensus night, 2022
0%holiday homescensus night, 2022
€270,000median sale price, County Waterford1,948 sales, 2025
2.2people 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. 58% of households have no car; 6% have two or more.

Usual way of travelling

Car, van or motorbike35%
Work or study mainly at home5%
On foot43%
Bus, minibus or coach13%
Train, DART or Luas0%
Bicycle3%

Journey time

Under 15 minutes44%
15 to 30 minutes37%
30 to 45 minutes9%
45 minutes to an hour2%
An hour to an hour and a half7%
An hour and a half or more2%
79%of households with broadband2022
1.2 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.

304 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk of an average home; 4% of the land within 500 metres is green space.

Supermarkets and convenience shops20
Bakeries3
Pharmacies10
GP surgeries and doctors8
Dentists5
Cafés and pubs83
Restaurants38
Parks6
Playgrounds2
Pitches33
Gyms and sports centres15
Libraries2
Crèches and childcare2
Bus stops17
Luas stops0
Railway and DART stations0
2schoolsOpenStreetMap
0crèches and childcareOpenStreetMap
5,977residents per km²0.2 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 Waterford.